Local elections decide rent prices, transit routes and campus safety issues that shape daily student life. When students skip the polls, others determine their future for them.
The Athens City Council heard from over 25 community members with comments regarding an ordinance that provides temporary shelters for unhoused individuals on North Congress Street. The public comments expressed several concerns, including safety, winter weather, substance abuse and misinformation.
Senate Bill 114, signed by Gov. Mike DeWine, ensures no law enforcement agency will be allowed to encourage officers to reach a quota on citations and arrests. The Ohio University Police Department will ticket as normal, as they did not have a quota before the bill, but will continue to hold high standards for parking violations.
U.S. Weekly Headlines: Protestors in cities across the country gathered to express discontent with the Trump administration. Trump revoked the visas of six foreigners due to comments made against Charlie Kirk, and the CIA was confirmed to be conducting covert operations in Venezuela after recent maritime attacks against alleged drug smuggling boats from the country.
Early voting is a great resource for college students who won’t be in their hometowns on Election Day. In November 2024, almost 45% of Ohio voters cast early ballots -- either in-person or through absentee voting.
President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed July 4, bringing changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Plus the Nobel Peace Prize winner, immigration enforcement in Chicago.
Entertainment media has a place in politics, and it influences people more than they realize.
Acting as council president Monday, Councilmember Micah McCarey led a meeting where Athens City Council unanimously passed five ordinances. Measures included joining the national opioid settlement, leasing the former fire department building and updating rental permit requirements.
House Bill 460, sponsored by Ohio Republican Reps. Thaddeus Claggett and Bernard Willis, proposed legislation that would allow elected officials to carry concealed handguns in government buildings across the state.
President Donald Trump signed a proclamation increasing the $215 annual visa fee to $100,000 for highly-skilled foreign workers.
America’s most recent government shutdown highlights increasing political tension and is discouraging to voters.
More than 50 people protested U.S. Rep. Greg Landsman’s keynote at the Athens County Democrats’ fall fundraiser, citing his voting record on Israel.
Ohio Democrats proposed a new Ohio congressional map to Ohio’s General Assembly on Tuesday.
This week in U.S. news: Trump officials honor Charlie Kirk at a memorial, Trump makes unfounded claims about Tylenol, Jimmy Kimmel returns to late-night television, ICE facility shooter identified and former FBI Director James Comey indicted.
U.S. Weekly Headlines: The U.S. military attacked a Venezuelan boat allegedly carrying illegal drugs, the Justice Department sued Oregon and Maine over withholding of voter data and Trump exercised executive power to penalize critics of Charlie Kirk.
Athens City Council met to discuss ordinances, financial reports.
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Ohio nearly doubled last week, and two respiratory illness outbreaks were reported in Southeast Ohio. As winter approaches, new federal restrictions are limiting access to the COVID-19 vaccine, sparking concern among health experts, students and providers across the state.
Charlie Kirk assassinated, new immigration operation in Chicago and more in this week’s U.S. headlines.
Although OU’s official support centers for certain groups have been closed, the Student Senate is pushing organizations to use the Senate Appropriations Committee, or SAC. SAC is the Student Senate’s funding commission, which provides semesterly and bi-weekly funding to student organizations for programming.
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