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Despite bipartisan opposition, Senate Bill 1 is being fast-tracked in the Ohio General Assembly. The re-introduced version of Senate Bill 83, known by many as the Ohio Higher Education Destruction Act, micromanages higher education classrooms and threatens academic freedom on Ohio's public university and college campuses. Moreover, by prohibiting faculty and staff from striking and limiting their ability to bargain in areas that directly affect their ability to shape the learning conditions for their students, it's the biggest attack on workers' rights in Ohio since Senate Bill 5. And Ohioans are standing up to fight back. Nearly 1,000 people testified against SB 1 before the Ohio Senate voted it through in February. In this episode, we share some of their voices. CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE OHIO HOUSE | After the Ohio Senate approved SB 1 with a vote of 21-11 in mid-February, it moved to the Ohio House to consider. Use this Action Alert to tell your representative why they must oppose the bill in that chamber. WATCH THE SENATE COMMITTEE HEARING | In hours of in person testimony, Ohio students, faculty, organized labor leaders, and other community members offered their thoughts on why Senate Bill 1 is bad for Ohio. Click here to watch the recording on the Ohio Channel.READ THE TESTIMONY | The testimony featured in this episode represents excerpts from the full testimony submitted to the Senate Higher Education Committee. You can read all 1,000+ pieces of testimony here. You can also read OEA's full testimony and/or Adam Keller's full testimony by clicking on those links. SUBSCRIBE | Click here to subscribe to Public Education Matters on Apple Podcasts or click here to listen on Spotify so you don't miss a thing. You can also find Public Education Matters on many other platforms, including YouTube. Click here for links for other platforms so you can listen anywhere. And don't forget you can listen to all of the previous episodes anytime on your favorite podcast platform, or by clicking here.Featured OEA member voices in this episode: Jeff Wensing, OEA Vice PresidentAdam Keller, Columbus State Education Association PresidentConnect with OEA:Email educationmatters@ohea.org with your feedback or ideas for future Public Education Matters topicsLike OEA on FacebookFollow OEA on TwitterFollow OEA on InstagramGet the latest news and statements from OEA hereLearn more about where OEA stands on the issues Keep up to date on the legislation affecting Ohio public schools and educators with OEA's Legislative WatchAbout us:The Ohio Education Association represents nearly 120,000 teachers, faculty members and support professionals who work in Ohio's schools, colleges, and universities to help improve public education and the lives of Ohio's children. OEA members provide professional services to benefit students, schools, and the public in virtually every position needed to run Ohio's schools.Public Education Matters host Katie Olmsted serves as Media Relations Consultant for the Ohio Education Association. She joined OEA in May 2020, after a ten-year career as an Emmy Award winning television reporter, anchor, and producer. Katie comes from a family of educators and is passionate about telling educators' stories and advocating for Ohio's students. She lives in Central Ohio with her husband and two young children. This episode features testimony from the Ohio Senate Higher Education Committee hearing on February 11, 2025.

Whether you live in the heart of one of Ohio's big cities or in the rolling hills of Appalachia - or anywhere in between - what happens in the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus make a huge difference in your life and what happens in our public school classrooms every day. That's why it's so important to have pro-public education lawmakers in the General Assembly and to hear from them about the big issues on the horizon for our public schools. OEA members were able to hear from a bipartisan panel of state lawmakers in December, 2024, about education priorities heading into the final days of the 135th General Assembly and looking ahead at what's coming in the 136th General Assembly as it gets underway in 2025.SUBSCRIBE | Click here to subscribe to Public Education Matters on Apple Podcasts or click here to listen on Spotify so you don't miss a thing. You can also find Public Education Matters on many other platforms, including YouTube. Click here for links for other platforms so you can listen anywhere. And don't forget you can listen to all of the previous episodes anytime on your favorite podcast platform, or by clicking here.SHARE YOUR FEEDBACK | OEA members have been weighing in on the Public Education Matters podcast and on podcasts in general to help shape the future of OEA's podcast. More feedback is always welcome! Please email educationmatters@ohea.org or complete the podcast survey here.Featured Public Education Matters guests: State Rep. Dani Isaachsohn (D-24th Ohio House District)In the Statehouse, Rep. Isaacsohn is committed to fighting for a world-class public education for every student, better childcare for parents, smarter housing policy to bring down prices and increase supply, and making sure that seniors have what they need to age with dignity. He also knows that we must tackle racial and income inequality head-on in order to make lasting progress. Rep. Isaacsohn's district includes almost half of the City of Cincinnati. He is a Walnut Hills High School graduate, and received a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University, a master's degree from Cambridge University, and a J.D. from Yale Law School.State Rep. Justin Pizzulli (R-90th Ohio House District)Rep. Pizzulli's district encompasses all of Scioto and Adams Counties, as well as parts of Brown County. His priorities are protecting the sanctity of life, protecting Ohioans' second amendment rights, and promoting economic growth and prosperity. Outside of his role as State Representative, Rep. Pizzulli works as a realtor in Wheelersburg and as a Class 1 Commercial Freight Conductor in Portsmouth. He also has a packed resume of campaign and management experience. His previous experience and current careers allow him to bring a unique perspective to the table as an elected official and better represent the people of the 90th House District. Rep. Pizzulli lives in Franklin Furnace and in his free time, he is probably enjoying a movie.State Sen. William DeMora (D-25th Ohio Senate District)Sen. DeMora's passion for public service began at a young age. He grew up watching his father serve the people of his hometown, Euclid, as a city council member. DeMora took his passion for public service and civic engagement with him to The Ohio State University where he served as President for the Ohio State College Democrats and the Ohio College Democrats before graduating with honors.DeMora previously served as Executive Director of the Ohio Democratic Party and as Executive Director of the Ohio League of Conservation Voters. He has led numerous statewide and national political campaigns supporting candidates for municipal and statewide and national office, as well as for the Ohio General Assembly. DeMora has also served as Ohio Democratic Party's Convention and Delegate Director, where he has directed the Democratic National Convention's Ohio delegation for the past 8 election cycles. Senator DeMora continues to be a Senior Consultant and Parliamentarian for the Ohio Democratic Party as well as a campaign manager for several statewide and legislative candidates.He represents the 25th Senate District which encompasses areas of Franklin County, including  Grandview Heights, Marble Cliff, Minerva Park, Upper Arlington, Valleyview, and The Ohio State University, as well as parts of Columbus,  Blendon Township, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Norwich Township, Perry Township, Plain Township, Prairie Township, and Sharon Township.Connect with OEA:Email educationmatters@ohea.org with your feedback or ideas for future Public Education Matters topicsLike OEA on FacebookFollow OEA on TwitterFollow OEA on InstagramGet the latest news and statements from OEA hereLearn more about where OEA stands on the issues Keep up to date on the legislation affecting Ohio public schools and educators with OEA's Legislative WatchAbout us:The Ohio Education Association represents nearly 120,000 teachers, faculty members and support professionals who work in Ohio's schools, colleges, and universities to help improve public education and the lives of Ohio's children. OEA members provide professional services to benefit students, schools, and the public in virtually every position needed to run Ohio's schools.Public Education Matters host Katie Olmsted serves as Media Relations Consultant for the Ohio Education Association. She joined OEA in May 2020, after a ten-year career as an Emmy Award winning television reporter, anchor, and producer. Katie comes from a family of educators and is passionate about telling educators' stories and advocating for Ohio's students. She lives in Central Ohio with her husband and two young children. The content of this episode was recorded at the OEA Fall RA on December 7, 2024.

The 136th Ohio General Assembly begins today. Statehouse News Bureau Chief Karen Kasler breaks down what the top issues could be in the new two-year session.

00:00 Show open/ Actor Anthony Anderson on Type 2 Diabetes in the Black community. 8:47 Sarah Janssen, Editor in Chief of the 2025 World Almanac and Book of Facts. 16:00 Pharmacist Sherry Torkos on natural remedies for common ailments. 22:43 Face the State: End of the legislative session in the Ohio General Assembly with incoming Ohio Senate President Rob McColley (r- Napoleon). 34:50 Face the State: Recapping the conclusion of the 2024 lame duck session in the Ohio legislature with Jo Ingles, Statehouse Reporter and Producer for Ohio Public Radio and Television and Jeremy Pelzer, Politics Reporter for Cleveland.com.

00:00 Show open/ Dr. Bruce Scott, President of the American Medical Association (AMA) on physician pay cuts and doctor shortages. 6:14 Dr. Janet Wright, Director of Programming and Science for The Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Division at The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) In Atlanta. 14:17 Face the State: Ohio Senate Minority Leader Senator Nickie Antonio (D- Lakewood) on the final days of the Ohio General Assembly's legislation session. Governor DeWine's announcement of driving simulators being set up in Springfield to address traffic safety issues involving Haitian migrants in the city and the deportation fears among Haitian migrants there. 26:54 Face the State: An interview with outgoing Ohio US Senator Sherrod Brown (D). Tech industry growth in Central Ohio.

Senate Bill 295, which is being rushed through the Ohio General Assembly in the final days of Lame Duck, represents a state overreach that punishes communities for their poverty and hurts public school students and educators. Ohio educators must act now to help our lawmakers understand why it must be stopped. OEA's Director of Government Relations joins us for this episode to explain what's in SB 295, and the president of the East Cleveland Education Association explains how SB 295 doubles down on the failed policies of state takeovers under House Bill 290, rather than focusing on the real needs of the students who need the state's support the most. TAKE ACTION NOW | Click here for the OEA Action Alert to help contact your state lawmakers and express your opposition to Senate Bill 295TELL YOUR STORY | Click here to record a short video to share on social media to help Ohioans understand why SB 295 is bad for Ohio's students, educators, and communities. WATCH THE SENATE HEARING | SB 295 got its first, and possibly only, hearing in the Ohio Senate Education Committee on Tuesday, December 10, 24. Watch it here, with discussion on SB 295 starting about 24 minutes into the recording.Featured Public Education Matters guest: Dan Ramos, OEA Director of Government RelationsDan Ramos is from Lorain, Ohio, where he attended school at St. John the Baptist and Lorain Southview High School.  After graduating high school in 2003, Dan obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science, International Affairs and Philosophy from Baldwin Wallace College in Berea, OH in 2007.  Through the 2008 presidential election cycle, he joined the Obama for America campaign, working to help elect President Obama in northeastern Ohio.  In 2009, Dan was hired by the Service Employees' International Union (SEIU) District 1199 WV/OH/KY.  Initially working with SEIU as an Administrative Organizer, representing and negotiating contracts for SEIU's state employees' division, he became SEIU 1199's Political and Legislative Liaison in late 2010.  In 2011, Dan worked with fellow labor lobbyists and attorneys in the effort to stop Senate Bill 5 while it was in the General Assembly, and then lead SEIU's efforts field in Central and Northeast Ohio to collect signatures referendum and then defeat SB 5 on the November 2011 ballot.  In 2012, Dan moved to the Ohio Education Association. Dan has served as OEA's Political Advocacy Consultant, where he was responsible for growing OEA's member political action and legislative advocacy, increasing OEA's PAC membership, the Fund for Children and Public Education, and assisting in OEA's political coalitions, such as LEAD Ohio and the America Votes Coalition. In 2018, Dan Ramos moved to Cincinnati, Ohio where he served as a Labor Relations Consultant for the Warren County Leadership Council, representing over 2,400 certified and classified K-12 teachers and ESPs.Dan returned to his political role with OEA in 2021, returning as a UniServ Political Advocacy Consultant and then moving into his current role as the Manager of Government Relations in May of 2022. Now, as the Director of Government Relations, Dan heads up OEA's efforts to engage the Ohio General Assembly and Members of Congress to advance OEA's legislative policy priorities, build relationships with Ohio's elected officials, and engage members in advocacy and accountability programs.  Dan also helps coordinate OEA's political, coalition, and electoral programs.  Lillian Tolbert, East Cleveland Education Association PresidentLillian M. Tolbert is a dedicated educator with over three decades of service in the East Cleveland City Schools. A proud Shaw High School alumna, class of 1987, she pursued her undergraduate education at Hampton University in Hampton, VA, and earned her graduate degree from the University of Akron before returning to East Cleveland to teach. Lillian has taught grades 4-6 and currently serves as an ELA Instructional Coach and Lead Teacher for grades K-5. As the president of the East Cleveland Education Association, she is a passionate advocate for educators and students. Above all, she is a proud mother to three wonderful children—Arin, Jacques, and Nyzier—who each experienced part of their educational journey in East Cleveland City Schools. Lillian looks forward to continuing her positive impact on the East Cleveland community before retiring in June of 2026.Connect with OEA:Email educationmatters@ohea.org with your feedback or ideas for future Public Education Matters topicsLike OEA on FacebookFollow OEA on TwitterFollow OEA on InstagramGet the latest news and statements from OEA hereLearn more about where OEA stands on the issues Keep up to date on the legislation affecting Ohio public schools and educators with OEA's Legislative WatchAbout us:The Ohio Education Association represents nearly 120,000 teachers, faculty members and support professionals who work in Ohio's schools, colleges, and universities to help improve public education and the lives of Ohio's children. OEA members provide professional services to benefit students, schools, and the public in virtually every position needed to run Ohio's schools.Public Education Matters host Katie Olmsted serves as Media Relations Consultant for the Ohio Education Association. She joined OEA in May 2020, after a ten-year career as an Emmy Award winning television reporter, anchor, and producer. Katie comes from a family of educators and is passionate about telling educators' stories and advocating for Ohio's students. She lives in Central Ohio with her husband and two young children. This episode was recorded on December 10 and 11, 2024.

