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Republicans Pull It Together: Speaker Johnson Re-Elected

Republicans Pull It Together: Speaker Johnson Re-Elected

Benjamin Nguyen January 16, 2025

The US House of Representatives voted just 3 days into the new year on who would preside over the lower house through the 119th Session of Congress.  Speaker Mike Johnson [R-LA-4] who was elected following the removal of Fmr. Speaker Kevin McCarthy in...

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39th President Jimmy Carter Dead at 100

39th President Jimmy Carter Dead at 100

Will Widner January 16, 2025

Jimmy Carter, former president of the United States and Nobel Peace Prize winner, passed away on December 29th, due to natural causes, in his home in Plains, Georgia. Jimmy Carter leaves behind many family members - this includes his four children,...

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How The LA Wildfires Are Affecting The Middle Class

How The LA Wildfires Are Affecting The Middle Class

Julianne Overfield-Singh January 16, 2025

America watches as rapidly growing wildfires tear California apart. But how is it exactly affecting the people living there? It is easily expressed through social media platforms, the conditions people living in Los Angeles are facing right now. But how...

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Chloe Driver: Guilty of Child Murder

Chloe Driver: Guilty of Child Murder

Jozzlyn DeLeon December 12, 2024

Chloe Driver is a 24-year-old woman who brutally stabbed her 13-month-old daughter Hannah to death. Police responded to the home of Chole on Dec 8, 2020, to find baby Hannah with stab wounds in an upstairs bedroom. The daughter was transported to the...

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Buckeye Brief IX: Governor DeWine Signs Bathroom Bill

Buckeye Brief IX: Governor DeWine Signs Bathroom Bill

Benjamin Nguyen December 5, 2024

On November 27th, Governor DeWine signed SB 104 which amended parts of the Ohio Revised Code regarding the College Credit Plus program, as well as enacted the Protect All Students Act which bars transgender identifying persons from using bathrooms that...

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Lakota East Principal Resigns Amid Investigation

Lakota East Principal Resigns Amid Investigation

Thomas Price, Editor-in-Chief November 23, 2024

Lakota East Principal Robert Burnside announced Friday that he would be resigning amid an investigation into his assistance to a former homeless student. According to Burnside, the decision was for “personal reasons” and will go into effect on January...

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The Menendez brothers Re-Sentencing 

The Menendez brothers Re-Sentencing 

Jozzlyn DeLeon November 14, 2024

More than 3 decades ago brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez were convicted of murdering their parents. Now they are one step closer to being released from prison.  Erik and Lyle are currently serving life in prison without the possibility of parole in...

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Red Tsunami: Ohio Republicans Win Big in 2024 Election

Red Tsunami: Ohio Republicans Win Big in 2024 Election

Benjamin Nguyen November 14, 2024

On November 5th, Ohioans turned out to the polls with record turnout for early voting and overall voting.  Later that night, off the coattails of President Trump’s impending victory and his charge to Make America Great Again, Ohioans saw a big red...

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Morning Again in America: Trump Re-Elected President

Morning Again in America: Trump Re-Elected President

Benjamin Nguyen November 8, 2024

On November 5th, Fmr. President Donald J. Trump was re-elected President of the United States with a mandate of over 72 million Americans, allowing President-Elect Trump to win with both the electoral and popular vote.  While Nevada and Arizona are still...

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Rise in Infant Deaths

Ruby Hutchison and Yury Roblero October 31, 2024

In 2022, the Supreme Court Dobbs decided to repeal the federal right that allows women to get abortions. After that, new research has been conducted, showing that hundreds more infants than expected have died, many of whom have birth defects. In 2021,...

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Buckeye Brief VIII: DeWine Defends Springfield

Buckeye Brief VIII: DeWine Defends Springfield

Benjamin Nguyen September 26, 2024

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine [R] wrote an op-ed (opinion letter) for the New York Times on Sept. 20th defending Springfield, Ohio – more specifically its Haitian immigrants – from the large amount of negative attention it's been given as a result of...

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Cell Phones in Lakota Local Schools

Cell Phones in Lakota Local Schools

Will Widner, Luis Alvarado, Jocelyn Volz, and Alaina Roth September 26, 2024

Lakota's phone policy has been around since 2013, but students have been dealing with the consequences of this policy more recently.  This article talks about the current phone policy, how students feel about it, and the discussion surrounding the phone...

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