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A bill banning child marriage passed out of committee, but the Ohio Senate did not vote on it June 15, 2026
Ohio lawmakers went home for summer break without passing a bill that would ban child marriage. The Ohio Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously passed Ohio Senate Bill 341 last Wednesday, but the bill was not brought up for a full Senate vote later that day. Ohio Republican leaders differ on whether child marriage should be a […]
Ohio lawmakers pass bill that would increase penalties for passing a stopped school bus, add cameras June 15, 2026
Ohio lawmakers passed a bill last week that increases the penalties for illegally passing a stopped school bus. Ohio House Bill 3 passed the Ohio Senate and the House concurred with changes made, so it now goes to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. Ohio state Reps. Cecil Thomas, D-Cincinnati, and Bernie Willis, R-Springfield, introduced the bill. […]
FBI searches offices of Ohio voting-rights group June 12, 2026
Two Ohio congresswomen are slamming the FBI over reports that agents on Thursday searched the Cleveland offices of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, an organization that advocates for voting and labor rights and against outsized corporate power. Agents also reportedly fanned out across the state to interview people who have worked with the collaborative and in some […]
Catching Our Eye News Roundup, June 12, 2026 June 12, 2026
Every morning in the Ohio Capital Journal’s free newsletter, The Eye-Opener, we round up the news and commentary from across Ohio and around the country and world that is catching our attention. We call this feature Catching Our Eye, republished here. Please subscribe to our free daily newsletter to get all the Ohio news you need to know […]
Ohio Republican lawmakers pass bill that includes requiring schools to teach when to have kids June 12, 2026
Ohio lawmakers have passed a bill that would require schools to teach students to graduate high school, get a job, and get married — in that order — before having a baby. They call this order of events the success sequence. Ohio Senate Bill 276 passed 58-36 during Wednesday’s House session and the Ohio Senate […]
Ohio doctors push back against 24-hour abortion waiting period proposal June 12, 2026
Ohio doctors asked lawmakers this week to back off of a bill that would require a 24-hour wait before abortion procedures. In a hearing before the Ohio Senate Health Committee, physicians emphasized the informed consent that’s already part of the standard of care under they were trained to use. They said Ohio House Bill 347 […]

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"Hell's Army": New Film Tracks Russia's Wagner Group & Rise of Mercenary Armies June 12, 2026
We speak with Oscar-nominated filmmaker Rick Rowley about his new documentary, Hell’s Army. The film tracks the Wagner Group, the notorious Russian mercenary army that has fought in Ukraine and other parts of the world. The group’s founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was a confidant to Putin until a failed 2023 mutiny against the government. He died […]
Palestinian Activist Mohsen Mahdawi: Trump Admin "Weaponizing Immigration Laws" to Deport Me June 12, 2026
Palestinian activist and green card holder Mohsen Mahdawi, who was targeted by the Trump administration last year as part of a crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus activism, faces a new deportation threat. A federal immigration judge has sided with the administration and renewed removal proceedings against him, reviving a case that had been dismissed by an […]
"Cautionary Tale": NYC's The New School Guts Faculty & Staff as Colleges Intensify Austerity June 12, 2026
The Trump administration is continuing its assault on higher education, but in a departure from its earlier high-profile fights with individual institutions like Harvard, it is now rewriting the federal rules that govern all universities and colleges. Rules are being proposed by the Education Department and other agencies to impose the administration’s preferred policies on […]
U.S. Attacks Iranian Water Reservoirs Amid "Normalization" of Targeting Civilian Infrastructure June 12, 2026
We continue our conversation with acclaimed Iranian environmental scientist Kaveh Madani, who comments on U.S. strikes targeting Iranian water reservoirs, which have exacerbated the country’s water shortage. He criticizes the “normalization of targeting civil infrastructure as a part of a war.” “Who suffers from the consequences of this? The poor community, the vulnerable communities,” says […]
"New Form of Imperialism": Renowned U.N. Scientist on AI Boom's Huge Water, Carbon & Land Footprint June 12, 2026
The environmental toll of the artificial intelligence boom continues to mount as tech companies use ever more power to run their data centers and enormous amounts of water for cooling. A new investigation by U.N. scientists warns that AI’s water use in 2030 will match the needs of 1.3 billion people, while its power use […]
Headlines for June 12, 2026 June 12, 2026
Trump Claims “Great Settlement” Has Been Reached to End War, But Iran Says Nothing Has Been Finalized, India Condemns Deadly U.S. Strikes on Boats After 3 Sailors Killed Near Oman, Musk Poised to Become World’s First Trillionaire as SpaceX Goes Public, Trump Taps Jay Clayton to Head National Intelligence After Bipartisan Opposition to Bill Pulte, […]

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