The Repubican-dominated Ohio General Assembly is considering a bill that would limit drag performers to adult cabarets and would make it illegal for them to perform in public parks, libraries, or places where there are children under 18-years-old. Backers of the bill say it is needed to protect kids from observing harmful behavior that confuses them. But advocates for LGBTQ Ohioans say the bill would hurt LGBTQ Ohioans. Host Jo Ingles reports on all sides of the debate including testimony from proponents who testified for it and advocates for Ohio's LGBTQ community who are fighting against it. Ohio Public Media Statehouse News Bureau Chief Karen Kasler and Reporter Sarah Donaldson weigh in with their ideas about the chance of passage for this controversial legislation.

00:00 Show open/ Brian Walsh, Head of Advice and Planning at SoFi, on how rising interest rates are making Ohio students rethink student debt. 09:31 Exonerated former death row inmate Derrick Jamison on his mission to get a formal declaration from the State of Ohio recognizing that he was wrongfully imprisoned on death row for thirty years. 18:23 Face the State: Ohio gun laws in the wake of a mass shooting in Columbus that injured 10 people with Ohio Governor Mike DeWIne, Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther, Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens and House Minority Leader Allison Russo. Senate Bill 83 also called the Ohio Higher Education Enhancement Act with state Senator Jerry Cirino. The state's capital budget, a bill to help human trafficking survivors, legislation to increase penalties for sextortion, and a bill that bans transgender students in Ohio from using the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity. 29:10 Face the State: a look at what the 135th Ohio General Assembly has done so far and what's ahead after their break with Cleveland dot com and Cleveland Plain Dealer reporter Jeremy Pelzer an Jo Ingles, reporter and producer with Ohio Public Radio and Television. Free summer meal program for kids with the Mid-Ohio Food Collective.

This is the last scheduled week for the Ohio General Assembly to meet before going on a long summer break. The big ticket item on this week's agenda is a $4 billion capital bill. It's believed to be the largest in state history. Ohio Statehouse Scoop host Jo Ingles talks to her Ohio Public Media Statehouse Bureau colleagues, Karen Kasler and Sarah Donaldson, about the big spending bill and other legislation that might be addressed this week.

Tina and Hillary cover former Ohio Speaker of the House, Larry Householder. Larry Householder was once a prominent figure in Ohio politics serving in the Ohio House since 1997. BUT he faced a dramatic downfall after being embroiled in a bribery scandal. Sources Tina's Story CNN Politics Former Ohio House speaker sentenced to 20 years in $60 million bribery scheme (https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/29/politics/larry-householder-ohio-speaker-sentenced-bribery-scheme/index.html) Dave Yost, Ohio Attorney General Ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder Indicted on 10 State Felony Counts (https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Media/News-Releases/March-2024/Ex-Ohio-House-Speaker-Larry-Householder-Indicted-o) Dayton Daily News Who is Larry Householder? (https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/who-is-larry-householder/UKKKVD2YH5ADRLYVF4XHNP6GXY/) Issuu Knight's Templar June 2002 Edition, Sir Knight Larry Householder (https://issuu.com/knightstemplar/docs/200206) Ohio Capital Journal Federal judge blasts disgraced Ohio House speaker as a “bully,” sends him straight to jail (https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/06/30/federal-judge-blasts-disgraced-ohio-house-speaker-as-a-bully-sends-him-straight-to-jail/)--by Marty Schladen PBS South Florida Former GOP Ohio House speaker sentenced to 20 years for role in $60M bribery scheme (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/former-gop-ohio-house-speaker-sentenced-to-20-years-for-role-in-60m-bribery-scheme) News 5 Cleveland Former Ohio Speaker Larry Householder files appeal, says bribe payment was within First Amendment rights (https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/we-follow-through/former-ohio-speaker-larry-householder-files-appeal-says-bribe-payment-was-within-first-amendment-rights) The New York Times Former Ohio House Speaker Hit With 10 Additional Felony Charges (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/25/us/politics/larry-householder-ohio-speaker-charges.html)--by Michael Wines NPR WLRN Ohio House Speaker Arrested In Connection With $60 Million Bribery Scheme (https://www.npr.org/2020/07/21/893493224/ohio-house-speaker-arrested-in-connection-to-60-million-bribery-scheme) Statehouse News Bureau Ex-Ohio House speaker gets max sentence in corruption case, blasted as 'bully with a lust for power' (https://www.statenews.org/government-politics/2023-06-29/ex-ohio-house-speaker-gets-max-sentence-in-corruption-case-blasted-as-bully-with-a-lust-for-power)--by Karen Kasler United States Attorney's Office Jury convicts former Ohio House Speaker, former chair of Ohio Republican Party of participating in racketeering conspiracy (https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdoh/pr/jury-convicts-former-ohio-house-speaker-former-chair-ohio-republican-party) Photos Larry Householder in the General Assembly (https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/householder-at-throne.jpg)--by Ohio General Assembly via Ohio Capital Journal Larry Householder Mug Shot (https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/cdcfaf0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1765x1177+0+0/resize/1198x798!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fb3%2F81%2F8064754a40e62535e8049d58230a%2Ff56c776f55554df0b0553bb142c07567)--by Butler County Ohio Sheriff's Office via AP

Educators need to have a seat at the table when policy decisions are being made, whether that's in their local community or in our statehouse in Columbus. But, for many educators considering a run for public office, it may be difficult to know where to begin. That's where NEA's See Educators Run program comes in. On this episode of the podcast, we hear from Orange Teachers Association member Ship Collins about what he's taking away from his time in the See Educators Run program, whether he ends up running for office or not. We also check in with OEA's Manager of Government Relations Dan Ramos about where a bill that's better known as the Higher Education Destruction Act stands in the Ohio General Assembly and why OEA members cannot let up any of the pressure on their local legislators to block this dangerous legislation. LEARN MORE | For more information about the National Education Association's See Educators Run program, you can read a recent NEAToday story on it, watch a video from NEA featuring educators who have been through the program, or click here for more details about the program and how you can get involved. TAKE ACTION | Your voice is critical when it comes to fighting back against Senate Bill 83. Use this link to contact your state representative to urge them to stop this bill. SEE HOW OHIO'S LEGISLATORS STACK UP | Click here to explore OEA's new Legislative Scorecard and to see where your legislator, and other Ohio legislators, stand on public education and labor rights issues.SUBSCRIBE | Click here to subscribe to Public Education Matters on Apple Podcasts or click here to subscribe on Google podcasts so you don't miss a thing. And don't forget you can listen to all of the previous episodes anytime on your favorite podcast platform, or by clicking here.Featured Public Education Matters guests: LeShun "Ship" Collins, Orange Teachers Association MemberFor over two decades, LeShun “Ship” Collins has been empowering young minds and challenging his peers to transcend the common and accepted thought of social confines. A highly accomplished educator and innovator, Collins is leading the conversation and ultimately the transformation of social injustice by breaking down its barriers. Collins' expertise is grounded in real-world experience. As a practitioner in health and physical education, he spent over 20 years in the school system building positive relationships and cultivating student growth. He has published two articles in the National Administrative Council Forum and The National Council of Multicultural Forum. Collins is sought after by universities and other educational institutions for his keen insight and perspective and for raising awareness of a flawed system that benefits some, but not all students. His mission to provide a voice to the marginalized and underrepresented inspired the release of “Considering Sensemaking as Artmaking in Promoting Social Justice-Oriented Work in Schools,” an article written by Collins and his colleagues and published in the University Council for Educational Administration journal.To learn more about Ship's work with the Male Minority Leadership Group at Orange High School, click here to watch the Ohio School Spotlight video featuring that program. Dan Ramos, OEA Manager of Government RelationsDan Ramos is from Lorain, Ohio, where he attended school at St. John the Baptist and Lorain Southview High School.  After graduating high school in 2003, Dan obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science, International Affairs and Philosophy from Baldwin Wallace College in Berea, OH in 2007.  Through the 2008 presidential election cycle, he joined the Obama for America campaign, working to help elect President Obama in northeastern Ohio.  In 2009, Dan was hired by the Service Employees' International Union (SEIU) District 1199 WV/OH/KY.  Initially working with SEIU as an Administrative Organizer, representing and negotiating contracts for SEIU's state employees' division, he became SEIU 1199's Political and Legislative Liaison in late 2010.  In 2011, Dan worked with fellow labor lobbyists and attorneys in the effort to stop Senate Bill 5 while it was in the General Assembly, and then lead SEIU's efforts field in Central and Northeast Ohio to collect signatures referendum and then defeat SB 5 on the November 2011 ballot.  In 2012, Dan moved to the Ohio Education Association. Dan has served as OEA's Political Advocacy Consultant, where he was responsible for growing OEA's member political action and legislative advocacy, increasing OEA's PAC membership, the Fund for Children and Public Education, and assisting in OEA's political coalitions, such as LEAD Ohio and the America Votes Coalition. In 2018, Dan Ramos moved to Cincinnati, Ohio where he served as a Labor Relations Consultant for the Warren County Leadership Council, representing over 2,400 certified and classified K-12 teachers and ESPs. Dan returned to his political role with OEA in 2021, returning as a UniServ Political Advocacy Consultant and then moving into his current role as the Manager of Government Relations in May of 2022. As the Manager of Government Relations, Dan heads up OEA's efforts to engage the Ohio General Assembly and Members of Congress to advance OEA's legislative policy priorities, build relationships with Ohio's elected officials, and engage members in advocacy and accountability programs.  Dan also helps coordinate OEA's political, coalition, and electoral programs.    Connect with OEA:Email educationmatters@ohea.org with your feedback or ideas for future Public Education Matters topicsLike OEA on FacebookFollow OEA on TwitterFollow OEA on InstagramGet the latest news and statements from OEA hereLearn more about where OEA stands on the issues Keep up to date on the legislation affecting Ohio public schools and educators with OEA's Legislative WatchAbout us:The Ohio Education Association represents about 120,000 teachers, faculty members and support professionals who work in Ohio's schools, colleges, and universities to help improve public education and the lives of Ohio's children. OEA members provide professional services to benefit students, schools, and the public in virtually every position needed to run Ohio's schools.Public Education Matters host Katie Olmsted serves as Media Relations Consulta...

Willie discusses the Ohio General Assembly discussion to get rid of the Ohio income tax with Representative Adam Matthews.

Willie discusses the Ohio General Assembly discussion to get rid of the Ohio income tax with Representative Adam Matthews.

Willie discusses the Ohio General Assembly discussion to get rid of the Ohio income tax with Representative Adam Matthews.

Drizly owner Uber is shutting down the Boston-based alcohol-delivery company. Retail media networks are “not for the faint of heart,” according to one grocery executive. And Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is urging the Ohio General Assembly to regulate Delta-8 and Delta-9 THC products.

Following the Governor's veto of the Save Women's Sports Act and SAFE Act (HB68), CCV President Aaron Baer, Policy Director David Mahan, and Communications Director Mike Andrews sat down for an emergency episode of The Narrative podcast to discuss what happened and what's next for this critical bill. Listen in to get the answers to questions including: In 2018, the original version of the SAFE Act–the Vulnerable Child Protection Act–was politically unpalatable. What has changed since then to make it common-sense legislation? What happened behind the scenes as the Save Women's Sports Act and SAFE Act went through the Ohio General Assembly? Why did Governor DeWine veto HB68? How can we still get HB68 passed into law? As Mike mentioned during the conversation, you can listen to our episodes with Scott Newgent and Chloe Cole and Prisha Mosley for additional context to the heart-wrenching consequences that HB68 would prevent. Take Action: Overriding the Veto Take 60 seconds to send a message to your State Senator and Representative to encourage them to act quickly and override the Governor to protect kids from dangerous puberty-blocking drugs, wrong-sex hormones, and transgender surgeries, and to preserve the integrity of women's sports by protecting female athletes from having to compete against biological males. Click here to contact your legislators.

