David DeWitt
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Editor in Chief and Opinion Columnist. @ohiocapitaljournal.com.
Vouchers Hurt Ohio slammed a new Republican bill that would withhold funding from school districts that are involved in their ongoing lawsuit against the state's school voucher program ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/i...
‘It's obviously unconstitutional.’ Vouchers Hurt Ohio speaks out against new Republican bill • Ohio Capital Journal
Vouchers Hurt Ohio slammed a new Republican bill that would withhold state funding from school districts that are involved in their ongoing lawsuit against the state's school voucher program.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Vouchers Hurt Ohio slammed a new Republican bill that would withhold funding from school districts that are involved in their ongoing lawsuit against the state's school voucher program ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/i...
A Republican lawmaker introduced a bill to restrict state funding to public schools that are suing Ohio's private school voucher program. After mass backlash, he has reversed course with a tweak to his proposal ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/l...
Lawmaker reverses course on bill to restrict money for Ohio school districts that sue over vouchers • Ohio Capital Journal
A Republican lawmaker introduced a bill to restrict state funding to public schools that are suing Ohio's private school voucher program. After mass backlash, he has reversed course with a tweak to…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:30 AM
A Republican lawmaker introduced a bill to restrict state funding to public schools that are suing Ohio's private school voucher program. After mass backlash, he has reversed course with a tweak to his proposal ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/l...
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Voting rights groups contend in a new lawsuit that an Ohio law signed late last year relies on shaky data to remove voters from the rolls when federal law doesn’t allow it — and without providing notice to the voters facing removal ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/v...
Voting rights groups sue Ohio over law cancelling registrations without notice • Ohio Capital Journal
Voting rights groups contend an Ohio law signed late last year relies on shaky data to remove voters from the rolls when federal law doesn’t allow it — all without providing notice to the voters…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Voting rights groups contend in a new lawsuit that an Ohio law signed late last year relies on shaky data to remove voters from the rolls when federal law doesn’t allow it — and without providing notice to the voters facing removal ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/v...
Commentary: Since 2023, at least 29 states have passed laws that require K-12 public schools to enforce bans or strict limits on students using their cellphones. Ohio has one of the strictest such laws. Here are some lessons we've learned ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/o...
Ohio’s school phone ban example shows mixed results • Ohio Capital Journal
Since 2023, at least 29 states have passed laws that require K-12 public schools to enforce bans or strict limits on students using their cellphones. Ohio has one of the strictest such laws. Here are…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Commentary: Since 2023, at least 29 states have passed laws that require K-12 public schools to enforce bans or strict limits on students using their cellphones. Ohio has one of the strictest such laws. Here are some lessons we've learned ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/o...
Reposted by David DeWitt
"Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman has returned most of the committee assignments that he took away from state Rep. Rodney Creech last year amid allegations of sexual misconduct involving a minor family member." www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
Ohio lawmaker quietly regains committee seats lost amid sexual misconduct claim
House Speaker Matt Huffman has restored state Rep. Rodney Creech's committee assignments that he lost following sexual misconduct allegations involving a minor family member.
www.cleveland.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:26 PM
"Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman has returned most of the committee assignments that he took away from state Rep. Rodney Creech last year amid allegations of sexual misconduct involving a minor family member." www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
Tributes poured in across the country for the revered civil rights figure the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., who died Tuesday morning at 84. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/r...
A ‘servant leader’ honored: The nation pays tribute to Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon • Ohio Capital Journal
WASHINGTON — Tributes poured in across the country for the revered civil rights figure the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., who died Tuesday morning at 84. The two-time Democratic presidential hopeful and…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Tributes poured in across the country for the revered civil rights figure the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., who died Tuesday morning at 84. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/r...
“Since I got to this Center all you will feel is sadness and mostly depression.”
Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no…
www.propublica.org
February 17, 2026 at 10:57 PM
“Since I got to this Center all you will feel is sadness and mostly depression.”
Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
Reposted by David DeWitt
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 7:31 PM
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
Despite immigration detention numbers receding from recent highs and even as conservative judges are opting to release more detainees by rejecting Trump’s mass detention policy, tools for detainees to seek release or appeal cases are disappearing ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/r...
As Trump administration pushes for more detentions, immigrants’ options for parole shrink • Ohio Capital Journal
Despite immigration detention numbers receding from recent highs and even as conservative judges are opting to release more detainees by rejecting Trump’s mass detention policy, tools for detainees…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Despite immigration detention numbers receding from recent highs and even as conservative judges are opting to release more detainees by rejecting Trump’s mass detention policy, tools for detainees to seek release or appeal cases are disappearing ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/r...
"Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman has returned most of the committee assignments that he took away from state Rep. Rodney Creech last year amid allegations of sexual misconduct involving a minor family member." www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
Ohio lawmaker quietly regains committee seats lost amid sexual misconduct claim
House Speaker Matt Huffman has restored state Rep. Rodney Creech's committee assignments that he lost following sexual misconduct allegations involving a minor family member.
www.cleveland.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:26 PM
"Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman has returned most of the committee assignments that he took away from state Rep. Rodney Creech last year amid allegations of sexual misconduct involving a minor family member." www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
In recent weeks, lawmakers in states including Alabama, Idaho, Ohio and South Dakota have pushed legislation that would increase penalties for disrupting religious services in the wake of a widely publicized incident last month at a Minnesota church ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/r...
After Minnesota church protest, states move to crack down on disruptions • Ohio Capital Journal
Conservative state lawmakers across the country are beefing up their laws or introducing new ones in the wake of a widely publicized incident last month at a Minnesota church.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:30 PM
In recent weeks, lawmakers in states including Alabama, Idaho, Ohio and South Dakota have pushed legislation that would increase penalties for disrupting religious services in the wake of a widely publicized incident last month at a Minnesota church ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/r...
Two U.S. ICE agents appear to have made untruthful statements under oath in their account of a Jan. 14 car chase that ended with one of the agents shooting a man in the leg, a senior Homeland Security official said Friday ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/feds-...
Feds: ICE agents appear to have made untruthful statements about north Minneapolis shooting • Ohio Capital Journal
Two U.S. ICE agents appear to have made untruthful statements under oath in their account of a Jan. 14 car chase that ended with one of the agents shooting a man in the leg, a senior Homeland…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Two U.S. ICE agents appear to have made untruthful statements under oath in their account of a Jan. 14 car chase that ended with one of the agents shooting a man in the leg, a senior Homeland Security official said Friday ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/feds-...
Many small business owners have experienced economic whiplash from Trump's trade policy. Now they are waiting on the U.S. Supreme Court, which has been mulling since November whether the president’s unilateral emergency tariffs are legal. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/r...
Small business owners squeezed by Trump tariffs await Supreme Court decision • Ohio Capital Journal
Many small business owners have experienced economic whiplash from Trump's trade policy. Now they are waiting on the U.S. Supreme Court, which has been mulling since November whether the president’s…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Many small business owners have experienced economic whiplash from Trump's trade policy. Now they are waiting on the U.S. Supreme Court, which has been mulling since November whether the president’s unilateral emergency tariffs are legal. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/r...
Reposted by David DeWitt
“Billionaire Trump donor and tariff advocate is moving his Ohio manufacturing plant to China: report.” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Billionaire Trump donor is moving his Ohio manufacturing plant to China: report
John Paulson, who is worth an estimated $4 billion, previously spoke out against offshoring American manufacturing jobs
www.independent.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 2:05 PM
“Billionaire Trump donor and tariff advocate is moving his Ohio manufacturing plant to China: report.” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
The Trump administration is using a law Congress passed in the 1990s after a wave of deadly violence at abortion clinics to prosecute demonstrators and reporters who were at a immigration-related church protest in Minneapolis last month. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/r...
Trump wields abortion clinic law against church demonstrators, providers still fear violence • Ohio Capital Journal
The Trump administration is using a law Congress passed in the 1990s after a wave of deadly violence at abortion clinics to prosecute demonstrators and reporters who were at a immigration-related…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM
The Trump administration is using a law Congress passed in the 1990s after a wave of deadly violence at abortion clinics to prosecute demonstrators and reporters who were at a immigration-related church protest in Minneapolis last month. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/r...
Two U.S. ICE agents appear to have made untruthful statements under oath in their account of a Jan. 14 car chase that ended with one of the agents shooting a man in the leg, a senior Homeland Security official said Friday. ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/feds-...
Feds: ICE agents appear to have made untruthful statements about north Minneapolis shooting • Ohio Capital Journal
Two U.S. ICE agents appear to have made untruthful statements under oath in their account of a Jan. 14 car chase that ended with one of the agents shooting a man in the leg, a senior Homeland…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Two U.S. ICE agents appear to have made untruthful statements under oath in their account of a Jan. 14 car chase that ended with one of the agents shooting a man in the leg, a senior Homeland Security official said Friday. ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/feds-...
