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Ohio's Levy Wars: Take the Emotion Out, Then Decide

Sep 15, 2026

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Ohio's Levy Wars: Take the Emotion Out, Then Decide

As Ohio school levy pass rates hit a multi-year low, a look at what research and campaign consultants say separates winning districts from losing ones, and five financial questions every voter should be asking before November.

Pennant Editorial Staff
Pennant Editorial Staff

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Heath Shows How It's Done on Data Centers

Sep 2, 2026

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Heath Shows How It's Done on Data Centers

Grove City, Pataskala, and Sunbury Should Take Notes

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Ohio Needs a Vision for Data Centers. Both Candidates Only See November.

Aug 28, 2026

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Ohio Needs a Vision for Data Centers. Both Candidates Only See November.

Ohio's data center tax exemption ballooned from $142 million to $1.6 billion in a year. The leading candidates for governor are still running on sound bites. The stakes are bigger than either campaign is willing to admit.

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The Grove City Letter That Never Mentions Data Centers

Aug 21, 2026

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The Grove City Letter That Never Mentions Data Centers

Grove City's charter amendment doesn't say 'data centers.' It says 50 acres, 20 megawatts, 500,000 gallons. A Broadway attorney read the fine print and wrote his neighbors about what those numbers actually cover.

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Pennant Editorial Staff

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EDITORIAL: The Crew And The Commission

Aug 14, 2026

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EDITORIAL: The Crew And The Commission

We like the crew. We can't stand the company. After a week in the dark, the difference matters more than ever.

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Pennant Editorial Staff

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Nobody's Putting "Socialist" On A School Board Yard Sign

Aug 10, 2026

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Nobody's Putting "Socialist" On A School Board Yard Sign

Nobody puts "socialist" on a school board yard sign. Nobody runs for city council on it either. You'll figure that out after they're in office and start voting.

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It’s Only August, And It Already Feels Like Late October

Aug 7, 2026

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It’s Only August, And It Already Feels Like Late October

Before the signs and the door knocks, a few things are worth checking on any ballot issue

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39 Years After The FCC Killed The Fairness Doctrine, Look Where The Audience Went

Aug 3, 2026

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39 Years After The FCC Killed The Fairness Doctrine, Look Where The Audience Went

The Fairness Doctrine died in 1987. What replaced it picked a side and kept audiences angry.

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The New Albany Solution Won't Silence The Critics

Aug 3, 2026

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The New Albany Solution Won't Silence The Critics

Veolia is building a data center in New Albany with its own power supply; no grid connection, no rate impact on anyone else. Watch how little that matters to the people who've been fighting data centers over electric bills.

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Pennant Editorial Staff

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The Scorched Earth Season Is Coming. Before It Does, Look at the Numbers.

Jul 27, 2026

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The Scorched Earth Season Is Coming. Before It Does, Look at the Numbers.

This fall, both parties will run on corruption. Neither one wants you to read this first.

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Pennant Editorial Staff

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EDITORIAL: Who's Really In Charge Of College Sports? As Football Nears, Nobody's Sure

Jul 22, 2026

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EDITORIAL: Who's Really In Charge Of College Sports? As Football Nears, Nobody's Sure

Ohio State opens against Ball State on Sept. 5 and heads to Texas a week later. The sport behind those games is ungoverned, unsettled, and somehow more popular than ever.

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EDITORIAL: What JD Vance Doesn't Understand About Organized Labor

Jul 20, 2026

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EDITORIAL: What JD Vance Doesn't Understand About Organized Labor

Vice President JD Vance wants Republicans to rebuild organized labor. Those same unions are bankrolling the effort to flip Jon Husted's Senate seat.

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EDITORIAL: Why Is There Maple Syrup Everywhere in Vermont? (And How Does Ohio's Stack Up?)

Jul 16, 2026

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EDITORIAL: Why Is There Maple Syrup Everywhere in Vermont? (And How Does Ohio's Stack Up?)