Marietta Education Association member Alex Myers is on a mission to make sure every child can get the benefits of great physical education classes in welcoming environments that embrace differences in kids' abilities, and he wants to make sure educators have training about how to adapt their phys. ed. lessons to meet the needs of students with disabilities. Now, he's asking other educators to join him. Plus, now that OEA's revamped Legislative Scorecard has officially been launched, we're taking a deeper dive into the tool's features and how it can help ensure the best pro-public education lawmakers serve in Ohio's General Assembly.SHARE YOUR IDEAS AND EXPERIENCES | If you'd like to join the growing community of Ohio educators who are coming together to help each other create welcoming adaptive physical education classes, please email Alex Myers at myersa@oeaone.orgSEE HOW OHIO'S LEGISLATORS STACK UP | Click here to explore OEA's new Legislative Scorecard and to see where your legislator, and other Ohio legislators, stand on public education and labor rights issues. SUBSCRIBE | Click here to subscribe to Public Education Matters on Apple Podcasts or click here to subscribe on Google podcasts so you don't miss a thing. And don't forget you can listen to all of the previous episodes anytime on your favorite podcast platform, or by clicking here.Featured Public Education Matters guests:  Alex Myers, Marietta Education Association member Alex Myers is a K-2 Physical Educator currently in his 9th year at Marietta City Schools. He is also a current Ohio's New Educators (ONE) Member Ambassador. He is currently working to expand awareness and comfort in educating our students on IEPs in Physical Education. He believes that every student deserves to feel welcome in the Physical Education environment and we need to destigmatize the intimidation factor of students with disabilities in inclusions settings. Jeff Wensing, OEA Vice President A high school math teacher in Parma City Schools, Jeff Wensing has been a public education advocate and leader for more than 30 years. Jeff served as President of the Parma Education Association from 2012-2018 and as President of the North Eastern Ohio Education Association (NEOEA) from 2016-2018. One of Jeff's accomplishments as a local and district leader was organizing members and the community to elect a new Parma Board of Education majority in 2017. Jeff has served on OEA's Constitution and Bylaws Committee and President's Cabinet, as Vice Chair of OEA's District Leaders Council, and as a member of the Fiscal Fitness Review Committee and Systemic Practices Committee. Since his election as OEA Vice President in 2019, Jeff has continued to emphasize the importance of organizing members throughout the state. He believes the OEA must support locals in order to both maintain and grow membership. Jeff believes it is critical to listen to members before decisions are made, ensure communication throughout the process, and engage in full transparency. In his second term as Vice President, he has continued to focus on the OEA's strategic issues, shared values, and the students members work with each day. Dan Ramos, OEA Manager of Government Relations Dan Ramos is from Lorain, Ohio, where he attended school at St. John the Baptist and Lorain Southview High School.  After graduating high school in 2003, Dan obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science, International Affairs and Philosophy from Baldwin Wallace College in Berea, OH in 2007.  Through the 2008 presidential election cycle, he joined the Obama for America campaign, working to help elect President Obama in northeastern Ohio.  In 2009, Dan was hired by the Service Employees' International Union (SEIU) District 1199 WV/OH/KY.  Initially working with SEIU as an Administrative Organizer, representing and negotiating contracts for SEIU's state employees' division, he became SEIU 1199's Political and Legislative Liaison in late 2010.  In 2011, Dan worked with fellow labor lobbyists and attorneys in the effort to stop Senate Bill 5 while it was in the General Assembly, and then lead SEIU's efforts field in Central and Northeast Ohio to collect signatures referendum and then defeat SB 5 on the November 2011 ballot.  In 2012, Dan moved to the Ohio Education Association. Dan has served as OEA's Political Advocacy Consultant, where he was responsible for growing OEA's member political action and legislative advocacy, increasing OEA's PAC membership, the Fund for Children and Public Education, and assisting in OEA's political coalitions, such as LEAD Ohio and the America Votes Coalition. In 2018, Dan Ramos moved to Cincinnati, Ohio where he served as a Labor Relations Consultant for the Warren County Leadership Council, representing over 2,400 certified and classified K-12 teachers and ESPs.  Dan returned to his political role with OEA in 2021, returning as a UniServ Political Advocacy Consultant and then moving into his current role as the Manager of Government Relations in May of 2022. As the Manager of Government Relations, Dan heads up OEA's efforts to engage the Ohio General Assembly and Members of Congress to advance OEA's legislative policy priorities, build relationships with Ohio's elected officials, and engage members in advocacy and accountability programs.  Dan also helps coordinate OEA's political, coalition, and electoral programs.     Connect with OEA: Email educationmatters@ohea.org with your feedback or ideas for future Public Education Matters topics Like OEA on Facebook Follow OEA on Twitter Follow OEA on Instagram Get the latest news and statements from OEA here Learn more about where OEA stands on the issues  Keep up to date on the legislation affecting Ohio public schools and educators with OEA's Legislative Watch About us: The Ohio Education Association represents about 120,000 teachers, faculty members and support professionals who work in Ohio's schools, colleges, and universities to help improve public education and the lives of Ohio's children. OEA members provide professional services to benefit students, schools, and the public in virtually every position needed to run Ohio's schools. Public Education Matters host Katie Olmsted serves as Media Relations Consultant for the Ohio Education Association. She joined OEA in May 2020, after a ten-year career as an Emmy Award winning television reporter, anchor, and producer. Katie comes from a family of educators and is passionate about telling educators' stories and advocating for Ohio's students. She lives in Central Ohio with her husband and two young children. This episode was recorded on November 27 and December 12, 2023.

Thursday, December 13, 2023: An Ohio bill that seeks to ban gender reaffirming care for transgender youth passes, and could become law if signed by Governor Mike DeWine. Plus, we update you on a veto by DeWine that was just overridden by the legislature dealing with flavored tobacco products. We also share more information about suspects accused of carjacking an Ohio State University football coach, tell you where Cleveland got money to look into road safety, fill you in on a new childcare facility coming to Northeast Ohio, and more on 3News Daily with Stephanie Haney. Watch Stephanie Haney's Legally Speaking specials and segments here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_SLtTChKczKEzKhgSopjxcmFQniu28GN Connect with Stephanie Haney here: http://youtube.com/@_StephanieHaney http://twitter.com/_StephanieHaney http://instagram.com/_StephanieHaney http://facebook.com/thestephaniehaney Read more here: Ohio General Assembly clears ban on gender-affirming care for minors, transgender athletes in girls sports https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/ohio/ohio-general-assembly-ban-gender-affirming-care-minors-transgender-athletes-girls-sports/95-9655c9d2-d2fd-4b90-bf94-eb810b53a761 Suspects in carjacking of Ohio State coach appear in court; prosecutors claim they are connected to other robberies https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/crime/suspects-carjacking-ohio-state-coach-court/95-9c8ad718-e3fe-47c5-813a-188f9ae05fdb

With marijuana set to become legal in Ohio next week, the Ohio General Assembly is looking to make some changes to the law passed by voters earlier this month. Scott talks with Ohio Rep Gary Click about what changes the Assembly is making to the law, and if weed will still be legal come next week.

With marijuana set to become legal in Ohio next week, the Ohio General Assembly is looking to make some changes to the law passed by voters earlier this month. Scott talks with Ohio Rep Gary Click about what changes the Assembly is making to the law, and if weed will still be legal come next week.

The gerrymandered Ohio General Assembly figured by mounting a low-turnout August special election, they could change the rules for how the state constitution is amended, and thus keep abortion rights activists from being able to change the rules by enshrining women's rights in the constitution. They were wrong. Here's a short essay on how gerrymandering, the Electoral College, and certain Senate rules act to keep democracy out of reach for many Americans. I hope you'll listen.

