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Campaigns for and against the proposal to make it harder to amend the state constitution offer options to contribute to their campaigns.

By Tim Burga

State Issue 1 is a seismic sucker punch to democracy and majority voter rule simply to eliminate the threat that a majority of Ohioans might pose to the fanatical, right-wing agenda at the Ohio Statehouse, writes columnist Marilou Johanek.

Turns out our “conservative” Statehouse Republicans, who have run the General Assembly for almost 30 years, have a zest for power and aren’t about to return even a smidgen of it to Ohio voters. writes Thomas Suddes in his column today.

One by one, the General Assembly is making war on the common institutions that make Americans Americans, and Ohioans Ohioans, Thomas Suddes writes

We will discuss the various safety approaches being taken statewide as we mark the unofficial start to summer.

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As backed by Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose and the Ohio Ballot Board’s two other Republicans, the official ballot language for State Issue 1 fails to give voters a clear picture of what it and its GOP godparents aim to do. The Ballot Board should have drawn that picture. But it didn’t. The Ohio Supreme Court needs to step up, writes the editorial board of The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com.