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• Catching Our Eye News Roundup, March 16, 2026 March 16, 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 […]
• Report urges Ohio lawmakers to nix data center tax breaks and require them to build their own power March 16, 2026
  Research and advocacy nonprofit Innovation Ohio is urging state lawmakers to take a harder line with data centers. A new report calls for an end to tax breaks and new protections ensuring infrastructure costs aren’t shifted to residential customers. But the fundamental problem, the progressive policy group contends, is a mismatch between energy supply and […]
• Meet the Republican candidates running in Ohio’s 9th Congressional District primary March 16, 2026
  Five candidates are running in Ohio’s 9th Congressional District’s Republican Primary to challenge the long-time incumbent Marcy Kaptur.  The candidates are Ohio state Rep. Josh Williams, former Ohio state Rep. Derek Merrin, former Air National Guard Lieutenant Colonel in the Alea Nadeem, former deputy director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Madison Sheahan, and health […]
• Ohio advocates, lawmakers say governor’s address missed key child welfare points March 16, 2026
  The reactions to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s final State of the State address have been as varied as the topics he touched on in the speech. In the area of child care and education, however, legislators and advocates alike focused on what he didn’t say more than what he did. Care and education advocates said […]
• How Ohio’s forensic system is adapting to emerging synthetic opioids — and why it matters March 16, 2026
  Ohio’s forensic laboratories identified a newly engineered synthetic opioid in September 2025. The compound, N-propionitrile chlorphine — also known as cychlorphine — had been seized in July and submitted for testing in August. By October, it had been incorporated into state reporting and shared through Ohio’s narcotics intelligence network. When asked about the compound, a […]
• Catching Our Eye News Roundup, March 13, 2026 March 13, 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 […]