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    Graduate Student Senate discusses potential increases in student health insurance rates

    Culinary Services Union president discusses worker exploitation with Student Senate

    “Safe and Sexy” event promotes sexual health awareness

    Follow the money; an interactive look at where endowment funds are spent at Ohio University

    Three new sustainability hubs to focus on improving Ohio University’s environmental impact

  • City

    Former president of Ohio University’s College Democrats announces campaign for City Council

    The Other Place clothing store on Court Street is permanently closing

    Hundreds participate in rainy Athens Women’s March

    City Council approves temporary lift to parking ordinance over winter break

    New JUUL policy could threaten some local businesses

  • State

    Upcoming trial hopes to change Ohio’s voting map for 2020

    Ohio lawmakers may have accidentally banned legal firearms due to error in wording of bill

    A bipartisan Ohio House bill seeks to repeal tax on women’s hygiene products

    OPINION: Sandusky takes a big step in making Election Day a holiday

    Meet John Carey, the Governor’s newest appointment who hopes to change Appalachia for the better

  • Opinion

    The Counter Opinion: Analyzing another batch of presidential candidates

    OPINION: Why Bernie should have left his presidential hopes in 2016

    OPINION: Sandusky takes a big step in making Election Day a holiday

    The Counter OPINION: The Green New Deal

    OPINION: Why the State of the Union address was unsuccessful

  • Watch & Listen
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    PODCAST: Politech: Access for All

    PODCAST: Politech: New sexting bill and election hacking

    PODCAST: Politech: Episode 2

    PODCAST: Politech: Episode 1

    Vote Ohio: The Dem. and GOP Candidates for Governor

    Kaitlin Bennett’s open-carry walk was met with hundreds of police officers and Antifa

    Vote Ohio: The Third Party Candidates for Governor

    Vote Ohio: Executive Candidates on the Ballot | Part 1

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  • 13 hours ago The Counter Opinion: Analyzing another batch of presidential candidates
  • 13 hours ago OPINION: Why Bernie should have left his presidential hopes in 2016
  • 2 days ago Graduate Student Senate discusses potential increases in student health insurance rates
  • 2 days ago Upcoming trial hopes to change Ohio’s voting map for 2020
  • 3 days ago Ohio lawmakers may have accidentally banned legal firearms due to error in wording of bill
  • 1 week ago A bipartisan Ohio House bill seeks to repeal tax on women’s hygiene products
Home Tag Archives: Sandra Williams

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Ohio Senate passes bill requiring burial or cremation of aborted fetuses

By Brook Endale
February 1, 2018
in :  Law, State
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Ohio Statehouse Rotunda. Photo by Mike King via Flickr.

Proponents of the recently passed bill say it protects the rights of the unborn, but opponents say it’s a setback for women. Last week, the Ohio Senate passed a bill that mandates women who have abortions to either to cremate or bury the fetus. Joe Uecker, R-Miami Township, sponsored the bill. He said of his proposal, “ it seeks to …

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Ohio senators hope to change oversight of investigations of unarmed individuals killed by police

By Connor Perrett
January 25, 2016
in :  Social Justice
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Two Ohio senators are working to bring justice to individuals wrongfully killed by law enforcement. Senate Bill 258, introduced in the Ohio Senate by Sen. Sandra Williams, D-Cuyahoga, and Sen. Charleta Tavares, D-Franklin, on Jan. 14 would require the Ohio Attorney General to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate when an unarmed citizen is killed by a police officer. Williams …

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