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Investors are buying Ohioans’ unpaid property tax debts, with 18% interest

Investors from Omaha to Chicago last year bought tens of millions of dollars worth of delinquent property tax debts from Ohio county treasurers, setting new records in several counties.

 

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Feds advance plan to open 2,800 acres of Ohio’s Wayne National Forest to fracking

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Deadly neglect lawsuits and fines follow Ohio nursing home chain

A pressure ulcer slowly tore open a hole in the skin over Sam Frank Ray’s tailbone, leaving his raw bone exposed over weeks to the infection that eventually killed him, according to a lawsuit his family filed late last year.

 

6,000-acre solar project permit nixed by Ohio Supreme Court, for now at least

The Ohio Supreme Court overturned a permit that state officials previously granted to a massive, 6,000-acre industrial-scale solar farm and battery operation in Madison County.

 

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Ohio data center tax break cost $1.4 billion more than expected in 2025

Ohio’s biggest tax break for data centers is more expensive than once thought. A lot more expensive.

 

Ohio woman accused of illegally voting as a noncitizen acquitted at trial

A U.S. citizen was found not guilty Tuesday of illegally voting in the 2018 election when she was a lawful permanent resident of the United States.

 

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A $620 property tax debt cost him his house. Ohio’s Supreme Court will decide if the county owes him

After Angelo Craig failed to pay his $620 property tax bill, Cuyahoga County officials began the legal process of seizing his house.

 

Voters in MAGA-friendly Ohio county preserve ban on wind and solar

Richland County voters on Tuesday backed a move by their three county commissioners and preserved a ban on wind and solar power by a thinner margin than partisan politics may suggest.

 

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Ohio let counties ban solar. In Richland, it’s now on the ballot

In Richland County, the power of the sun is on the primary ballot.

Last July, the county’s three commissioners, all Republicans, added Richland to a growing list of 27 Ohio counties that have banned utility-scale wind and solar power developments.

 

Ohio Supreme Court guts ‘submetering’ business said to drive up renters’ electric bills

So-called “submetering” companies are in fact public utilities, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, driving a dagger through the heart of an industry critics say has spiked electric costs for renters who became trapped in a novel business model.

 

Ohio’s nursing homes are dumping patients at homeless shelters

The scene was concerning enough to prompt the homeless shelter staff to call the fire department.

A woman using a walker had shown up, incontinent and carrying “a large bag of medications.”

 

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