Last weekend marked the anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and returned the issue of abortion back to the states. As a key voice on abortion policy, Alexandra DeSanctis joined CCV Communications Director Mike Andrews and Policy Director David Mahan on The Narrative this week. She recaps the landscape of the first year in a post-Roe world and looks ahead to the future of the pro-life fight in America including how pro-lifers can combat this issue with effective communication. In the news... The Social Media Parental Notification Act was presented to the Ohio General Assembly as a part of Governor Mike DeWine's 2023-24 executive budget. This proposal would require certain online companies to obtain verifiable parental consent to contractual terms of service before permitting kids under the age of 16 to use their platforms. Mike and David discuss this idea and the role of social media in their own homes. College students go viral for boldly proclaiming the Gospel.  David shares his experience being part of true grassroots movements like this year's “Be a Vote for the Voiceless” fight against the potential November 7 abortion ballot initiative. Get involved and pledge to vote today!   We want to hear your questions, guest recommendations, and topic suggestions: Leave us a voicemail or text: 614-769-7077 Email us: thenarrative@ccv.org To learn more about Center for Christian Virtue and to get involved, visit CCV.org.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are currently witnessing a huge tension in the Republican party. MAGA, and before that its predecessor, the Tea Party, are challenging the establishment wing of the party. All of this at a time when the next Presidential election should be a shoe in for the Republican candidate against a weak and doddery Biden, but have the Democrats gone too far in their destruction of the American Dream? Is there a way back using policy and the political system? Bob McEwen, who served five terms as a Congressman and is the Executive Director of Council for National Policy shares his insights on all this and more. Bob McEwen is Senior Advisor with the nationally recognized law firm of Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald. As such he maintains offices in Cincinnati and Washington, DC. An Ohio native, Bob McEwen represented Ohio in the United States House of Representatives for six terms. Prior to his Congressional service, he operated a successful Ohio Real Estate and Development firm as well as serving three terms in the Ohio General Assembly as the Senior Republican on the Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee. Rep. McEwen served as Chairman of the Environmental Affairs task force of the United States delegation to the European Parliament. McEwen was selected by the Democratic leadership of the U.S. Congress as the chief spokesman for the United States in discussions with European Green Party and other Environmental Organizations. In 2005, McEwen and two others, Members of Congress, hosted the third conference of Balkan Prime Ministers for the purpose of facilitating dialogue and reconciliation in that troubled region of the world. On August 23, 1989, Congressman McEwen and United States Senator Robert Dole participated as United States observers in Warsaw, Poland to the first ever Parliamentary election of a non-Communist leader of a Soviet bloc country. Hours later, the new Prime Minister, in his first official act, received the Congressman and Senator prior to meeting with the Soviet representatives of the regime that had occupied that nation for fifty years. This action was the spark that encouraged the collapse of Soviet dominated governments throughout Eastern Europe culminating in the destruction of the Berlin Wall ten weeks later. Senator Dole and Rep. McEwen met the following day with the President and U.S. National Security team in Kennebunkport, Maine to fashion the United States response and position in support of Warsaw Pact nations seeking to break away from Soviet domination. Representative McEwen served as an official United States observer in Moscow during both the 1991 Soviet Coup attempt and to the Kremlin in January of 1992 when the Soviet Union was dissolved. Mr. McEwen was elected by his colleagues to the two most coveted positions in the U. S. Congress; the Select Committee on Intelligence which oversees all of our nation's secrets, and the powerful House Committee on Rules which has jurisdiction over all legislation in the Congress. As one of only four Republicans on the thirteen member Rules Committee, Mr. McEwen managed nearly one-third of all legislation on the House floor for the Republican side of the Congressional aisle. McEwen legislation approved by the Congress included the National Strategy Act that realigned the chain of command during times of hostilities, directly from the Theater Commander to the National Command Authority in Washington. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and General Norman Schwarzkopf have credited this change with playing a major role in the success of Operation Desert Storm. He was selected by Administration and Congressional leaders to floor manage such critical national security legislation as the B-2 bomber authorization, the nuclear freeze debate, and to give the closing arguments before the vote to authorize military action by the United States in Desert Storm. Mr. McEwen has often been selected as negotiator to bring resolution to Senate/House conference committee impasses on dozens of pieces of legislation, particularly affecting Public Works, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and International Relations. Connect with Bob... WEBSITE: https://bobmcewen.com/ TWITTER http://www.twitter.com/bobmcewen/ FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bob-McEwen/211135982248187 Council for National Policy... WEBSITE: https://cfnp.org/ Interview recorded 15.5.23 *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstin and Twitter https://twitter.com/TheBoschFawstin?s=20  To sign up for our weekly email, find our social media, podcasts, video, livestreaming platforms and more... https://heartsofoak.org/connect/ Please subscribe, like and share! Transcript (Hearts of Oak) Hello, Hearts of Oak, and welcome to another interview coming up in a moment with Bob McEwen. Bob McEwen is the executive director of Council for National Policy and I had the privilege of meeting him whenever I was over there stateside at their conference in February. He's also was elected five times as member of Congress for Ohio and anyone who has won five elections deserves to be listened to. So we discuss a whole range of issues. his time as congressman, what that was like, what it means to be a conservative and a Republican in the US, those have always been the same thing but seem to be separate in many ways and we discussed that separation. And then looking at the clash between, I guess, the establishment and a more conservative orientated group in the Republican Party, the Tea Party and now Trump, and what that means. With the Democrats being so reckless, is there a way back using policies and legislation? And then we end up, of course, with the upcoming elections. And I ask Bob for his thoughts on that and where we may be 18 months on during that. So I know you'll enjoy listening to Bob as much as I do speaking with him and giving his insight on all these range of policies. And hello, Hearts of Oak. It is wonderful to have an individual who was elected to Congress at the age of 30 in 1980, won re-election five times there. And I've seen him described as a textbook Republican, opposed to abortion, gun control, high taxes, and as the Executive Director of Council for National Policy. Bob McEwen, it's wonderful to have you with us. (Bob McEwen) Peter, it's my pleasure. Thank you so much. Not at all. And the website there, Council for National Policy, is on the screen. And Counter for National Policy stands for Limited Government, Traditional Values, and Strong Concerted Defence, which which is conservative values, which we all hold dear to. If I could be ask you about yourself, your time as a congressman, that nonstop, I guess, political campaign. We don't understand that in the UK, because we have every five years, where I know you did every two years. But maybe you can let us know what made you so successful? You won time and time again. Maybe just let us into what made you successful standing for Congress. Well, you're exactly right. The United States, it's only 240 years ago, but that was a real transition into the idea that individuals would decide, set the course of their policy. We didn't have a template. We set up three tiers. We set up an individually elected leader or president, individually elected members of Congress accountable to no one else but the voters. We had a turnover every 24 months, the House of Representatives, everyone is up for re-election, And then we had an independent judiciary. That morphed into the parliamentary system, where most of the democracies of the world, when they choose a majority in the parliament, that's the person that then chooses the prime minister. So there's a coordination there. So it's really hard for people to fully grasp as to how is currently the situation. We have a Democrat president, independently elected. And yet the majority of the House of Representatives is Republican. We have a Republican speaker, and they're the ones that pass the laws. It creates for a dynamic tension, and it was designed for that purpose. The US Constitution was designed for one reason, one, only one, only one, that was to prevent tyranny, period, end of discussion. It wasn't there to be efficient. It wasn't to have a strong anything. It was there to prevent tyranny, so that even when Franklin Roosevelt could carry all but two states in an overwhelming landslide, and that he wanted to add members to the Supreme Court. He couldn't do it because the Congress stood. There's an independent tension there that prevents tyranny and that allowed freedom, and that's why this little 4% of the population of the world, more books, plays, symphonies, copyrights, inventions, and the rest of the other 96% combined. Not because those people are smarter or because they work harder. But because they're freer and the degree to which freedom accelerates is when prosperity accelerates, when you impose socialism and take away freedom you can make any place when I was young the richest city in the world was a place called Detroit Michigan and they elected some socialists that said we can put a stop to this and so currently Detroit Michigan is the poorest most corrupt city north of the Rio Grande in all of North America so it's the freedom that creates the wealth not the geography, it's the ideas. And our political system was designed for that purpose, that people would constantly have input, that the second a person thought they are entitled to it, they had to stand for re-election. So every January, a member of Congress either files for re-election or gets sworn into office, one or the other. Well, I want to get more into US politics, but I saw that you're just back from Hungary, CPAC in Hungary. I was trying to go myself, and in the end, it didn't happen. But maybe you want to just touch on that, kind of that sets in the context our European audience before we move over to the US. But what was that like over in Hungary at CPAC? Well, first of all, Peter, under the free enterprise system, the only way that I can achieve wealth, the only way that people can voluntarily reach in their pocket and hand money to me is if I do something for them that is greater, that is more beneficial than the money they have in their hand. And so we, we stay awake nights, dreaming up ways how to do something good for a person, such that they'll slam on their brakes and pull in and say, you're going to wash my car and clean the carpet and watch the windows and throughout the day. I'd much rather have that than have this $10 bill. I'd much rather have that parachute than $60. And so therefore, the freedom and creation comes from free people. So for the Soviet Union controlled two thirds of all the land mass on the planet, but they couldn't make a hairdryer, they couldn't make an automobile, they couldn't make a washing machine. They had to go steal from the ideas, so they made their airplanes look like the airplanes were created by the free people, and et cetera, et cetera. So in the idea of conservatism, that is to preserve and protect the freedom that allows for abundance. Now I said there are two ways to get money from a person. One of them is that I figure out ways to bless them, so they say, oh that, that, that, that app on my phone. Oh, I'd like to have for 99 cents, I can have that app. Well, the person that dreams that up, doesn't hope that a million people down and become a millionaire. So that's why over virtually all of the apps come from only free countries. The other ones have to steal because socialism does what? Socialism redistributes. Now that's a fancy term for stealing. So when you walk into a store and you grab things off the shelf, put them in your pocket and walk out, you are redistributing them. You redistribute them from the shelf of the owner into your pocket. Now, have you created any wealth? No, no. Have you redistributed? Yes, because the degree to which you benefit is the degree to which the other person is diminished. And under socialism, that's why they're always poor. And the more socialism that you have, the greater the poverty you have because you're stealing from the productive, therefore they're disincentivized to produce because they don't get the reward. And you reward people who didn't produce it, And why should they produce when they get it for free? And so you go into a country like Venezuela or Rhodesia or all these great abundant countries and you turn them into absolute hell holes because of a thing called socialism. Socialism and in the scriptures it was referred to as covetousness. Covetousness is when I wanna take something that someone else has. Stealing is when I actually take it. Covet is when I want to take it. And so the Ten Commandments that were put on the walls of all of our classrooms for all these years, it said we didn't have to have magnetometers because people didn't bring guns to work, because we said we shouldn't kill. And we didn't have to have locks on their bicycles because we said thou shalt not steal. But then we had the prosperity because number 10 is on every wall, thou shalt not covet. I don't want to win. So my wife, when we travel around, people often say, you know, I've been to America, I've been to America. And she would often ask them, What is the thing that startled you or surprised you or was the most surprising about America? The answer that comes back more than anything else is, well, in America, you don't have walls around your property. You don't know where your backyard stops and where the neighbour starts. Well, the reason for that is because we didn't covet. Now, when you go into Latin America, you not only have walls around everybody's property, you have cut glass over top of the property because you covet. In America, when you saw a beautiful home, you didn't say, I want to take that house. You would say, someday I want to have a home like that. Or a nice car. We were in one of the nicest countries in Central America. I was waiting to go to dinner with the attorney general. And we were standing outside, our wives went in to eat, and he just kept talking and talking, not going in the restaurant. I got frustrated. What's going on here, Wanegger? And finally, a person appeared, and he handed him some money, and we went in to eat. Well, what happened was he hired a person to watch his car while we were at the restaurant. Now that is a result of covetousness. Now when Moses was having a hard time, Jethro, his father-in-law, came to him and he said, you know, Moses, God and I've been talking here and we think you've got in over your head and you have to divide these people up into federal, state, and local government. You need to have thousands, hundreds, and tens. And Moses, here's three things you need to look for. Three things. That is, there's only two choices. Either man thinks he's God or he recognizes God. Number one is those that fear God. And I'll just tell you, you don't want to marry a person who thinks they're God. You don't want to go into business with a person who thinks they're God. And you don't want to elect a person who thinks they're God. I said Moses, those that fear God. Number two, lovers of truth. Okay, what does that mean? That means a free enterprise system in which you sign a contract and you keep your word. You look a guy in the eye and you shake your hand you honour it. If you're dishonest, if you're the Middle East, if you're much of Asia, if you're a place you have to have contracts that are six inches thick in order to go to the grocery store because that they're going to lie and cheat at every opportunity. He said therefore you want those people who fear God, lovers of truth, and, Moses, get this straight, haters of socialism. That is, if this guy's going to want what somebody else has, you don't want a person like that in power. He used the term covetousness in Exodus 18, 21. It says, fear God, lovers of truth, hating covetousness. And so the purpose of the conservative political action committee is to support conservative values, which respect private ownership, as opposed to socialism, which promises that, you know, if a thief comes and takes something, we say that that guy's bad, he's a thief. If he runs for office and he gets a mob to come and take it, that's called socialism. And so if you vote for me, you don't have to go in and steal your car insurance. I'll just, we'll just make the car insurance do it, etc. So the political action committee. The opportune conservatives get together periodically and all these folks and all all these various issues, encourage one another. And this most recent one was in Budapest. And that was an opportunity because the prime minister there is fighting the tides of socialism in Europe. And he welcomed us with opened arms. We were pleased and happy to be there. I love Budapest. I've been there many, many times. It is a beautiful city and a country that strives for freedom looking after its own identity. But you mentioned socialism and I know you have travelled over to Eastern Europe before during the fall of communism and that's something which you've been passionate about, freedom for those in Eastern Europe and Russia. Tell us about those trips, why would an American go all the way over there to speak on freedom? Well, it's the constant fight. There's a desire to control other people, and under free enterprise, you can be honoured by inventing something, or creating something, or writing something, or building something. That's why in free countries, we honour those people. Under socialist countries, the only way that you get power is that you take it. When you do that, you have to control people. For example, in the Baltics, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, periodically, they would go through and they would just take the largest farmers, people that were successful, and they would ship them off to Siberia, or they would disappear in one way or another. There's this constant lack of freedom. That is that you're at the mercy of what the state decides to do. That's a horrible thing, and that's a fight that is there all the time. We are experiencing right now at this moment, and it ebbs and flows, in the 1930s, it swept almost completely encompassed Europe, as you know, the National Socialist Party went all the way from the Atlantic Ocean, all the way to the Soviet border. It took Americans and Canadians and Brits and Australians landing at Normandy to begin to punch that back. Now we have this competition, always, as Anne Rand says, that you can vote socialism in, but you have to fight, shoot your way out. And so what we see is this constant effort to have, when people get their choice, when they have a freedom, they have the opportunity. They always choose freedom. But that's why totalitarians, and we are sympathetic to them, we have come through a time of the last 40 years of tremendous, tremendous explosion of growth and prosperity. And now we see it trying again. They always have a new idea. Sometimes it was racism. Other times it was religion. And now it's environment. And so the reason that I have to tell you what kind of house to live in, and how far you can travel and what kind of car you can drive and what kind of is is not because I'm a communist and you're not or because I'm a Nazi and you're not it's because I'm an environmentalist and you must do what I say. There's always an excuse for why people want to control other people and that gets back to a concept spiritual as to whether or not people should be allowed to do that and that's why when you abandon God, the God part then it's just a a matter of the most powerful against the weakest. When you do the God part, that is that every person has a unique skill and talent and creation because of Almighty God, that makes it such that you do not have a right as a group to come in and tell people what to do. So that's why Moses was correct when he had God first, then the freedom of the political system, and then the economic system of not coveting. Absolutely, a relationship with God gives everyone value an equal purpose and merit and gives that responsibility. And Peter, without God, people will literally tell you that the rocks and stones and the weeds are more important. The bugs take priority. Now, you only do that, if you tell me that, see, if you tell me every, the fork in the road, the fork in the road for every political decision comes from this question. If you believe that man created God. Or you believe that God created man. And when I sit there and listen to you tell me how I should eat bugs because you think I should, because you don't want me to produce the oil, the gas that's there in abundance, then I can also tell you where you stand on God. You think that you're God. You do not believe in God. You believe that you're the supreme and you're going to dictate to other people. So our freedom is dependent upon that. And I love the libertarians, they're wonderful people, but they think that it's innate in people to do what's right. History has shown us that that's not correct, that there is a godly standard that we must abide by. As you do that, there's abundance and peace and prosperity. The degree to which you abandon it is which you have death, destruction, and poverty. With that clash we are now seeing, what does it mean to be a conservative, and I guess a Republican, in the US? Is it different now than during your time in Congress? Well, I probably, and that's a very good question. I haven't given it that much thought and so as I as I analyse it I tend to think not, There's always this desire for people to control other folks. Yeah, this socialist is national socialism It's this Union of Socialist Republics and the USSR and if see the same thing in China There's always this idea that I'm going to control what you can see and what you and if you don't agree with me then I'll shut you off, I'll burn your books. Only the left burns books. Only the left, you know, we don't fear. And let me just explain why that is, Peter. If you and I are in, if I walk into the room where you are, and I say that room is 25 feet wide, and somebody else says, I think it's 20, I think it's, another guy says, I think it's 30, I think it's 29, we can all sit there and we say, oh, isn't that wonderful? We can all debate it, and we can write white papers, and we can sit around the faculty lounge and talk about it, and everybody's content until someone comes in and measures it. And when they measure it, here's what the measurement does. The measurement is the truth and it reveals error. So a person comes in and measures it and find out it's only 18 feet wide. That means that everybody in the room knows what I said was wrong. And here's the person that said it was 25, the person said it was 30, the person said it was 32. They all hate the person who said it was 18, because that's truth. Error hates truth. Now, conservatives don't fear. We have the truth, so therefore we can let a thousand liberal speakers come and speak. We don't care, but they can't let one. They can't let one conservative get up and speak, because the truth will reveal the error. Let me just hit it again. Let's suppose that you're prosecuting a fellow for stealing an automatic teller machine out of the bank drive-in. And so you're in the court and the defence counsel says, why, he wouldn't do such a thing, why he loves his mother and he was off having dinner with his sister and here's the receipts from the restaurant. You don't care what she says because when you're finished, you're going to show the security camera of him driving his pickup up to the ATM. You see him put the chain around the ATM. You see his face on the camera as you lean over the camera and the fingerprints and the truth will overcome the error such that, here's the point, the only way they can succeed is to prevent the presentation of truth. Your Honour, I object. Your Honour, I object. I object because the truth will overcome the error. That's why they have to shout. That's why they have to burn books. That's why they have to cancel people. That's why they have to deny them access to TikTok. That's why they have to tell that Donald Trump can't speak on television. Because the truth overcomes the error. Therefore, they have to band together. And in the course of this, has that changed? It's always been that way, but I'm increasingly optimistic that people are beginning to see it. And the thing is that truth always wins, because the whack-a-mole, you just can't whack it enough times. And you might succeed for a while. And, you know, Adolf could have his book burning sessions all across Europe, but eventually it comes through. And then he had the Soviet Union, but eventually with technology, people could see the truth. And so now, what the Chinese have done is they've begun to infiltrate the various communication systems so that they can shut off people from Twitter and they can shut off people from Facebook but they constantly have to go down and shut down truth because truth overcomes error. We and conservatives, we do not fear that. You say anything you want to say because when you're finished work, all you have to say is, here's the measurement, it's 18 feet, here it is. And truth eventually wins, and that's why I'm optimistic about the future. But I repeat, there's always and always will be a battle. Well, on truth, it's a question that's been in my mind over the last three years. What is truth? When Pilate asked Jesus. I think traditionally, if you look back in history, generations have been able to understand that and answer that. And we now live in a society where actually people don't know what truth is. Truth is subjective, it's no longer objective. How does it, and we are having the same battle in the UK, in Europe, as I know you're having in the US on that. Where does the conservative movement, the Republican Party, how does it fit into that confusion and chaos, I guess, of what is truth, what is right and wrong. And that is the question of the age, that absolutely it is, and that's why God told Moses, the first thing is settle that, because there's only two definitions of truth. One is what I think is true, and the other is what God says is true. Those are the only two options. And so those that don't want to do what God says, then they talk about my truth. And my truth says that a man is a woman. And the absurdity of that is naturally overwhelming, such that in the first chapter of Romans, when they folks went after, they set themselves up as God, and they said, professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. And so Paul said, no, we need to get back to God. We need, there has to be a standard. So I am privileged to be a part of the Turning Point USA, and Charlie Kirk went around to these college campuses where these indoctrination things were going on from all the professors, and he would just set up a card table and share truth. And of course, that's very distressing because truth overcomes error. And so as people began to see the truth, and they began to read and discuss and talk about the fact that socialism has never worked. And if socialism worked, by now it would have found a spot where it did. And so when they can see it doesn't work. The next thing, Peter, here's the interesting thing. When they began to think with truth economically, then they began to think truth politically, and then they began to ask questions spiritually, because it's a value system. It's a God made us and we have rights, and all of those things are anathema to socialism. And so now, all across America, and now starting around the world, in high schools elsewhere, are starting these Turning Point USA faith, because there were so many young people asking about these spiritual, that the woke churches, the woke effort had gotten into the pulpits by saying that we don't want to offend anyone. Well, you know, if Jesus Christ could have gone around without offending a person, he probably would have tried it. The idea that truth offends, it's not the person that offends, truth. And evil will be offended by truth. And so what we've seen is that there is this great uprising of folks that it begins to follow across the board, of a worldview, and it gets back to that first one, Either I'm God. Or he's God. And every one of us face that decision at some time in our lifetime. I love being at Counter for National Policy in February and listening to the conversation, I think with James Lindsay and Charlie Kirk. That was a phenomenal insight. But tell us, because Counter for National Policy is maybe a more traditional conservative group. You've got Turning Point and what they're doing with American Fest, and I watched at their conference in December or targeting or going after the younger vote, the younger group. It's interesting to see those alliances, because it's not either or. It's groups working with certain areas of society, others working with others. Tell us about that kind of connection, because as I said, I was blown away by that conversation with Charlie and James. Well, what happened was that the conservative movement in America was successful once in 1964 in nominating a nominee for president, and then it was overwhelmingly stomped. The Republican leadership said, I cannot support this person, and so Barry Goldwater was tremendously defeated. When Ronald Reagan made another attempt, then they felt that they were going to try to do the same thing. That is, the liberals of both parties would team up to prevent him from restoring, because he was anti-communist. And deep down inside, the communists had penetrated most of these folks, just as you see the Chinese penetrating Africa and elsewhere. And so in the beginning of the first year of the Reagan administration, a handful of folks got together to help get him to get elected and said, what we need to do is you don't have to change what you're doing if you're a national defence group, or if you're an agriculture group, or if you're a pro-life group, or if you're an education group. But periodically we should get together and say what can we agree upon. And they formed a group called the Council for National Policy, and it meets three times a year. I emphasize that one of the things that gets people's attention is that we don't do anything. But it's like the Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce doesn't sell shoes, and doesn't sell cars, and doesn't sell houses, but it has people that do. That's what CMP does. It has people that do everything, even though CMP does nothing. What we do is we bring people together to encourage one another and what happens when, for example, the CRT, the critical race theory, there were many people that didn't realize that that was rather significant. I thought that was just a left-wing racist policy in college campuses. And when we began to probe deeper, we found out that they had penetrated the seminaries of most of the major religions and to begin to teach, to supplant the scriptures with race in many of our pulpits, and then the educational books as well, and across the board in the military, until now we have a head of the U.S. Military that says the number one threat to America is not the the Chinese threat and the nuclear threat, the number one threat is white nationalism. Now you would think how in the world, you could ask any kid on the street corner watching the guns shooting, what's the number one threat? Number one. Nevertheless, CMP was able to bring that to the fore to say, see how CRT has aggressed. Now we have the same thing with the government and environment, ESG society, where they're trying to give ratings to corporations who fit their global agenda. Of course, the global agenda is not slavery. They don't say that. That's rather people would be repulsed at that. They say climate, and everybody's in favour of climate. Therefore, if you do these ESG, if you do these certain things, if you spend money with, communist groups in China and oppose freedom folks in Hungary or the US, then you get this higher rate and ostensibly, it's because it had to do with the environment. That's where CMP brings people together for the educational purposes. Why? Because truth overcomes error. We let everybody present, but we see that truth wins and that's what we're up to at the moment and delighted about it. I love bumping into so many of my guests who I'd seen virtually. And then I met in the flesh, in the person. So that was one of my highlights coming away from CNP. But maybe I'll ask you about the kind of tension in the Republican Party with the clash of, I guess, a more establishment grouping and a more conservative-oriented grouping, which is the Tea Party and now Trump. In the UK, we don't really have that. We have the so-called Conservative Party resting on old laurels. We don't really have that agitator making them think of what actually it is to be conservative, but you have that in the US. Maybe let us know a little bit more about that, because it's always good to be reminded, I think, of what you're there for and what your principles are. Well, this might not be 100% correct, but part of it, I think, has to do with the fact that when people are really concerned about something that doesn't fit in, they can form their own party. If they just suddenly, one day, they're fine, but six months later, Brexit takes over the whole country because policies. Now, in America, we have a thing called the Electoral College, which says this, no one can become president, no one can become the leader of the country if they don't carry half of the country. Now, that provision meant such that you have a two-party system, because the second you have a third party or a fourth party, you're out of the ballgame. That electoral college has kept a two-party system. Now, you say, well, what's the point of bringing that up? Well, that's because then you have the tensions at the edges. When a Brexit comes along in America, it has to fit into one of the two parties, and the party begins to move in one direction or another. That's simply the way it works, quite frankly, I think it's ingenious, it's wonderful. I think it's virtually divine inspired, because the poor folks under the parliamentary system in Israel or in Italy, it was 60 governments in 48 years and things, I don't have the full affection for that. The poor folks in Israel, I've gone for four years was virtually, they finally righted it recently. In America, you have to have a 50%, which means that when you have these tensions, you're always going to have these tensions, that there's always be at the margin, what is the new issue? Those that want to sit on their laurels can sit there, but they will constantly be in competition with the new idea. It seems to have worked well and will continue to, but I repeat, it's because you cannot have, you can sell a party in a parliamentary system that might get only seven or eight votes in the parliament and you can't sell that in America because brother if you can't win, we're not interested in hearing from you. I love it. Can I ask you about legislation, obviously your time on Capitol Hill in Congress and I kind of look at what the Democrats are doing being so reckless in so many ways. And I wonder, is there a way back using policies and legislation? Oh, yes, there always is. The Democrat Party tends to be more socialist. What is a socialist? A socialist is a person that says, if you vote for me, I will take what that person has and give it to you. That's just all there is to it. Now, when you do that, you destroy things. When they take over New York, they turn it into a mess. Periodically, fortunately, Giuliani and Bloomberg came back and put it back on the rails. Twelve years ago, it was the safest, cleanest, largest city in the world. Of course, they bring in the Democrats and immediately they do, I'm going to tax those people, we're going to steal from the productive, we're going to run them out, and it's back into the hellhole that it was 20 years ago. Socialism only fails every time. The Democrats, well, they run for office trying to do that. You question periodically that they'll destroy the economy and then you have to go back and reproduce and build things. We just hope that they don't do any permanent harm, but as you know, freedom, when Donald Donald Trump became president the the entire nation was energy independent within 18 months see freedom works. Okay, and of course when when when Biden came in we were dependent within five months Because he shut down all the pipelines and increased it and shut down the drilling and things, So it doesn't take long to screw things up. It usually takes longer to try to repair them, But nevertheless they can be repaired. So Margaret Thatcher came in the country was just in a mess It was the IMF had taken over control of the pound sterling, everybody felt that Britain was finished. When she left 11 years later, had the fourth largest economy on the planet. Freedom works every time, socialism fails every day. Yeah, strong leadership is essential. I'm intrigued watching over in the States, the different US states that actually want freedom and the ones that don't. The transfer going back and forward. I think I'm talking to a friend who lived in Florida, and he said, actually, house prices are off the scale. You can't even rent a car anymore. The huge demand, similar in Texas. There seems to be a migration of people going from states that you're punished for your freedom moving towards those states that actually, they want their freedom. It seems to be a bigger and bigger divide happening in the US from those who actually want freedom and those who want to be subjugated. Well, that's the specialness of the federalist system, that we have individual states and they can do their own policies. I would just take Florida, for example, in that Florida is just bursting at the seams in every area, and surpluses in the budgets in the city councils and people are happy and everything, they're expanding and building. It's just a wonderful place, but the governor only won by 30,000 votes, 30,000. The fellow that he beat was as loony as you wouldn't trust him to run a lemonade stand. He's a thug, literally, he's in jail now, I believe. Had he won instead of DeSantis, then he would have said, socialists always want control. So they're going to tell you that you have to have to take this jab and you have to cover your mouth and you have to cover your paper, toilet paper on your nose is going to keep you safe and put up the plastic and put it and they would have shut down the churches. Now it didn't shut down, shut down the Planned Parenthood headquarters and didn't shut down the gay bars, but shut down the churches and all the things that they, and that's what they do in California. That's what they do in New York. And so what do you see? You see New York and California in a state of collapse, and you see the free states, the Republican states, they're prospering. I just saw today that to rent a U-Haul to go from Los Angeles to Dallas is 10 times what it costs to rent a U-Haul to go from Dallas to Los Angeles. Everybody that they'll pay you to take them to California because everybody there is leaving And then you can't get your hands on one. So it, like I say, freedom works. Will Democrats wake up, because I remember when I was in California for the first time, in April last year, and then I went again in June, I realized why I didn't really want to go to the West Coast. But you had people talking who lived just outside LA, and they said, well, this is why we live outside. But the crime and the destruction of the cities actually moves and spreads. And I wonder, will Democrat voters actually get it sometime? Well, let's pray that they do. I mean, they do this intentionally. When Giuliani became mayor, there were these people that would come out, they're called squeegee people, and they would come and sprinkle dust on your windshield and sprinkle water on it, and then they'd hold their hand out. If you gave them some money, then they would wash your window, and otherwise, you had dirt on your window, or they key you when you drove off. He said, we're not going to do that. I want those people arrested. The second they step off the sidewalk, they're jaywalking, we're going to arrest them, and we're going to fingerprint and mugshot them, and find out who, here's the principle. Here's the principle that Democrats seem to not grasp. That is a lawbreaker, is a lawbreaker, period. They want to focus on the big law. No, no. It's only a handful of people that do this. And so the very first guy that they took for doing that, he had 25 warrants. He went away forever. Why? Because he's a lawbreaker. He's a thief. And so the next thing that they did was Giuliani said, we're not going to have people, or jumping the turnstile to get on the subway. If you jump the turnstile and you don't pay, then you're going to be arrested. And what do you do when you're arrested? You're going to get a fingerprint and a mugshot. And so they did that. The very first day they saw the first guy they caught, they had fingerprints of five murders. Now they had the five fingerprints were clear. They didn't know who they belonged to. But when they mugshot and fingerprinted this guy, they found that the guy who voted jumping the turnstile was a murderer and they put him away. And so when you look at what happened, that crime didn't diminish, crime collapsed. Because when you take the one to 3% of the troublemakers and you put them behind bars where they can't behave, that the rest of the people can prosper. Now what happened when de Blasio came in, when the new Democrat came in, first Democrat mayor in 16 years? They said, look how clean and nice and everything is, let's just screw it up as fast as possible. So what he said was, we are not going to enforce the law. Get this, we're not going to enforce the law for those jumping the turnstile. That means that every thug can go in there and can sleep on the subway 24 hours a day. He can rob the people when they come on. They don't have to get on. Now people don't want to ride the subway, the places of mess, where you have the fights. They said, we want to do more than that. We want to allow people to urinate on the sidewalk and to defecate in the middle of the street and to sleep. So then we will not arrest them for doing that. And so now you walk up and down the streets, you see it covered with people that are just hanging out doing those. And they said, oh, furthermore, people should be allowed to steal. And so as long as they don't steal more than 1,000 at a whack, as long as they take 950, we'll allow them to do that. And so now when you go into some of the stores, they're all boarded up, or they're empty, or they're behind bars. You have to have someone come to open it up. Now, your question was, will they see it? People voted for that. People voted in New York 4 to 1, 4 to 1, 80% voted to do that. They voted for these incompetent folks. So I'm probably not as good a politician as I should be, because it just doesn't make any sense to me. Could I end off just with asking you about Sleepy Joe and the elections coming up, and I had the privilege of being on the front row at CMP and listening to Governor Ron DeSantis, and I love what he's doing in Florida. I also love what Donald Trump has done as a wrecking ball in tearing up the whole system and doing things differently. But when you look as someone who, has their finger on the pulse, what are your thoughts of how the next, I don't know, is it 18 months will transpire? What are your thoughts as you look into that? We don't have any of those big figures in the UK, so that's why it's intriguing looking over to the US. Well, Now, the difficulty we face is when you're on the left, you never say, look what a great job I did in education. Didn't we do a wonderful job in cleaning up the streets, and oh, aren't people so nice and safe now? Look at how efficiently we handled the border. And didn't we do a marvellous job in bringing the price of gasoline down to 28% of what it was 10 years ago. They can't point to anything. So what they do is they scream, he's a racist, he's a bigot, he's a murderer, he's a he's a and all they do is just vomit on anyone who wants to get into office. And one of the reasons that I am so strongly in favour of of Donald Trump at this point is because almost anybody else has, does not have the rhinoceros hide to stand against the abuse that they will shovel at anyone because they said McCain was a maverick and he listened to people and he worked across the aisle until he got nominated. Second he got nominated, the New York Times ran articles just like they did against Kavanaugh of these women that claimed that they had affairs with him and when they checked it out they weren't even close. They were just making this stuff up just like they're doing doing with Trump, with this woman that claims she couldn't even tell in the court, she couldn't tell within three years of when this events took place. Within three years. So they're going to do that to people. And Donald Trump has the backbone for the benefit of our country and for freedom to take it. And as we've seen, he can bring peace and prosperity. People don't remember that prior to 2016, this entire world was in the hands of the Chinese. We were doing everything that they asked. We were giving them every privilege. The President of the United States signed waivers so that the chips in our military equipment and in our fighter jets would come from China. They were able to control everything. We were sleepwalking over a cliff. One man. Donald Trump came along and said hey, this isn't the brightest thing in the world, He went to the Mercedes and says you can't build an, you can't build a car without their approval what kind you Germans are stronger than that and in the entire world began to break out of a stupor and those people who had put all of their money New York and Silicon Valley all of their money in China, became furious because those factories began with the withdrawal the stock market in China went down 47 percent, half of its wealth was diminished. In the United States, the stock went up 55 percent. America began to grow and prosper and those that hate freedom in America were furious and they were and they continue to be. But I don't think the world's going to go back to sleep and all we need is a person strong enough to do it and we can go back to peace so the countries aren't overrunning each other as they are in Ukraine, where we go back to peace again where there's stability, and we have a strong surgence of freedom, which I anticipate we're going to have shortly. Well, Bob, it is an honour speaking with you, someone who has their finger on the pulse and is involved in such an influential organization like the CNP, so I appreciate your time today and sharing your thoughts. Well, it was indeed an honour to be with you as always, and we're honoured to have you whenever you can be with us, Peter. All the best.

