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Beyond the breaking news: The Ohio Organizing Collaborative is a key player in Ohio's progressive political infrastructure. Here's what we learned about its funding, activities and the FBI investigation now underway. signalnews.info/4gido04

What to know about the Ohio Organizing Collaborative after FBI searches - Signal Ohio

The Ohio Organizing Collaborative is a key part of the state’s progressive political infrastructure, playing leading roles in voter registration drives and ballot issue campaigns.

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Republican lawmakers in Ohio have backed off their efforts to reduce or eliminate a sales tax break for the technology behemoths behind the data center boom here, which cost the state $2 billion in 2025 alone in lost state and local sales tax revenue. signalnews.info/4ux1Nhn

Ohio Republicans back off effort to kill a beefy tax credit for data centers - Signal Ohio

Lawmakers around 10 p.m. nixed a vote on a data center package, aborting efforts to eliminate or lower a tax break that saved Big Tech $2 billion last year.

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Republicans swiftly approved the bill as a companion to a state constitutional amendment adding existing photo ID requirements for voters to the state constitution. A statewide vote will be held on the amendment this November. signalnews.info/4aGEwSO

Ohio adds new photo ID requirement for mail voting in 2027 - Signal Ohio

The law is a companion to a Republican measure asking Ohio voters to add existing photo ID requirements for voters to the state constitution.

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Google, Meta and Amazon each get sales tax exemptions worth $600 million apiece over 40 years, according to new data obtained by Signal Statewide. signalnews.info/4efzSfJ

Ohio has committed at least $2.3 billion in tax breaks for data centers - Signal Ohio

Google, Meta and Amazon each get sales tax exemptions worth $600 million apiece through 2040, according to new data obtained by Signal Statewide. The long-term total could be “significantly higher,”...

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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. signalnews.info/4azFQqy
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State officials are preparing for another universal mail ballot application as mail voting rates hit a modern low in the primary election in May. signalnews.info/4v3ecL0

Ohio will again send absentee ballot applications to all voters - Signal Ohio

Ohio will spend $2.5 million mailing absentee ballot applications to all registered voters this year, continuing a practice in place since 2012.

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The state’s only public historically Black university, long battling financial challenges, is the only campus to receive this type of red tape around its funding. signalnews.info/4opx6t6

Central State set to get $29 million in Ohio capital budget – with a catch

The state’s only public historically Black university, long battling financial challenges, is the only campus to receive this red tape around its funding.

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D.J. Byrnes, who authors The Rooster, a progressive blog, was arrested at the Ohio Statehouse on Monday. Officials charged him with telecommunications harassment. signalnews.info/43GSK2b

Progressive blogger arrested outside Ohio statehouse

D.J. Byrnes, who authors The Rooster, a progressive blog, was arrested for harassment at the Ohio Statehouse on Monday.

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The approval comes as these kinds of tax breaks have gotten heightened scrutiny over their costs. signalnews.info/4fmvvSf

2 Ohio data centers get $42M tax break before pause

Ohio officials have approved a new $42.3 million tax exemption for a pair of giant data center projects in the Columbus area.

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After Signal Statewide uncovered the ballooning size of Ohio’s data center tax exemption, Gov. Mike DeWine announced a “pause” in the program. signalnews.info/3PpBPOs

DeWine abruptly pauses a major tax break for data centers in Ohio  - Signal Ohio

After Signal Statewide reported on the mushrooming size of Ohio’s tax break for data centers, Gov. Mike DeWine announced a pause. 

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Notre Dame College enrolled about 1,400 students, but its campus – in this current, almost-apocalyptic form – won’t be around for much longer. signalnews.info/43tY0Gi

What Notre Dame College left behind when it closed

Students and staff are long gone from the Northeast Ohio college. Yet their presence – and their stuff – still lingers across its campus.

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The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio is challenging a state law requiring monthly checks with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security verification system. signalnews.info/4uhFfli

Critics fear federal voter checks may purge valid Ohio voters - Signal Ohio

The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio is challenging a state law requiring monthly checks with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security verification system.

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Will you share your thoughts with us? At Signal Ohio, our mission is to provide journalism that truly serves you. That only works if we’re listening. Please take our short survey and tell us what’s working — and what isn’t. signalnews.info/3PxsWlF
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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. signalnews.info/43jxzmJ

Ramaswamy unveils Ohio Medicaid fraud plan - Signal Ohio

Ramaswamy says Ohio should keep a share of Medicaid savings from cracking down on fraud, but he'll need Washington's OK to make it happen.

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More than 150 critics pushed back against Ohio Republicans’ latest legislative effort to reform the state’s public colleges and universities. signalnews.info/4dKadM7

Critics blast latest Ohio push to double down on Senate Bill 1

House Bill 698 looks to double down on Senate Bill 1, the sweeping higher education overhaul law passed in 2025.

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A new election law gives Ohio voters less time to return their absentee ballots. Early data shows return rates remained steady, even as some ballots were rejected under the tighter deadline. signalnews.info/49GgNBK

Ohio absentee ballot returns steady after deadline change - Signal Ohio

A new law requires mail ballots to arrive by Election Day to count, eliminating a long-existing grace period.

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Youngstown State University is opening a new campus this fall – just as the conversation about shrinking Ohio’s public universities grows louder. signalnews.info/4wnSz9d

Youngstown State expands into Steubenville

The university is taking over the former site of the now-shuttered Eastern Gateway Community College in southeastern Ohio.

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County investment portfolios are for maximizing returns for taxpayers, not taking political stances, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said in an advisory opinion. signalnews.info/4eHuEeG

Ohio counties can’t divest from Israel on political grounds, AG says - Signal Ohio

Counties can only make economic and not political considerations when investing public dollars, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said in an opinion.

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Richland County voters on Tuesday backed a move by their three county commissioners and preserved a ban on wind and solar power by a thinner margin than partisan politics may suggest. signalnews.info/4tXKM0i

Ohio County Narrowly Upholds Wind and Solar Ban - Signal Ohio

In GOP-dominated Richland County, voters narrowly upheld a ban on utility-scale renewables in most of the county in a 53% to 47% vote.

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Ohio heads toward gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races that could be its most consequential November election in years. signalnews.info/492ZRp5

Ohio heads toward most consequential November election in years - Signal Ohio

After a quiet primary night, Ohio heads toward races for U.S. Senate and governor that could mark its most consequential November election in years.

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