Ohio has committed at least $2.3 billion in sales tax breaks for data centers
Google, Meta and Amazon each get sales tax exemptions worth $600 million apiece over 40 years, according to new data obtained by Signal Statewide. The long-term total could be “significantly higher,” officials say.
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Election 2026
Ohioans likely to vote on adding photo ID requirement to state constitution
Ohio has required strict photo ID for in-person voting since 2023. Republicans say adding it to the state constitution would make it harder to undo, while Democrats see a ploy to drive GOP turnout.
Healthcare costs are squeezing Ohioans. Here’s what the governor candidates would do
Democrat Dr. Amy Acton details plan to forgive medical debt, while Republican Vivek Ramaswamy focuses on Medicaid fraud.
Ramaswamy unveils Medicaid fraud plan, wants Ohio to keep more of what it saves
The Republican governor candidate wants a deal with the Trump administration modeled on a Tennessee program, but critics note his party has run Ohio’s government – and its Medicaid program – for decades.
GOVERNMENT
Ohio Republican senator called cops seeking charges against blogger
Republican Sen. Jerry Cirino emailed his local police chief in May asking him to press charges against a progressive blogger who was arrested Monday, over “pornographic” picture of Shrek. The blogger was arrested Monday.
EDUCATION
Will adding women’s flag football help save Wittenberg University?
Small, tuition-dependent private colleges like the Southwestern Ohio campus are increasingly turning to athletics to help bolster their bottom lines.
HEALTH
‘I trust Gov. DeWine’: Dr. Oz visits Ohio amid GOP pressure on Medicaid fraud
Oz praised DeWine’s moves to crack down on home health care fraud and met with GOP nominee for governor Vivek Ramaswamy.
STATE SIGNALS NEWSLETTER
Ohio lawmakers go deep on data centers
Ohio politics news and insights from the State Signals newsletter. Plus, solar loses again with Ohio’s state government.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Ohio woman accused of illegally voting as a noncitizen acquitted at trial
Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Chris Brown accepted an entrapment defense from Maria Dearaujo, an Ohioan since 1993, who admitted to voting as a lawful permanent resident of the U.S. in 2018.
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Senate Democrats Think They Have Leverage on SNAP Funding
The farm bill can’t pass without Democrats, and they have one major demand.
Local Newsrooms
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Why Local News
Local news is in crisis. Across the country, including here in Ohio, the commercial news industry has been on the decline, leading to the loss of nearly three-quarters of journalism jobs since 2005, leading to less accountability, more polarization, and more government waste. With the volume of original reporting in Ohio communities reduced to a small fraction of what it once was, nonprofit news offers a path forward