Jessie Balmert

Tremendous reporting and details from @lbischoff + @TMP_Doug. Worth your time: Smuggled drugs fuel chaos inside Ohio prisons dispatch.com/story/news/cri… via @DispatchAlerts

Ohio commission approves fracking under thousands of acres of public land dispatch.com/story/news/pol… via @DispatchAlerts

Inbox: Attorney General Dave Yost's office OK'd the petition for a proposed amendment to limit most data center construction in Ohio. Next stop, Ballot Board. Previous story: cincinnati.com/story/news/pol…

.@VivekGRamaswamy fleshes out his comments about Ohio universities in this op-ed. "My first budget will propose to empower the Chancellor of Higher Education to conduct a statewide review, guided by clear statutory criteria, not backroom favoritism." dispatch.com/story/opinion/…

Ohio governor candidate @VivekGRamaswamy wants to roll back, not eliminate, property taxes cincinnati.com/story/news/pol… via @enquirer

OSU College of Medicine admissions target of DOJ civil rights investigation dispatch.com/story/news/edu… via @DispatchAlerts

Ex-FirstEnergy execs return to court for jury instruction reread beaconjournal.com/story/business… via @beaconjournal

Ohio Women's Monument closer to completion at Ohio Statehouse dispatch.com/story/news/loc… via @DispatchAlerts

DOJ argues ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder's conviction should be upheld news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/ex-… Here's the brief: supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/2…

Ohio congressional candidate @bpforcongress lands a high-profile endorsement from @BernieSanders. It could boost him in the 7th district's 8-way Democratic primary — though whether it helps in November against @MaxMillerOH in a district Trump carried by 11 points is another issue

How federal SNAP changes are trickling down to Ohio's urban counties dispatch.com/story/news/pol… via @haleybemiller

The Ohio House of Representatives has passed a bill that could test the limits of Ohio's 2023 abortion rights amendment to the state Constitution. dispatch.com/story/news/pol… via @DispatchAlerts

Ohio House passes bill to criminalize drag shows deemed 'obscene' dispatch.com/story/news/pol… via @haleybemiller

Ohio House passes Larry Henderson Act to eliminate parole for cop killers cincinnati.com/story/news/pol… via @enquirer

Ohio House passes Aspen Runnels Law to make school-zone deaths a felony cincinnati.com/story/news/pol… via @enquirer

The Ohio House of Representatives is honoring former Rep. Helen Rankin, the chamber's first African American female member. ohiostatehouse.org/museum/george-…

Two of Ohio's most anti-abortion lawmakers want doctors to tell pregnant patients about an experimental abortion reversal protocol cincinnati.com/story/news/pol… via @enquirer

Haslams want millions for NWSL. Columbus City Council not so sure dispatch.com/story/news/loc… via @DispatchAlerts

Ohio bill would ax income tax on capital gains, cutting as much as $680M in revenue. dispatch.com/story/news/pol… via @DispatchAlerts

Now I need to make the difficult decision of whether to switch specialty plates...