• Athens Sen. Stewart Casts Deciding Vote for SB-5

  By ANDREW ZUCKER | 03/03/2011 3:55 am | 9 comments
   

  The Ohio Senate passed Senate Bill 5 (SB-5) Wednesday, which would drastically overhaul the state’s 27-year law allowing...

   

• Students, Faculty Host Teach-in to Protest Education Cuts

  By KATE IRBY & ANNA RUMER | 03/03/2011 3:50 am | 5 comments
   

  On Wednesday, March 2, a five-hour session was held at Ohio University to discuss the shortfalls in the current higher education...

   

• Stewart Refuses a Position on Ohio Bill to End Collective Bargaining

  By ANDREW ZUCKER | 03/01/2011 4:42 am | 5 comments
   

  On the eve of a final committee hearing on Ohio Senate Bill 5 (SB-5), State Sen. Jimmy Stewart met with more than 30 public...

   

• Letter: Students Should Protest Anti-Education Policies

  By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | 02/28/2011 3:12 am | 1 comment

  By: Andrew Kirkland Fellow members of the Ohio University community, please hear me out. Our economy is in shambles, many...

   

• Ohio Senate Republicans to Amend SB-5, Drop Complete Ban on Collective Bargaining

  By ANDREW ZUCKER | 02/23/2011 8:30 pm | 4 comments

  After days of protests at the Ohio Statehouse, Republican legislators in Ohio’s senate announced Wednesday that they plan...

   

• Thousands Protest Senate Bill 5

  By BRADLEY EVANS | 02/23/2011 7:18 pm | 1 comment
   

  More than 5,000 union supporters crowded the Ohio Statehouse Tuesday in one of the largest protests of Senate Bill 5 (SB-5)...

   

• Controversial Labor Bill Hits Close to Home

  By KATE IRBY | 02/22/2011 6:07 am | no comments
   

  Members of the Athens County Educators Association gathered outside the Athens County Courthouse Monday to protest Ohio...

   

• Editorial Comment: What’s at Stake in Wisconsin and Ohio

  By ANDREW ZUCKER | 02/22/2011 6:04 am | 6 comments
   

  Social security is the third rail in American politics. Until recently, public employees were the fourth. You wouldn’t...

   

• Opposition Continues Over Senate Bill 5

  By KEVIN O'HARE | 02/22/2011 6:03 am | 2 comments
   

  Demonstrators Monday gathered in Columbus to show their opposition to Senate Bill 5, a bill aimed at limiting public employees’...

   

• Opinion: Kasich-Backed Bill Unfairly Targets Public Employees

  By ALEX MAZA | 02/21/2011 6:02 am | no comments

  The debate over the ability for state employees to engage in collective bargaining that has engulfed Wisconsin has now spilled...