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![A derailed Norfolk Southern train car is pictured in Van Buren Township, Michigan, on February 18, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/2023_0725-norfolk-southern-400x300.jpg)
Ohio Voters Will Decide Whether Norfolk Southern Can Buy Publicly Owned Railroad
The company behind the train derailment in East Palestine wants to buy the only municipally owned railroad in the U.S.
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Poll: Nearly 6 in 10 Ohio Voters Back Abortion Rights Ballot Initiative
Residents in the Buckeye State will vote on the abortion rights amendment in the general election this fall.
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GOP Planned to Destroy Public Education in Ohio. We Defeated Them — for Now.
SB 83 is part of a larger right-wing goal seeking to muzzle any and all education about structural oppression.
![A screenshot from a TV ad from Protect Women Ohio, a group opposed to abortion rights, shows a clip of what appears to be a drag queen story hour.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/2023_0718-drag-ad-400x300.jpg)
TV Ad in Ohio Tries to Scare Voters With Drag Queens to Thwart Abortion Rights
“Transphobia is a threat to democracy,” says communications strategist at the ACLU.
![People vote at a polling location at Indianola Church of Christ on Election Day on November 8, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/2023_0712-ohio-voting-400x300.jpg)
Ohio GOP Is Trying to Raise Ballot Initiative Threshold to Block Abortion
Republicans have admitted the measure is intended to thwart an abortion rights initiative in the fall general election.
![Protesters hold signs at an abortion rights rally in Dayton, Ohio, on May 14, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/2023_706-ohio-abortion-400x300.jpg)
More Than 700K Ohioans Sign Ballot Initiative to Protect Abortion Rights
If passed, the initiative would undo a trigger law that restricts abortions after around six weeks.
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Ohio Republicans Are Trying to Take Power From Voters. We Won’t Let Them.
We must be as dogged about protecting our democracy as authoritarian forces are about decimating it.
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New Ohio Gender-Affirming Care Ban Requires Erroneous Mental Health Screening
This provision ignores scientific consensus that conditions like depression don't “cause” someone to be trans.
![Protesters hold placards at a pro-abortion rights rally in Dayton, Ohio, on May 14, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0615-abortion-ohio-b-400x300.jpg)
Ohio GOP Aims to Thwart Move to Enshrine Abortion Rights in State Constitution
“We needed to put this on the ballot immediately because we’re in the middle of a health care emergency,” a doctor said.
![Screenshots from video of anti-drag protesters and activists defending an event in Wadsworth, Ohio.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/2023_0314-drag-protest-400x300.jpg)
Neo-Nazis, Far Right Protesters Storm Drag Queen Story Hour in Ohio
Protesters of the story hour carried swastikas, spewed Nazi jargon and threatened violence.