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• Trump axed a probe into grocery collusion. Ohio’s U.S. Senate candidates won’t talk about it February 24, 2026
  A federal regulator accused Pepsi, the nation’s biggest food supplier, of fixing prices in a way that would drive customers to Walmart and away from other stores in Ohio and other states. The regulator abruptly dropped the lawsuit months after President Donald Trump took office a year ago. When the details of the suit were […]
• Increased mental health demands extend to Ohio medical professionals February 24, 2026
  Ohio’s mental health landscape is consistently seeing increases in demand, including among medical professionals like nurses and physicians, who are asking for more help. “We just know health care comes with additional stresses,” said Dr. Laurie Hommema, family medicine physician and senior medical director of well-being at OhioHealth. OhioHealth created the Well-Being Center, where employees […]
• What the fight against total ‘intoxicating’ hemp ban looks like from rural Ohio February 24, 2026
  TUSCARAWAS COUNTY, Ohio — A group of Ohio farmers has joined the fight to repeal legislation that would completely ban ‘intoxicating’ hemp products. From sunrise to sunset, the Ellwood family makes a living in their fields. “We have 19 acres,” Joey Elwood, who owns Modern Remedies, said. “I’ve always tried to think beyond just the […]
• Ohio State University has received nearly 300 requests to remove Wexner name from buildings February 23, 2026
  Ohio State University has received nearly 300 requests, including from a state senator and a state nurses association, to remove billionaire donor Les Wexner’s name from buildings because of his association with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. However, the university has yet to take any action.  Wexner’s name is on three buildings at Ohio […]
• Ohio Department of Children & Youth praised, criticized by child care fraud bill sponsors February 23, 2026
  The lawmaker sponsors of two different Ohio bills seeking to address claims of child care fraud paint drastically different pictures of the Ohio Department of Children & Youth’s cooperation in the process. The bills were responses stemming from Trump administration threats to freeze funding in states due to right-wing social media claims of fraud, specifically […]
• What comes next for the Ohio teachers’ pension fund after a judge removed its chair? February 23, 2026
  Educators, politicians and retired teachers’ pension fund staff are debating how to move forward after a judge removed the current board chair of Ohio’s State Teachers Retirement System for corruption. Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Judge Karen Held Phipps decided that State Teachers Retirement System (STRS) board chair Rudy Fichtenbaum should be immediately removed […]