As the Ohio General Assembly continues to debate the education-related measures that are proposed in this year's state budget, it is imperative that every stakeholder has a full understanding of the state of education funding in our state. Policy Matters Ohio, a nonprofit, nonpartisan thinktank, just released a new report digging into the data. The report's author, Dr. Tanisha Pruitt, explains her findings and looks ahead to other education-related research reports that are in the works. READ THE LATEST RESEARCH | Click here to check out Policy Matters Ohio's "Funding Ohio's Future" report, which takes a look at K-12 funding in the state. To see more Policy Matters Ohio reports, click here. OEA'S REACTION TO THE HOUSE-PASSED BUDGET BILL | On April 26, the Ohio House voted to adopt the version of the budget bill that came out of the House Finance Committee as-written. It now moves to the Senate for consideration. Click here to read OEA's press release about the public education investments in the House-passed version of the bill. Featured Education Matters guest: Dr. Tanisha Pruitt, Policy Matters Ohio  Tanisha is serving as a State Policy Fellow and Budget Researcher at Policy Matters Ohio working on examining the state budget through the lens of the K-12 school funding structure, youth safety, and reforming Ohio's criminal legal system.  Currently, Tanisha is responsible for understanding, tracking, and developing expertise on Ohio's K-12 funding formula, its history, and its impact on equity and success. Tanisha is also focused on analyzing the budget funding streams for youth safety and development, and data support for projects related to criminal legal reform.  Tanisha received a PhD in Public Policy and Urban Affairs with a concentration in International Development from Southern University and A & M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her research interests include, International development and sustainability, closing the achievement gap, school funding and resources, broadband equity and the digital divide, dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline, sentencing reform, reducing mass incarceration for minority populations, and youth development and outcomes among underserved populations. Tanisha received her bachelor's degree from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in Sociology with a minor in Child and family relationships. In 2015, Tanisha received her master's in Applied Behavioral Science from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. Tanisha currently serves as the Co-Founder and President of the Nelson Mandela Institute for Research (NMIR) at Southern University and A & M College, a senior research consultant with Crane R& D research firm, and as a research scholar with the Global Technology Management Partnership research group (GTMP), where she engages in research, conference presentations and publications.  National organization memberships include the Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA), National Organization of Black Law Enforcement (NOBLE) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).   SUBSCRIBE | Click here to subscribe to Education Matters on Apple Podcasts or click here to subscribe on Google podcasts so you don't miss a thing. And don't forget you can listen to all of the previous episodes anytime on your favorite podcast platform, or by clicking here.Connect with OEA: Email educationmatters@ohea.org with your feedback or ideas for future Education Matters topics Like OEA on Facebook Follow OEA on Twitter Follow OEA on Instagram Get the latest news and statements from OEA here Learn more about where OEA stands on the issues  Keep up to date on the legislation affecting Ohio public schools and educators with OEA's Legislative Watch About us: The Ohio Education Association represents about 120,000 teachers, faculty members and support professionals who work in Ohio's schools, colleges, and universities to help improve public education and the lives of Ohio's children. OEA members provide professional services to benefit students, schools, and the public in virtually every position needed to run Ohio's schools. Education Matters host Katie Olmsted serves as Media Relations Consultant for the Ohio Education Association. She joined OEA in May 2020, after a ten-year career as an Emmy Award winning television reporter, anchor, and producer. Katie comes from a family of educators and is passionate about telling educators' stories and advocating for Ohio's students. She lives in Central Ohio with her husband and two young children. This episode was recorded on April 18, 2023.The Ohio House passed its version of the state budget on April 26, 2023.

