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    A law enforcement officer points a crowd control weapon at a protester in East Side, Chicago, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
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    PHOTOS: A look at federal immigration raids in Chicago areas as protestors clash with...
    Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine compares Nerds Gummy Clusters to an intoxicating hemp knockoff. He signed executive orders on Oct. 8 to block intoxicating hemp product sales in Ohio.
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    DeWine executive order bans intoxicating hemp sales in Ohio
    Carol Dunlap (left), Susan Samuels (middle), and Stephanie Stephens (right) are running for seats on the Springfield City School District Board of Education.
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    3 vying for 2 seats on Springfield school board
    FILE - The William McKinley Monument is silhouetted in front of the west side of the Ohio Statehouse, April 15, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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    Legislature overrides DeWine, eliminates new emergency levies for school districts
    FILE - Jim Tressel, president of Youngstown State University, is shown before an NFL football game between the Green Bay Packers and the Cleveland Browns, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Richard, File)
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    Lt. Governor Jim Tressel says he won’t run for Ohio governor in 2026
    U.S. House Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio questions Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York during a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on state immigration policies on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)
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    Rep. Jordan forced to answer questions in deposition, reports say
    The Gavel Sculpture in downtown Columbus sits in the reflecting pool alongside the Ohio Supreme Court building.
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    Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, takes questions after signing the state's 2026-2027 operating budget and penning 67 line-item vetoes. Tuesday, July 1, 2025.
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    Property tax reforms axed from state budget: What is next step to help property owners
    Mayor Rob Rue speaks during a Springfield City Commission meeting Tuesday, June 17, 2025. JESSICA OROZCO/STAFF
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    City awaits ICE action; Mayor Rue: Trump ‘can’t keep our city out of his mouth’
    Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Polly Jordan walk past Tara Hoot, Ricky Rosé, Vagenesis and Maria Con Carne outside the Kennedy Center, to attend Les Miserables, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Washington, on the night that President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were also attending. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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    PHOTOS: Trump met with drag queens, boos and cheers at First Kennedy Center appearance
    Mayor Rob Rue speaks during a Springfield City Commission meeting Tuesday, June 17, 2025. JESSICA OROZCO/STAFF
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    City awaits ICE action; Mayor Rue: Trump ‘can’t keep our city out of his mouth’
    Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Polly Jordan walk past Tara Hoot, Ricky Rosé, Vagenesis and Maria Con Carne outside the Kennedy Center, to attend Les Miserables, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Washington, on the night that President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were also attending. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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    PHOTOS: Trump met with drag queens, boos and cheers at First Kennedy Center appearance
    Speaker of the House Matt Huffman bangs the gavel next to Senate President Rob McColley before the State of the State address by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine in the Ohio House chambers at the Ohio Statehouse on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in Columbus, Ohio. (Samantha Madar/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, Pool)
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    Ohio Rep. Kathleen Clyde talks about purging voters, her candidacy
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    Ohio Democrats pick former Cleveland-area rep as new party chair
    Firefighters respond to a car burning during a protest in Compton, Calif., Saturday, June 7, 2025, after federal immigration authorities conducted operations. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
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    PHOTOS: President Trump sends National Guard as anti-ICE riots boil over in Los Angeles
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    Estate tax repeal pending in Congress raises debate over charity, wealth gap
    Gov. Mike DeWine speaks peaks during the opening ceremony of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly on Friday at Schuster Center. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    NATO Parliamentary Assembly talks security on day one in Dayton
    Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks to a crowd at the Simon Kenton Inn in Springfield on Thursday, May 22, 2025. JESSICA OROZCO/STAFF
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