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EDITORIAL: Data Center Syndrome Hits the Ballot

Oct 30, 2026

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EDITORIAL: Data Center Syndrome Hits the Ballot

Grove City already passed a 12-month data center moratorium. Then came a 19-section charter amendment that could force the new high school back onto the ballot.

Pennant Editorial Staff
Pennant Editorial Staff

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Gas Tax Holiday Is Somewhere Between a Sugar High and an Election Gimmick

Oct 28, 2026

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Gas Tax Holiday Is Somewhere Between a Sugar High and an Election Gimmick

Ohio’s 90-day gas tax holiday was sold to us as relief at the pump. More than three weeks into this tax sabbatical, prices have climbed anyway, and statewide averages are back above the national average.

Pennant Editorial Staff
Pennant Editorial Staff

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How a Bill Gets the Old Yeller Treatment

Oct 23, 2026

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How a Bill Gets the Old Yeller Treatment

When people say they hate politics, they usually can’t tell you why. So, as a public service, the editorial board will explain it with a real-life example.

Pennant Editorial Staff
Pennant Editorial Staff

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EDITORIAL: NBC4 Columbus Commits an Act of Journalism on Grove City’s Issue 28

Oct 20, 2026

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EDITORIAL: NBC4 Columbus Commits an Act of Journalism on Grove City’s Issue 28

NBC4 found a law professor with no skin in the game and asked her to read Issue 28. What she found wasn’t in the ballot language.

Pennant Editorial Staff
Pennant Editorial Staff

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EDITORIAL: Last Week’s Court Ruling Closes the Door on Ohio’s Poorest Kids

Oct 16, 2026

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EDITORIAL: Last Week’s Court Ruling Closes the Door on Ohio’s Poorest Kids

For two decades, EdChoice has given struggling families a way out. Last week, a state appeals court ruled that way out unconstitutional.

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Pennant Editorial Staff

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EDITORIAL Part 3: It's Not "Unintended" If You Were Warned

Sep 30, 2026

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EDITORIAL Part 3: It's Not "Unintended" If You Were Warned

Unintended consequences are mistakes. Foreseeable ones are choices. Grove City's organizers said they wrote Issue 28 broad on purpose. Read the text before you vote.

Pennant Editorial Staff
Pennant Editorial Staff

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EDITORIAL Part 2: Grove City's Bill Comes Due

Sep 29, 2026

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EDITORIAL Part 2: Grove City's Bill Comes Due

Issue 28 will kill the city, not data centers

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EDITORIAL Part 1: When Emotion Overtakes Reality, You Get Issue 28

Sep 28, 2026

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EDITORIAL Part 1: When Emotion Overtakes Reality, You Get Issue 28

Grove City already stopped its data center. Issue 28 is the second engagement ring. Here's what it puts on everyone else's finger.

Pennant Editorial Staff
Pennant Editorial Staff

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EDITORIAL: The Blade Isn't Dying Because of Bad Journalism

Sep 22, 2026

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EDITORIAL: The Blade Isn't Dying Because of Bad Journalism

It's Dying Because We Stopped Agreeing on What's True.

Pennant Editorial Staff
Pennant Editorial Staff

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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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Is Sherrod Brown's Data Center Crusade a Midterm Psyop — Or Does Labor Already Know He'll Fold?

Sep 14, 2026

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Is Sherrod Brown's Data Center Crusade a Midterm Psyop — Or Does Labor Already Know He'll Fold?

Brown's campaign says it wants oversight, not a ban. His union allies say data centers are driving a surge in apprenticeships and wages. His TV ads say something else entirely. Voters deserve a straight answer before November.

Pennant Editorial Staff
Pennant Editorial Staff

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EDITORIAL: Heath Shows How It's Done on Data Centers

Sep 2, 2026

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EDITORIAL: 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.

Pennant Editorial Staff
Pennant Editorial Staff

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EDITORIAL: The Grove City Letter That Never Mentions Data Centers

Aug 21, 2026

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EDITORIAL: 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.

Pennant Editorial Staff
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.

Pennant Editorial Staff
Pennant Editorial Staff

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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

Pennant Editorial Staff
Pennant Editorial Staff

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

Aug 3, 2026

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EDITORIAL: 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.

Pennant Editorial Staff
Pennant Editorial Staff

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EDITORIAL: The New Albany Solution Won't Silence The Critics

Aug 3, 2026

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EDITORIAL: 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.

Pennant Editorial Staff
Pennant Editorial Staff

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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.

Pennant Editorial Staff
Pennant Editorial Staff

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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.

Pennant Editorial Staff
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.

Pennant Editorial Staff
Pennant Editorial Staff

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EDITORIAL: Ohio Just Won No. 1 For Business. A Wave Of Local Ballots Could Hand It Back.

Jul 10, 2026

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EDITORIAL: Ohio Just Won No. 1 For Business. A Wave Of Local Ballots Could Hand It Back.

Ohio spent 15 years climbing to No. 1 for business. It could lose that ranking one ballot measure at a time.

Pennant Editorial Staff
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