On episode 125, Dan talks with obstetrician-gynecologist and State Rep. Anita Somani about abortion and reproductive rights, the impact anti-transgender legislation is poised to have on Ohio patients; and balancing life as a physician-legislator. SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS 2:00: On being a physician and legislator  5:30: The state budget and the stakes for social and economic policy 8:45: Abortion and reproductive health care  14:50: The hypocrisy of bills that hurt children and children's mental health while trumpeting support for child health 17:59: “What's behind these bills?”  19:56: The relationship between democratic responsiveness and health  25:40: The wave of anti-transgender bills moving through the Statehouse: what Rep. Somani's experience can teach us. In the interview, Rep. Somani talks about the Heartbeat Bill and current penalties for physicians who don't report abortions. Rep. Somani maintains, among other things, that Ohio's infant and maternal mortality rates have gone up in direct correlation with abortion restrictions.  In his 2023 State of the State address Gov. DeWine identified mental health and children's needs as a major priority. However, Rep. Somani talks about the inherent hypocrisy of the bills the Ohio General Assembly has introduced — specifically HB 6, the anti-trans sports bill, and HB 51, which loosens gun restrictions — and the impact these bills will have on students' mental health.  Dan asks Rep. Somani about democratic responsiveness and the current assault on voting rights, including House Joint Resolution 1, which would raise the threshold needed to pass constitutional amendments on the ballot to 60%. In response, Rep. Somani reflects on the in-state support for reproductive rights and abortion rights, as demonstrated by groups collecting 7,000 signatures when they only needed 1,000 signatures to get the language certified to be on the ballot. Read more about Rep. Anita Somani in her bio. Check out a podcast produced by the Columbus Medical Association, in which Rep. Somani talks about her first few weeks at the Statehouse. NAME CHECKS / RELATED EPISODES Rep. Somani gives a shoutout to podcasts, from which she gets her news despite her busy schedule, whether that's Apple News, The Daily, or local podcasts like Prognosis Ohio! Dan mentions previous episodes on the COVID-19 public health emergency unwind and the current budget process, both of which are high stakes for health policy in Ohio In talking about gerrymandering, Rep. Somani gives a special shoutout to Voters Not Politicians, Michigan's redistricting independent commission.  Dan mentions David Pepper, who was previously on the podcast to discuss democratic accountability, gerrymandering, and autocracy. SUPPORT WCBE and Prognosis Ohio! WCBE is currently in the midst of a fund drive. Please donate if you can! You can also support Prognosis Ohio through Patreon. Hosted and produced by Dan Skinner. Engineering support provided by Mike Foley at WCBE. Copywriting and production support by Angela Lin. Prognosis Ohio is a member of the WCBE Podcast Experience and the Health Podcast Network. Prognosis Ohio is a production of Prognosis Ohio, LLC.

In the inaugural episode of Kernels, a podcast from Ohio Corn & Wheat, hosts Marlene Eick and Luke Crumley establish what audiences can expect from Kernels, discuss the truth of unleaded 88 gasoline, and outline some essential knowledge of the Ohio General Assembly. Marlene Eick is the Director of Marketing and Communications at Ohio Corn & Wheat, and Luke Crumley is the Director of Public Policy and Nutrient Management. In this episode you will ask the question: How many copies of Plato's Republic does Luke own? The world may never know. Kernels is a production of Ohio Corn & Wheat and hosts conversations about the corn and wheat industry in Ohio, their respective checkoff programs, and the work the Grower's Association is doing in on behalf of Ohio grain farmers. Gas Buddy: https://www.gasbuddy.com/app About Ohio Corn & Wheat Ohio Corn & Wheat works to create opportunities for long-term Ohio corn and small grain grower profitability and houses two checkoffs and one membership-based organization. The Ohio Corn Checkoff and Ohio Small Grains Checkoff work to develop and expand markets, fund research and provide education about corn and wheat, respectively. The Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association is a membership organization advocating for supportive public policy on behalf of its farmer members.  For more information, visit ohiocornandwheat.org.

Coming up on our Weekly Reporter Roundtable, we consider the prospects for ethics reform in the new two-year session of the Ohio General Assembly.

The Montrose Development Debate Podcast hosts guests Tim Biggam and Kent Scarrett this week to discuss the election for speaker of house in Ohio. Kent Scarrett works for the Ohio Municipal League and brings unique perspective to the discussion.

Jason Stephens, the new speaker of the Ohio house, has roots in local government, and just three years under his belt in the Ohio General Assembly.

Jason Stephens, the new speaker of the Ohio house, has roots in local government, and just three years under his belt in the Ohio General Assembly.

On Cincinnati Edition the 118th Congress with Rep. Greg Landsman, then we talk to his replacement on council Seth Walsh, plus we discuss the Ohio General Assembly in 2023.

A new Ohio General Assembly begins in January with new faces in a legislature that will tackle a new biennial budget. OSBA's Director of Legislative Services Jennifer Hogue and Lobbyist Nicole Piscitani join the podcast to discuss what might be next for K-12 education at the Statehouse and what did and didn't pass during December's lame-duck session.

Moderate RINO Republicans in Ohio General Assembly along with their Establishment fake Republican Gov DeWine fail to pass bill banning trans men from competing in women's sports. Way to go. Textbook scenario proving again why moderate establishment Republicans LOSE and are WEAK!

Moderate RINO Republicans in Ohio General Assembly along with their Establishment fake Republican Gov DeWine fail to pass bill banning trans men from competing in women's sports. Way to go. Textbook scenario proving again why moderate establishment Republicans LOSE and are WEAK!

The Ohio General Assembly worked late overnight on a number of bills before the end of the lame duck session.

The Ohio General Assembly worked late overnight on a number of bills before the end of the lame duck session.

Tuesday, December 6, 2022: Learn the reward available for helping find a man wanted for killing a 4 year old boy in Mahoning County, how high bond was set for the man accused of killing a Youngstown man and wrapping him in plastic, how Ohio lawmakers want to get tougher on people who kill first responders, the next steps for the Cleveland Community Police Commission, and more on 3News Daily with Stephanie Haney. Connect with Stephanie Haney here: http://twitter.com/_StephanieHaney http://instagram.com/_StephanieHaney http://facebook.com/thestephaniehaney Read more here: $1 million bond continued for Parma man charged with murder after missing man's body found wrapped in plastic https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/crime/paul-addicott-parma-murder-suspect-body-wrapped-plastic-missing-man-ryan-krebs/95-39790145-ea2d-4f72-ad7f-10fbcc49c3e1 US Marshals now offering $10,000 reward for information on fugitive accused of killing Mahoning County 4-year https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/crime/us-marshals-10000-reward-fugitive-accused-killing-mahoning-county-4-year-old/95-18c9e3c8-1709-4f52-8fe0-8bdb01fd8ddb After death of Cleveland firefighter Johnny Tetrick, Ohio General Assembly considering stricter vehicular homicide law https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/after-death-cleveland-firefigher-johnny-tetrick-ohio-general-assembly-considering-stricter-vehicular-manslaughter-law/95-086dec73-7c34-49fe-aac0-5fbd36c93fe1 Ohio announces demolition plans for 2,277 buildings in 42 counties: See the full list of impacted addresses https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/ohio/demolition-plans-ohio-buildings-governor-mike-dewine/95-9485e68e-ba9d-4893-9679-43c28a15080b State of Ohio to demolish 825 dilapidated buildings, including more than 400 in Cuyahoga County https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/ohio/state-of-ohio-demolish-825-dilapidated-buildings-more-than-400-cuyahoga-county/95-b59804ef-180d-46c5-ad13-a256be3c6f7f City of Cleveland announces parade for Glenville High School football team following state championship https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/cleveland-announces-parade-f-glenville-high-school-football-team-following-state-championship/95-5616aead-7ae3-46a1-8103-5273b533a694 25 places to hide your Elf on the Shelf this holiday season https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/nation-world/25-places-to-hide-your-elf-on-the-shelf-this-holiday-season/507-496539693

It's the most wonderful time of the year... the lame-duck session at the Ohio General Assembly. So many bills. So many important issues. So little time to consider them before they become law. It's anything but lame.On this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss the bills quickly moving through the capitol. Ohio Public Radio's Andy Chow joins the show.

