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5 years after Ohio’s $60M bribery scandal, critics say more could be done to prevent a repeat

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July 23, 2025

It has been five years since a $60 million bribery scheme funded by FirstEnergy Corp. came to light in Ohio with the stunning arrests ofa powerful Republican state lawmaker and four associates in July 2020. Expert observers say the resulting prosecutions, lawsuits, penalties and legislation that have piled up since then haven’t led to enough change and accountability to prevent politicians and corporate executives from cutting similar deals in the future.

Trump wants Cleveland Guardians to revert to old name — Indians

By The Associated Press

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Communities

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July 21, 2025

The Cleveland Guardians' president of baseball operations, Chris Antonetti, indicated before Sunday's game against the Athletics that there weren't any plans to revisit the name change.

During Cleveland conference, National Urban League declares ‘state of emergency’ for civil rights

By The Associated Press

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Communities

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July 18, 2025

One of the nation’s oldest civil rights organizations on Thursday declared a “state of emergency” for antidiscrimination policies, personal freedoms and Black economic advancement in response to President Donald Trump 's upending of civil rights precedents and the federal agencies traditionally tasked with enforcing them.

Trump administration fires 17 immigration court judges across ten states, union says

By The Associated Press

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Government

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July 16, 2025

At least one of the judges was working in Ohio, according to a union representing the judges.

Federal funding cuts could hit Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio

By Chris Mosby & The Associated Press

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Communities

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July 15, 2025

Federal funding cuts are set to hit local after-school programs, including the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio.

A look at the status of Ohio, US executions in 2025

By The Associated Press

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Government

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July 12, 2025

Earlier this year, Republican Gov. Mike DeWine postponed five executions scheduled for 2025. All five have been delayed until 2028.

Lawsuit challenges plan to use unclaimed funds for new Cleveland Browns stadium

By The Associated Press

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Government

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July 10, 2025

A class-action lawsuit argues that funding a new domed stadium for Ohio's Cleveland Browns using residents’ unclaimed funds violates multiple provisions of the state and federal constitutions.

What’s in Trump’s big bill that passed Congress and will soon become law and how Ohio politicians reacted

By The Associated Press & The Land

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Government

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July 4, 2025

At nearly 900 pages, the legislation is a sprawling collection of tax breaks, spending cuts and other Republican priorities, including new money for national defense and deportations.

Ohio governor signs 2-year, $60 billion budget that includes funding for football stadium

By The Associated Press

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Government

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July 2, 2025

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a two-year, $60 billion operating budget that flattens the state’s income tax and sets aside $600 million in unclaimed funds for a new Cleveland Browns stadium.

Once named opponents in the Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage, now they’re friends

By The Associated Press

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Government

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June 28, 2025

The case behind the U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide a decade ago is known as Obergefell v. Hodges. But the two Ohio men whose names became that title weren’t so at odds as it would seem. Now they're friends.

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