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Despite the possibility of the law being rejected nationally in court, the Ohio Right to Live is supporting another bill that involves abortion.   COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio senators voted Tuesday for a bill that could effectively outlaw abortions. The Heartbeat Bill bans the procedure once a heartbeat can be detected – usually about six […]

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North Carolina’s anti-gay “bathroom bill” has been the center of a lot of controversy this year — and “The Daily Show” decided to put the bill to the test. The state’s discriminatory HB2 bill, which was passed in March, restricts transgender people from using the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity and also allows businesses […]

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Take a moment to celebrate our four-legged friends following Montreal's ban on pit bull and pit bull-like dogs.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio– House Bill 60, also known as Goddard’s Law, is now on the books. The man for whom it was named, our own Dick Goddard, stood at the side of Ohio Governor John Kasich Monday afternoon as the bill was signed into law. “It’s wonderful; if it’s the last thing I do of any […]

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According to Fox 28, an Ohio state senator will meet with several members of the Fraternal Order of Police next week after he introduced a bill that officers say would hinder burglary investigations. The proposal deals with how pawn shop owners report information on their customers. Different cities are requiring different things but city ordinance […]

I agree, our students need more instructional time for communication skills, problem-solving skills, creative writing, the arts, field trips, and the like. President Barack Obama…

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Did you know that Ohio is one of the 20 states that are without racial profiling laws? A new report from the NAACP finds out that 20 states don’t have laws explicitly banning racial profiling. Even more, the NAACP reports that  of the 30 states with laws on the books, 17 criminalize racial profiling and just three states –Kansas, Tennessee […]

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Another black man in charge! Wendell E. Pritchett, the current chancellor of Rutgers University- Camden, has been named the interim dean of the University of…

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A woman is allowed to keep her child’s father out of the delivery room when she is labor, a New Jersey judge has ruled according to the New Jersey Law Journal. This decision was handed down in February regarding a case bewteen estranged, unmarried parents. This ruling is based on the mother’s right to privacy. […]

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A homeless man has allegedly held up and robbed a Portland bank for $1, then sat down and waited for police to arrest him so he could receive healthcare in prison. Timothy Dean Alsip, a 50-year-old homeless man, was arrested by the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Department and thrown in jail on suspicion of second-degree robbery. […]

  Lawmakers in Opa-Locka, Fla., have an ordinance in place for its male residents who sag their pants. Now they have decided to include females…

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Many of Ohio’s newly approved abortion restrictions are as severe as the ones found in the hotly disputed Texas legislation. If these restrictions are approved by Republican Gov. John Kasich, Ohio will have some of the most draconian anti-abortion laws in the country. Read ‘em here. SOURCE Source: flickr.com  /  via: flickr There was no Wendy Davis in Ohio […]