Carolyn Harding with Shelly Corbin, Roxanne Groff & James Yskamp. Petitioners & legal counsel to Revoke Primacy of Ohio Class II oil & gas Injection Wells from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Shelly Corbin(Takóni Kókipešni) is Itazipco/Mnicoujou, Lakota and a member of the Cheyenne River Reservation. She has served over 15 years in the military and continues to serve in the Ohio Air National Guard. Currently, as the Campaign Representative for the Beyond Dirty Fuels Campaign at Sierra Club she focuses on oil and gas infrastructure and waste related issues of the fracking industry across Ohio. Shelly is committed to connecting with the land, relationships and herself to strengthen community, connection & unity with the living world. As a founding member of the grassroots group, Save Our Rural Environment, Roxanne Groff fought the permitting of strip mines in Athens County. Her interest in state law and the lack of implementation of rules by the regulatory agencies, led her to run for public office, first for Township Trustee, then for the County Commissioner. She participates in campaigns to raise awareness and challenge industry abuses that will affect the health and wellbeing of citizens. Roxanne works with Buckeye Environmental Network and the Ohio Brine Task Force, to stop dangerous bills in the Ohio General Assembly, regarding toxic radioactive oil and gas waste as a commodity, inadequate rules for injection wells and oil and gas waste facilities, and the current Petition to revoke primacy of Class II injection wells from ODNR. James Yskamp is a senior attorney at Earthjustice in the Fossil Fuels Program, where he works on matters involving oil and gas and petrochemical infrastructure in the Appalachian Ohio River Valley. Since 2014, James has been representing clients in Ohio and Pennsylvania in a variety of environmental civil matters, including cases involving water rights, citizen suit litigation, air quality permitting, water quality permitting, mineral rights, pipeline challenges, and land use and zoning. James also teaches a course in environmental law at the University of Akron School of Law. On Oct 11, 27 Ohio grassroots and non-profit environmental organizations, delivered a petition to the the US EPA, “to Determine by Rule that Ohio's Class II Injection Well Permitting Program No Longer Represents an Effective Program to Prevent Underground Injection that Endangers Drinking Water Sources and Fails to Comply with the Requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act.” Sierra Club Ohio Beyond Dirty Fuels Campaign webpage: https://www.sierraclub.org/ohio/fighting-oil-and-gas Take Action on Petition: https://addup.sierraclub.org/campaigns/tell-the-us-epa-that-ohioans-had-enough-no-more-radioactive-waste-in-our-communities?_ga=2.165206204.227122745.1667409785-1269332763.1654095636&_gl=1*1c0gf9v*_ga*MTI2OTMzMjc2My4xNjU0MDk1NjM2*_ga_41DQ5KQCWV*MTY2NzQwOTc4NC41MS4xLjE2Njc0MTA0NzcuMC4wLjA. Ohio Brine Task Force webpage: https://www.ohbrinetaskforce.org Buckeye Environmental Network webpage: https://benohio.org EarthJustice law: https://earthjustice.org GrassRoot Ohio w/ Carolyn Harding - Conversations with every-day people, working on important issues here in Columbus and all around Ohio! There's a time to listen and learn, a time to organize and strategize, And a time to Stand Up/ Fight Back! Fridays 5:00pm, EST on 94.1FM & streaming @ WGRN.org We air on Sundays at 4:00pm EST, at 107.1 FM, Wheeling/Moundsville WV on WEJP-LP FM. Face Book: https://www.facebook.com/GrassRootOhio/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grassroot_ohio/ All shows/podcasts archived at SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-42674753 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../grassroot-ohio/id1522559085 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/cinublue/featured... Intro and Exit music for GrassRoot Ohio is "Resilient" by Rising Appalachia: https://youtu.be/tx17RvPMaQ8 Photo by Ted Auch of FracTracker Alliance

In today's podcast, I speak with Ohio State Rep. Dontavius Jarrells. He is currently serving his first term in the Ohio General Assembly and is running for re-election in House District 1. We dive deep into our interview, discussing campaigns, mobilization, funding, community, and voting.   We did not waste any time talking about Black and brown people running for office and the lack of turnout to vote from millennials.   We covered:   Things they can do to prepare for a run for office. The need for election poll workers Ways we can encourage young people to register to vote and then vote How not to become distracted and keep the main thing the main thing.   Tune in and please download and share this podcast with others.   Bio State Rep. Dontavius Jarrells is currently serving his first term in the Ohio General Assembly and is running for re-election in House District 1, which includes Berwick, Bexley, Bronzeville, Downtown, Franklinton, German Village, Milo-Grogan, and the South Side of Columbus.   Growing up in the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland, Rep. Jarrells saw firsthand the lack of affordable housing, safety, education, employment, and other essential services on families. After nearly a decade fighting for disadvantaged and marginalized communities across Ohio, Rep. Jarrells is committed to advancing commonsense legislation to make Ohio a better place to live, work, go to school, start a business and raise a family. During his first term in elected office, Rep. Jarrells introduced legislation to increase Ohio's minimum wage to $15/hr., eliminate discriminatory covenants from deeds during property transfers, remove derogatory language within the state's code, and brought millions back into the district and Franklin County.   Rep. Jarrells is committed to building an Ohio we all deserve.     NIM is currently seeking sponsors for this podcast. Do you have a product or service you would like for Gail to share? Contact Gail at info.GailDudley@gmail.com rates start as low as $99 for a 90-second spot.   Do you have a show you would like to pitch? Send your pitch to Gail at info.GailDudley@gmail.com by October 21, 2022.   Follow Gail on Instagram and Twitter @GailDudley   Like and Follow News in Motion on our Facebook page www.Facebook.com/NewsInMotion   Book Gail for your upcoming event to serve as a moderator, panelist, speaker, facilitator. Email info.GailDudley@gmail.com

Redistricting Stalemate in Ohio Continues; Questions Raised About State Supreme Court JusticeToday's LinksArticles:Ohio Capital Journal - Public awaits more redistricting work, but new law gives court little leeway to force itState of Ohio - Redistricting Commission MembersThe American Independent - Ohio Justice Pat DeWine won't recuse himself from gerrymandering cases involving his dadPrinceton Gerrymandering Project - Ohio's Redistricting ProcessGroups Taking Action:  League of Women Voters OH,  Fair Districts Ohio, Equal Districts CoalitionYou're listening to the American Democracy Minute, keeping YOUR government by and for the people.We have two stories today from Ohio.  We're updating our series of stories about Ohio's ongoing redistricting fiasco, and in a related story, the refusal of a justice on Ohio's Supreme Court to recuse himself.You'll remember from our earlier reports that Ohio had a referendum to ban gerrymandering and established a seven-member redistricting commission, which includes Governor Mike DeWine, the Secretary of State, the State Auditor and legislators as members.   But the commission's maps were rejected as gerrymandered by the Ohio Supreme Court. Responsibility then bounced to the Ohio General Assembly, which drew its own heavily gerrymandered maps for the state legislature and Congress.  Multiple versions of those maps were also rejected by the Ohio Supreme Court as against Ohio's constitution. Court appeals continue, but the Ohio Capital Journal reports that the Ohio high court issued a 30-day timeline to the Commission to redraw the maps, and if they don't, it goes back to the legislature.  The Commission has taken no action, and the legislature's leadership says it intends to do nothing, forcing a stalemate.   It's not clear who will blink first, or what body will have the final say.  As if there wasn't enough drama, as a member of the Redistricting Commission, Governor Mike DeWine is a defendant in cases before the Ohio Supreme Court,  and his son, Pat DeWine, is one of the seven justices.  A story this week in the American Independent reports that the younger DeWine has refused to recuse himself from a number of cases involving his father, including . . .  redistricting. Links to articles and groups taking action are at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org.  Granny D said, “Democracy is not something we HAVE, it's something we DO.” For the American Democracy Minute, I'm Brian Beihl

Recently, the FBI informed the Food and Agriculture sector that ransomware actors may be more likely to attack agricultural cooperatives during critical planting and harvest seasons, disrupting operations, causing financial loss, and negatively impacting the food supply chain. Why would farmers and the companies they work with be targeted through cyberattacks and what does something of that nature even look like? How are larger companies protecting themselves from such attacks and what could you be doing to protect your operation? Find out on this Our Ohio Weekly. 00:00 - John Gray, Chief Information Officer, Ohio Farm Bureau and Michael Moore, Executive Vice President - EFC Systems, Inc. talk about how the organizations they work for and with are taking appropriate cybersecurity measures to protect themselves from attacks that could impact the entire food supply chain. 23:50 - This week “To the Beat of Agriculture”, hear a story of one man's journey from the front lines of war battlefields to planting fields of his own, allowing this veteran to continue to serve his country. 32:20 - As today's farms and commercial agribusinesses grow in size and sophistication, agricultural professionals are using data and technology to drive profitability, improve safety and enhance their day-to-day operations. Jason Berkland, Senior Associate Vice President of Risk Management at Nationwide, shares details about a new partnership to offer advanced telematics and fleet management solutions at a discount for Nationwide's agribusiness customers across the country. 42:20 - Shortly after the Ohio General Assembly passed a Capital Budget in the form of House Bill 687, Gov. Mike DeWine signed it into law. This funding allocates $3.5 billion to a myriad of initiatives over the next two years. Find out what is in the budget for agriculture from Ohio Farm Bureau's senior director of state and national policy, Brandon Kern.

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Adrienne and Julia interview Stephanie Ranade-Krider about the Biblical ethics of life, abortion, choices, human dignity, holding tensions, loving the other even when we disagree with them.... and much more. Stephanie spent several years working within the Ohio General Assembly…. After which she served as Special Projects Coordinator and Legislative Director of Ohio Right to Life. In 2013 she became Program Manager of the Governor's Cabinet Opiate Action Team. In 2014, Stefanie rejoined Ohio Right to Life as Vice President and Executive Director. She resigned from her role in 2020 and currently does consulting work. Articles referenced by Stephanie during the podcast:washingtonpost.com/outlook/pro-life-after-roe/2021/10/15/7e2a059e-2cf8-11ec-985d-3150f7e106b2_story.htmlnytimes.com/2021/09/01/opinion/death-penalty-texas.htmlTo learn more about our Value Life ministry, visit vineyardcolumbus.org/value-life You can also listen to our podcast with our Value Life Pastor Diane Bauman by clicking the link belowpodcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-in-between/id1498252831?i=1000521709379Our Value Life ministry is in need of:- Diapers (Newborn and Size 1)- Sleepers and onesies (size 0 - 3, both genders, gently used is also accepted)- Strollers (can be used, no jogging strollers please)

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart   Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee   Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community   Historical Events 1805 Birth of Hugo von Mohl, German botanist.  One newspaper called him the "greatest botanist of his day." He coined the word protoplasm. He discovered Mitosis and chloroplasts - describing them as discrete bodies within the green plant cell in 1837. In 1846 he described the sap in plant cells as "the living substance of the cell" and created the word "protoplasm."   1859 On this day, the Ohio Legislature named Alliance, Ohio, the "Carnation City," saying "truly it is the home of Ohio's State flower," thanks to the work of the amateur horticulturist Levi L. Lamborn (books by this author). In 1876, Levi ran against his friend William McKinley for congress. Before every debate, Levi gave William a "Lamborn Red" Carnation to wear on his lapel. Levi had propagated and named the Lamborn Red Carnation from seedlings he had received from France. After William won the election, he considered the Lamborn Red Carnation his good luck charm - his lucky flower - and he wore a Lamborn Red Carnation during his successful campaigns for Governor of Ohio and President of the United States. William wore a Lamborn Red Carnation when he was sworn into office. He was also wearing one when he attended the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, in 1901. At that event, he removed the Carnation and gave it to a 12-year-old girl named Myrtle Ledger, saying, I must give this flower to another little flower. Minutes later, in the receiving line, he greeted his assassin, Leon Czolgosz. President McKinley lingered for eight days after being shot twice before finally succumbing to infection. When McKinley's funeral train passed through Alliance, Ohio, the train tracks were covered in Lamborn Red Carnations.  The Ohio General Assembly named the scarlet Carnation the official Ohio floral emblem three years later. The resolution reads: Even though the first mention of the Dianthus genus of plant... is traced to some four hundred years before the birth of Christ, it was not until a native son of Alliance, Ohio, (Levi L. Lamborn) worked his floricultural magic that it blossomed as the matchless symbol of life and love that is today. Representative Elijah W. Hill, from Columbiana County, said, England has the rose, France has the lily; Ireland, the shamrock; Scotland, the thistle. ...To these ends, we seek to adopt the scarlet Carnation as Ohio's floral emblem. Fifty-five years later, on this day, April 8, 1959, Alliance, Ohio, became the "Carnation City" thanks to the work of Levi L. Lamborn. Every year since 1960, Alliance has held a Carnation festival. In 2022, the 10-day festival takes place between August 4 - August 14.   1892 Birth of Mary Pickford (books about this person), born Gladys Marie Smith, became known as America's sweetheart and a Hollywood legend. Mary was also a lover of trees. If you jump on Twitter, search for "Mary Pickford Tree," and you'll see images of Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford planting a tree at their PickFair estate. #ArborDay Mary Pickford was the first to plant a Japanese cedar tree in the Forest of Fame at the California Botanic Garden. And Trivia/Folklore says that Mary Pickford used to eat flowers - especially roses. Katie Melua sang about Mary in a song that goes: Mary Pickford Used to eat roses Thinking they'd make her Beautiful, and they did-  One supposes. In real life, Mary did indeed eat roses. Mary Pickford revealed in her autobiography, Sunshine and Shadow that as a young girl living in Toronto, she would buy a single rose and eat the petals, believing the beauty, color, and perfume would somehow get inside her. Mary starred in Madame Butterfly (1915). The movie was shot in the Japanese garden of Charles Pfizer's Bernardsville, New Jersey estate called Yademos, the word "someday" spelled backward. The elaborate three-and-a-half-acre Japanese garden - complete with a lake filled with Japanese goldfish, a tea house, and a hooped and arched bridge - looked like it had been there forever - but in reality, the garden was only nine years old.    1918 Birth of First Lady Betty Ford (books about this person). As a woman, Betty Ford consistently defied the odds. She was an incredible trailblazer and very open about her struggles with alcohol and breast cancer. She revolutionized addiction treatment and opened her center for treatment while she was in the middle of working on her own recovery. Today' the Betty Ford Alpine Gardens is a fitting living tribute to this remarkable woman. Known as Vail's Alpine Treasure, the garden was founded in 1985 by the Vail Alpine Garden Foundation and renamed in honor of Betty three years later in 1988. This special place is located in Ford Park right next to the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater–named in honor of her husband, the 38th president of the United States. Over the years, the Betty Ford Alpine Garden has evolved to comprise four distinct sections; Mountain Perennial Garden (1989), Mountain Meditation Garden (1991), Alpine Rock Garden (1999), & the Children's Garden (2002.) Today, over 3,000 species of high-altitude plants play host to children's programs, horticultural therapy activities, and numerous partnerships and conservation initiatives. In 1991, Betty said, When I was a little girl, I spent many cherished hours with my mother in her garden. She wisely marked off an area for my very own plants. As we worked together, she nurtured me as she nurtured my love of gardening. This nurturing mother-daughter relationship, with its love growing strong in a garden, has been passed along to my daughter, Susan, and her two girls.   Grow That Garden Library™ Book Recommendation Immersion by Nola Anderson  This book came out on April 13, 2021 - (so we're almost at the year anniversary) - and the subtitle is Living and Learning in an Olmsted Garden. This book came about because Nola Anderson and her husband purchased a property called The Chimneys in 1991. The Chimneys was an old estate, and  Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. designed the gardens for the original owners. Sadly, the property had fallen into ruin by the time Nola and her husband got ahold of it. The Chimneys story reminds me so much of Sissinghurst. I love when people revive old spaces like this. One of the things that I appreciate about Nola is her courage and curiosity. When Nola walked onto The Chimneys property, she had not a lick of garden experience, which always reminds me of the saying, "Ignorance is bliss." Perhaps if Nola had been a gardener, she might've looked at the property and felt daunted by the task of restoration. But instead, Nola and her husband committed to renewing this incredible seaside garden. After three decades of hard work and research, The Chimneys was a sight to behold.  Originally, The Chimneys was created at the turn of the century, between 1902 and 1914. The Chimneys was home to a wealthy Boston finance guy named Gardiner Martin Lane and his wife, Emma. They hired Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. to create an Italianate garden for them. The seaside garden is perched on a bluff and comprises a series of garden terraces that gradually taper down with the natural topography. The very top terrace is called the water terrace and features a rose-covered pergola and a shelter that boasts a stunning view of the terraces below and the ocean. Then there is the most incredible water feature (on the book cover), inspired by a 16th-century country estate in Italy called Villa Lante. In the Facebook group for the show, I shared a video of Monte Don walking through the incredible garden at Villa Lante. Monte says that this garden, Villa Lante, is the prime example of an Italianate Garden and the inspiration for Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. when working for the Lane family. The other terraces at The Chimneys are also stunning. They include the overlook terrace, the lavender terrace, the all-white tea terrace, the vegetable garden, the crab apple allee, and finally, the luxuriant rose garden.  So how lucky are Nola and her husband to stumble on The Chimney's estate and then bring it back to life? It really was the chance of a lifetime. And, don't you just love stories like this? The people who take on these forgotten gems - these gardens from our past - usher them through a transformation to reclaim their former glory. Before I forget, I wanted to mention that Clint Clemens is the photographer for this book, and he did a truly magnificent job. The photography is absolutely stunning. This book is 293 pages of The Chimneys - a garden on my bucket list.  You can get a copy of Immersion by Nola Anderson and support the show using the Amazon link in today's show notes for about $50.   Botanic Spark 1955 Birth of Barbara Kingsolver (books by this author), American writer and poet. A daughter of Kentucky, Barbara graduated from DePauw University and the University of Arizona. She worked as a freelance writer before writing novels. Since 1993, her books have made the New York Times Best Seller list. The Poisonwood Bible (1998) brought critical acclaim and told the tale of a missionary family in the Congo - a place Barbara knew briefly as a child when her parents worked in public health in the Congo. In 2007 Barbara shared her family's quest to eat locally in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, where she wrote, Spring is made of solid, fourteen-karat gratitude, the reward for the long wait. Every religious tradition from the northern hemisphere honors some form of April hallelujah, for this is the season of exquisite redemption, a slam-bang return to joy after a season of cold second thoughts. She also mused, I have seen women looking at jewelry ads with a misty eye and one hand resting on the heart, and I only know what they're feeling because that's how I read the seed catalogs in January.   Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener And remember: For a happy, healthy life, garden every day.