In recent weeks, lawmakers in states including Alabama, Idaho, Ohio and South Dakota have pushed legislation that would increase penalties for disrupting religious services in the wake of a widely publicized incident last month at a Minnesota church. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/r...
After Minnesota church protest, states move to crack down on disruptions • Ohio Capital Journal
Conservative state lawmakers across the country are beefing up their laws or introducing new ones in the wake of a widely publicized incident last month at a Minnesota church.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:30 PM
In recent weeks, lawmakers in states including Alabama, Idaho, Ohio and South Dakota have pushed legislation that would increase penalties for disrupting religious services in the wake of a widely publicized incident last month at a Minnesota church. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/r...
Despite immigration detention numbers receding from recent highs and even as conservative judges are opting to release more detainees by rejecting Trump’s mass detention policy, tools for detainees to seek release or appeal cases are disappearing. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/r...
As Trump administration pushes for more detentions, immigrants’ options for parole shrink • Ohio Capital Journal
Despite immigration detention numbers receding from recent highs and even as conservative judges are opting to release more detainees by rejecting Trump’s mass detention policy, tools for detainees…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Despite immigration detention numbers receding from recent highs and even as conservative judges are opting to release more detainees by rejecting Trump’s mass detention policy, tools for detainees to seek release or appeal cases are disappearing. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/r...
Commentary: Since 2023, at least 29 states have passed laws that require K-12 public schools to enforce bans or strict limits on students using their cellphones. Ohio has one of the strictest such laws. Here are some lessons we've learned. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/o...
Ohio’s school phone ban example shows mixed results • Ohio Capital Journal
Since 2023, at least 29 states have passed laws that require K-12 public schools to enforce bans or strict limits on students using their cellphones. Ohio has one of the strictest such laws. Here are…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Commentary: Since 2023, at least 29 states have passed laws that require K-12 public schools to enforce bans or strict limits on students using their cellphones. Ohio has one of the strictest such laws. Here are some lessons we've learned. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/o...
Voting rights groups contend in a new lawsuit that an Ohio law signed late last year relies on shaky data to remove voters from the rolls when federal law doesn’t allow it — and without providing notice to the voters facing removal. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/v...
Voting rights groups sue Ohio over law cancelling registrations without notice • Ohio Capital Journal
Voting rights groups contend an Ohio law signed late last year relies on shaky data to remove voters from the rolls when federal law doesn’t allow it — all without providing notice to the voters…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Voting rights groups contend in a new lawsuit that an Ohio law signed late last year relies on shaky data to remove voters from the rolls when federal law doesn’t allow it — and without providing notice to the voters facing removal. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/v...
A Republican lawmaker introduced a bill to restrict state funding to public schools that are suing Ohio's private school voucher program. After mass backlash, he has reversed course with a tweak to his proposal. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/l...
Lawmaker reverses course on bill to restrict money for Ohio school districts that sue over vouchers • Ohio Capital Journal
A Republican lawmaker introduced a bill to restrict state funding to public schools that are suing Ohio's private school voucher program. After mass backlash, he has reversed course with a tweak to…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:30 PM
A Republican lawmaker introduced a bill to restrict state funding to public schools that are suing Ohio's private school voucher program. After mass backlash, he has reversed course with a tweak to his proposal. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/l...
“Billionaire Trump donor and tariff advocate is moving his Ohio manufacturing plant to China: report.” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Billionaire Trump donor is moving his Ohio manufacturing plant to China: report
John Paulson, who is worth an estimated $4 billion, previously spoke out against offshoring American manufacturing jobs
www.independent.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 2:05 PM
“Billionaire Trump donor and tariff advocate is moving his Ohio manufacturing plant to China: report.” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Vouchers Hurt Ohio slammed a new Republican bill that would withhold funding from school districts that are involved in their ongoing lawsuit against the state's school voucher program. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/i...
‘It's obviously unconstitutional.’ Vouchers Hurt Ohio speaks out against new Republican bill • Ohio Capital Journal
Vouchers Hurt Ohio slammed a new Republican bill that would withhold state funding from school districts that are involved in their ongoing lawsuit against the state's school voucher program.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Vouchers Hurt Ohio slammed a new Republican bill that would withhold funding from school districts that are involved in their ongoing lawsuit against the state's school voucher program. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/17/i...
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February 17, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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