Vermont puts maple syrup everywhere and treats the harvest like a religion. Ohio's Geauga County has been doing the same thing since 1926 — it just doesn't talk about it as much.

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Pennant Editorial Staff

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EDITORIAL: Ohio Should Learn From New York's Data Center Mistake, Not Repeat It

Jul 15, 2026

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EDITORIAL: Ohio Should Learn From New York's Data Center Mistake, Not Repeat It

New York called its 2008 fracking pause temporary. It became a permanent ban by 2014. Ohio's anti-data center campaigns are running the same playbook.

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Pennant Editorial Staff

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EDITORIAL: Grove City, You Have a Problem

Jul 2, 2026

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EDITORIAL: Grove City, You Have a Problem

This fall's Grove City referendum isn't about data centers. Read the document.

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Pennant Editorial Staff

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EDITORIAL: Intel's Missed Promises Drove The Ohio Chip Delays — And Left The State Exposed

Jun 29, 2026

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EDITORIAL: Intel's Missed Promises Drove The Ohio Chip Delays — And Left The State Exposed

Intel is five years behind schedule in New Albany. Ohio has no mechanism to recover most of what it spent — and hasn't tried.

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Pennant Editorial Staff

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The Levy Math Districts Don't Want to Discuss

Jun 26, 2026

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The Levy Math Districts Don't Want to Discuss

Some Ohio districts are swapping property tax levies for income tax levies, hoping a different ask gets a different answer. The cost structure driving the bill hasn't changed.

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Pennant Editorial Staff

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EDITORIAL: Ohio Voters Have Levy-Fatigue. School Leaders Have an Explanation Problem.

Jun 24, 2026

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EDITORIAL: Ohio Voters Have Levy-Fatigue. School Leaders Have an Explanation Problem.

Ohio voters didn't turn against public institutions in May. They turned against school districts that haven't earned their trust back yet.

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Pennant Editorial Staff

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EDITORIAL: Ohio's College Reckoning Reaches Columbus

Jun 23, 2026

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EDITORIAL: Ohio's College Reckoning Reaches Columbus

A name on a college brochure is no longer a promise the school will be open at graduation. Ohio families need to start asking the questions no admissions office volunteers

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Pennant Editorial Staff

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Ten Ohio Reps Sided With the Teamsters Over the People Back Home

Jun 19, 2026

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Ten Ohio Reps Sided With the Teamsters Over the People Back Home

Five Ohio Republicans who campaigned as friends of business just voted to let federal arbitrators impose union contracts that neither workers nor companies get to approve.

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Pennant Editorial Staff

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EDITORIAL: The World Cup, Food, Fun, and Everybody Is Getting Along

Jun 18, 2026

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EDITORIAL: The World Cup, Food, Fun, and Everybody Is Getting Along

Something strange and wonderful is happening. The world showed up for the World Cup, and it turns out the world kind of loves us.

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Pennant Editorial Staff

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EDITORIAL: The Summer Job Worth Saving

Jun 17, 2026

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EDITORIAL: The Summer Job Worth Saving

Teen summer hiring is on pace for its worst year since 1948. For kids who can't trade a part-time job for a summer internship, the consequences go well beyond a missing paycheck.

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Pennant Editorial Staff

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EDITORIAL: When the Calendar Becomes the Curriculum

Jun 16, 2026

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EDITORIAL: When the Calendar Becomes the Curriculum

Out in Fairfax County, Virginia, the school district recently asked parents a telling question

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Pennant Editorial Staff

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What Is Price Cycling, and Why It Isn't Price Fixing

Jun 15, 2026

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What Is Price Cycling, and Why It Isn't Price Fixing

Why did gas prices in central Ohio rise while the rest of the country's fell? It's not a conspiracy — it's price cycling.

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Pennant Editorial Staff

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EDITORIAL: Public Project Lessons from Gahanna

Jun 12, 2026

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EDITORIAL: Public Project Lessons from Gahanna

Gahanna's $59 million civic center is delayed again after the electrical work had to be ripped out. The contractor says it'll cover the cost — but not who hired the out-of-state firm in the first place

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