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COUNTDOWN TO NOVEMBER 3, 2026 MID-TERM ELECTIONS

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We have several Ohio elected officials coming up for re-election in the 2026 mid-terms. Take a look at Elected Officials.
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  • Federal bill would open the door for Ohio housing reform July 8, 2026
    Last week, U.S. Congress sent the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act to the White House for signature, the most significant piece of bipartisan legislation of President Trump’s second presidency and the largest housing affordability measure in a generation, though Trump is refusing to sign it. The bill makes a number of policy changes to […]
  • Catching Our Eye News Roundup, July 7, 2026 July 7, 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 ratepayers’ summer electric bills could top $800, report says July 7, 2026
    Average Ohio residential utility bills are now projected to be about $800 for the summer, a new report says. That’s a 17% increase over the $682 Ohioans paid last summer, said the report, by Washington, D.C.-based Third Way. The estimates are of total average electricity costs from June to September. They were done using data […]
  • Ohio court case eliminates limits on coordinated spending between parties and candidates July 7, 2026
    In a case out of Ohio, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down limits on the amount of money political parties can spend in coordination with their candidates. Those limits had been in place since the 1970s and were created in response to corruption within the Nixon administration. Since then, court decisions like Citizens United have […]
  • The new frontier for regulating diversity and inclusion efforts in Ohio is university payroll July 7, 2026
    For public university professors in Ohio, the year 2025 was dominated by three words: Senate Bill 1 (SB1). Among other things, S.B. 1 created a mechanism to fire tenured professors who exhibit political bias in the classroom, and it included a list of “controversial subjects” that would need to be taught differently than other topics. […]
  • Ohio economists split on Medicaid fraud-prevention proposals July 6, 2026
    After the Ohio General Assembly last month passed measures aimed at limiting fraud in the state’s Medicaid program, a panel of economists is split on their potential effectiveness. Senate Bill 315 is awaiting Gov. Mike DeWine’s signature. Among other ways it seeks to reduce fraud it: Requires the Ohio Department of Medicaid to suspend payments […]
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  • Hamas Renouncing Rule Over Gaza Signals Commitment to Ceasefire Despite Israeli Attacks: Amjad Iraqi July 7, 2026
    As part of the U.S.-backed “Board of Peace” 20-point plan to end Israel’s military assault on Gaza, Hamas is dissolving its civilian governing body in the Gaza Strip. Hamas’s head of administration, Mohammed al-Farra, resigned from his position on Monday. Hamas, which has controlled the territory for nearly two decades, has said that its ministries […]
  • Calls Grow for Israel to Release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya; U.S. Doctor Says "Nobody Is Safe" in Gaza July 7, 2026
    Israel continues to ignore international calls to free the director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, from over 18 months of Israeli detention without charge. After seeing Dr. Abu Safiya on July 2, his attorney Nasser Odeh says the doctor faces “tangible danger to his life” from torture and medical neglect. For […]
  • Report from Tehran: Millions Attend Ali Khamenei's Funeral Amid Widespread Sense of Victory in War July 7, 2026
    Millions of people are estimated to be participating in the multiday state funeral of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Iran this week. After ruling the Islamic Republic of Iran for over three dozen years, Khamenei was killed by a joint Israeli-U.S. airstrike on February 28. Now viewed as a martyr by both his religious base […]
  • Headlines for July 7, 2026 July 7, 2026
    Iran Fires on Two Ships in Strait of Hormuz as Trump Threatens to “Finish the Job”, Hamas to Cede Control of Gaza to Technocratic Governing Body, Palestinian Baby Dies as Israeli Forces Block Ambulance at Checkpoint, Maine Democratic Senate Candidate Graham Platner Faces Calls to Resign over Rape Allegation, Progressive Abdul El-Sayed Faces Centrist Haley […]
  • Meet Rafael Rubio, NY City Council Employee Released from Delaney Hall After 5 Months in ICE Jail July 6, 2026
    A New York City Council employee who was detained at the Delaney Hall ICE jail in Newark, New Jersey, for more than five months was released from custody in June. Rafael Andres Rubio Bohorquez was taken by federal immigration officers in January during a routine asylum interview. Rubio Bohorquez, who is from Venezuela, was detained […]
  • Record Heat Waves Are Preview of Our Future on a Warming Planet: Climate Writer David Wallace-Wells July 6, 2026
    A massive heat dome settled above the eastern half of the United States over the Fourth of July weekend, bringing triple-digit temperatures, disrupting travel and prompting emergency measures for millions of people. At least 25 people died in New Jersey due to extreme heat and humidity, and more than 185 million people — over half […]

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