Two companies selected by Ohio commission to lease parts of Noble and Monroe counties for fracking
Anti-fracking advocates hung up signs before the May 20, 2024 Oil and Gas Land Management Commission meeting. (Photo by Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal.) The “highest and best bidders” were…
U.S. Department of Agriculture to fund $300 million in grants to boost exports
Soybeans being loaded from a grain bin onto a truck on June 13, 2018 in Dwight, Illinois. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is funding $300 million in grants to expand…
Prosecution rests in Trump hush money trial, after former fixer Cohen is grilled
Former President Donald Trump appears in court during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 20, 2024, in New York City. Trump…
URI labor historian gives ‘Union Joe’ a higher grade than any president since FDR
President Joe Biden, alongside UAW President Shawn Fain, speaks on the UAW picket line at Willow Run Redistribution Center in Belleville, Mich., Sept. 26, 2023. (Official White House photo) Joe…
Key members of House threaten to vote against cannabis bill after Senate changes
The Senate made a number of significant changes to the House’s cannabis bill, House Bill 1633. (Getty Images) When the New Hampshire Senate began its lengthy deliberations over marijuana legalization…
U.S. Department of Agriculture to fund $300 million in grants to boost exports
Soybeans being loaded from a grain bin onto a truck on June 13, 2018 in Dwight, Illinois. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is funding $300 million in grants to expand…
America’s number one role model should be our president
The busts of U.S. presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln tower over the Black Hills at Mount Rushmore National Monument on July 02, 2020 near Keystone,…
Meet state Rep. Jodi Whitted, the newest member of the Ohio House
COLUMBUS, OH — MAY 08: Rep. Jodi Whitted, D-Madeira, speaks during the Ohio House session, May 8, 2024, at the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Graham Stokes for Ohio…
This summer promises protests – so spring is a good time to brush up on civics
Columbia University students participate in a pro-Palestinian encampment on their campus last month. (Stephanie Keith | Getty Images) It is warm, and college students are off from classes. Restlessness from…
Medicare should include dental coverage, dentists tell U.S. Senate panel
Dr. Brian Jeffrey Swann, who is on the board of directors for Remote Area Medical and practices dentistry in Tennessee, told a U.S. Senate committee about low-income people who drive…