1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (591+ words) Aristotle Hutras was the director of the Ohio Retirement Study Council from 1990-2011. I began my public service in 1973 and had the good fortune to work alongside four diligent and thoughtful Ohio budget directors, Democratic and Republican. I agree with their…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (950+ words) Fear of an abuser shouldn't keep someone from voting or buying a home. That's the mission behind Ohio's Safe at Home program, which shields survivors' personal information, such as addresses and phone numbers, from public databases to prevent offenders from…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (324+ words) Ohio abandoned a plan to allow certain data centers to send water into lakes, rivers and streams after significant pushback. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency won't finalize a proposed general permit for new data centers without access to sewerage systems…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (469+ words) (The Center Square) – A Cold-War relic in Southern Ohio from America's nuclear past is emerging as a prime site in the latest global evolution – data centers and artificial intelligence. In late March, the U.S. Department of Energy announced a…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago   (489+ words) I'm a son of a planner. When I say it out loud, for dramatic effect, I make a slight pause after the second "a" before delivering the word planner as the punchline. It's true. My dad was a city planner…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (758+ words) NEW PHILADELPHIA − The Republican nominee for Ohio governor, Vivek Ramaswamy, says data centers need to pay for their own electricity and water and likened a ban on them to the pandemic shutdowns and restrictions of 2020 and 2021. During a question-and-answer session…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (168+ words) After years of construction and incentives, Ohio is now home to more than 200 data centers. Opinions about the hyperscale campuses, that power everything from websites to artificial intelligence, are changing. A recent poll from Bowling Green State University showed most…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (465+ words) Last week’s column about the 2026-27 Ohio deer regulations linked season and county limits with recent or ongoing disease outbreaks. Left unexplained, except for a vague inference, was the decision to authorize a six-deer limit inside the so-named Deer Surveillance Area…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (616+ words) Climbing property taxes can mean the difference between staying or selling for businesses and homeowners, and while rates have been trending upward across the country at a faster pace than inflation (1), leaders in some states are pushing for the opposite…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (535+ words) COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A newly introduced bill in the Ohio House would restrict certain healthcare coverage tied to gender-affirming procedures, adding to an ongoing legislative focus on transgender-related policies. House Bill 838, introduced by Rep. Josh Williams (R-Sylvania Twp.) on April…...