Will we ever be fit for a King?” In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, two members of media royalty join us to discuss Dr. King's legacy in light of current events: Angela Pace, Director of Community Affairs for 10TV – WBNS, and Ray Miller, Publisher of the Columbus African American news journal and former member of the Ohio General Assembly.

Mary Schuermann Kuhlman The second year of the 134th Ohio General Assembly officially starts today, as both the state House and Senate convene. One of the most urgent tasks for lawmakers will be to rework the 15 congressional districts they approved in November, which were invalidated by the state Supreme Court last week for favoring the GOP. The Legislature has until mid-February to approve a new map. While the biennium budget was a focus in 2021, this year it's the capital budget. Desiree Tims, president and chief executive of the group Innovation Ohio, said it provides funding for state agency infrastructure needs as well as local community projects. "This is why people vote for their state reps and their state senators," she said. "We're looking to them to manage the budget and to make sure the money and taxpayer dollars return back into communities. This is something that people on the ground will feel immediately." Legislators will submit priorities for new capital projects by April 1. Some bills expected to be advanced this year include House Bill 376, to help protect consumer data, House Bill 389, which would restore components of Ohio's gutted energy-efficiency law, and Senate Bill 236, which enables insurers using an online platform to automatically enroll purchasers in digital communications. With 2022 being an election year, the General Assembly will break for the May primary in mid-April. Tims noted that campaign years are a little tricky because lawmakers are trying to get a "win" with voters. She said she's concerned those attempts to gain political points could focus on policies that lean toward extremism. This story was produced with support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. --- Ways you can help support the show Chase Bank - where you can get a $200 bonus by opening an account and doing a direct deposit. Open an account today at https://accounts.chase.com/consumer/raf/online/rafoffers?key=1934238931&src=N. Ashley Furniture - Save money on your furniture with this coupon. https://www.ashleyfurniture.com/?extole_share_channel=SHARE_LINK&extole_shareable_code=viewfromthepugh5&extole_zone_name=friend_landing_experience Donate to the show - Through CashApp at $ChrisPugh3. Sign up for CashApp - Using the code ZFZWZGF. We will both get $5. https://cash.app/app/ZFZWZGF Get your next project done for $5 through Fiverr - https://fiverraffiliates.com/affiliatev2/#:~:text=https%3A//fvrr.co/3K9Ugiq Share us with your friends --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theohioan/message

Professor Steven Steinglass has participated on a commission in the modernization of the Ohio Constitution to review it and make recommendations to bring it current with modern times. He served as senior policy advisor, providing advice and guidance on working through the process. In 2017, the Ohio General Assembly ended the work of the commission, leaving behind a "research trove of documents and memoranda," which he hopes someday someone will use as a work product of the commission when they take another look. In this episode, Curtis Jackson goes in-depth with Steinglass to analyze the Ohio Constitution and what makes it unique from the United States Constitution.

What is the current state of abortion access in Ohio, and what does the future hold? On the new episode of Prognosis Ohio, host Dan Skinner talks with Professor B. Jessie Hill, JD, who is Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development and Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve University's School of Law. Dan and Jessie talk about the current state of abortion access and reproductive rights generally in Ohio, and what restrictive abortion laws in Texas and Mississippi might mean for Ohio. Dan asks Jessie to share some of her personal reflections on doing this work over the past few decades, to which Hill responds that the current moment is perhaps the most pivotal moment reproductive rights advocates have experienced since the early 1970s before Roe v. Wade became law. In the episode, listeners will learn about the disjuncture between law and public opinion (a majority of Ohioans support Roe v. Wade), which Hill explains is in part a function of a theme that comes up often on Prognosis Ohio: gerrymandering. Perhaps most important, Skinner and Hill talk about what the state of things would be in Ohio if Roe were to be overturned. The episode opens with a clip from last week's episode, in which David DeWitt, Editor-in-Chief of the Ohio Capital Journal notes that the current Ohio General Assembly has shown itself interested in passing all manner of abortion restrictions.

Ohio RCRC Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Terry Williams tackle the latest abortion ban proposed in the Ohio General Assembly and give a rundown of the real reasons that extremist politicians keep putting forward bills that try to ban abortion in Ohio. With special attention to Senate Bill 123 (the so-called “Trigger Ban”), Kelley and Terry talk about class solidarity, the legislature's stigmatizing assault on reproductive freedom, and the cult-like religious roots of this harmful, anti-Ohioan crusade against abortion. Links to discussed content: Abortion Bans are Against My Religion! – Sign on to the faith community letter opposing abortion bans today: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/abortion-bans-are-against-my-religion Senate Bill 123 (Trigger Ban) text as introduced in the Ohio General Assembly: www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-documents?id=GA134-SB-123 Abortion is Still Legal in Ohio – Find clinics and other information here: www.abortionislegalinohio.com/ Liver & Onions (and Abortion) – R-Soul podcast from August 2020: https://ohiorcrc.podbean.com/e/liver-onions-and-abortions/ A Record 106 Abortion Restrictions Have Already Passed in 2021: https://www.thecut.com/2021/10/states-passed-a-record-106-abortion-restrictions-in-2021.html Senate Bill 23 (the Six-Week Abortion Ban) that was passed in Ohio in 2019 but isn't in effect due to legal challenges & the law's unconstitutionality: www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-documents?id=GA133-SB-23 2019 testimony against the Six-Week Abortion Ban by Elaina Ramsey, Executive Director of Ohio RCRC: https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/cm_pub_api/api/unwrap/chamber/133rd_ga/ready_for_publication/committee_docs/cmte_s_health_1/testimony/cmte_s_health_1_2019-02-26-0930_141/sb23ramsey.docx Current gerrymandered maps for the Ohio House, Ohio Senate, and Ohio Federal Congressional districts: https://www.ohiosos.gov/elections/ohio-candidates/district-maps/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=pmd_mmYXezrgatF56OEqaU2nIDKNyky5B2tnBYjyGWLNXYE-1633703283-0-gqNtZGzNAmWjcnBszQjl Newly proposed gerrymandered maps for the Ohio House and Ohio Senate districts: www.redistricting.ohio.gov/maps Kristina Roegner's gerrymandered district that helps her advance extremist anti-abortion views: https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/SLD_RefMap/upper/st39_oh/sldu39027/DC10SLDU39027_001.pdf Fair maps vote in 2018. The vast majority of Ohioans want fair maps: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/386839-ohio-voters-pass-redistricting-reform-initiative “Slay the Dragon," a film about ending gerrymandering: www.slaythedragonfilm.com/ Music by Korbin Jones

Launched by Governor Mike DeWine in 2019, H2Ohio is a comprehensive water quality initiative that is addressing serious water issues that have been building in Ohio for decades. Areas of concern include harmful algal blooms on Lake Erie caused by phosphorus runoff from farm fertilizer, wastewater, and home sewage treatment systems due to aging infrastructure, and lead contamination from old water pipes and fixtures. H2Ohio was first funded by the Ohio General Assembly with an investment of $172 million in the 2020-2021 state budget, which allowed the program to rollout to 14 counties in the Maumee River Watershed. Additional funding in the latest budget means the program is expanding. On this Our Ohio Weekly, find out what H2Ohio means for the state's agriculture sector. 00:00 - Clark Hudson, Program Coordinator for H2Ohio in the Western Lake Erie Basin, gives an update on the water quality initiative. 23:50 - After a series of life-changing events while serving as a U.S. soldier, Matt Schaar took his determination and fortitude from the battlefield to the farm fields. Hear his story “To the Beat of Agriculture.” 32:20 - Dirk Pollitt, Nationwide's VP of Farm Sales and Underwriting shares how you can nominate a deserving ag educator for the Golden Owl Award and Ivory Harlow has the details on the upcoming event, "The Meating" for those interested in the meat processing sector. 42:20 - Honeybees are growing in popularity in Ohio, but what are some things to consider if you are looking to become a beekeeper? Policy Counsel Leah Curtis talks about the basics of beekeeping.

Some lawmakers in the Ohio General Assembly are at work on legislation that would prevent vaccine and mask mandates. On our Weekly Reporter Roundtable, we discuss the political battles in Ohio over efforts to slow the delta variant of COVID-19.

A cyncial political move holds up the Name, Image and Likness bill in the Ohio General Assembly. Ohio State football target J.T. Tuimoloau cancels official visit to Alabama,Would you take 10 more years of Urban Meyer, or seven more years of Ryan Day? Hey, Buckeye Talk,Jadyn Davis emulates Justin Fields, and Ohio State football has made him a 2024 quarterback target and Dallan Hayden, 4-star running back, commits to Ohio State football: Buckeyes Recruiting. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Carolyn Harding with Teresa Mills and Roxanne Groff, founders of the Ohio Brine Task Force, educating and organizing the people of Ohio regarding Oil & Gas liquid waste or, “Brine”, which is currently spread on our roadways for dust and ice control, sounding the alarm that this Brine is far more than salty water, in fact it's dangerous - it's Radioactive. For almost 30 years Teresa Mills has worked as a grassroots leader to help communities to find their voices, analyze data and develop strategic plans. She began her activism career by shutting down the Columbus trash Incinerator, which was polluting her neighborhood and was later defined as the largest emitter of dioxin in the country. Teresa is the Executive Director of the Buckeye Environmental Network, a statewide coalition of grassroots-focused groups. Today she works with Center for Health and Environmental Justice to train and assist grassroots leaders across the country. Teresa also coordinates CHEJ's small Grants Program Roxanne Groff graduated from Ohio University and made Athens County her home. In 1978 she co-founded Save Our Rural Environment (S.O.R.E.), a grass roots group protesting the permitting of strip mines in eastern Athens County. Her interest in state law and the lack of implementation of rules by the regulatory agencies, led her to run for and win Bern Township Trustee and then Athens County Commissioner. Recently Roxanne has been working with Athens County Fracking Action Network (ACFAN), and Buckeye Environmental Network, opposing permitting toxic radioactive injection wells in Ohio and opposing the sale of mineral parcels on public lands, especially the Wayne National Forest in Ohio. She has lived off the grid for 45 years on her pastoral homestead in rural Athens County. Two radioactive Brine Bills are before the 134th Ohio General Assembly, as we speak, Ohio House Bill 282 and Senate Bill 171, both written to establish conditions for the sale of Brine as a commodity. One such product, currently marketed under the name AquaSalina, was tested by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Results from the test revealed that this product contains high levels of Radium-226 and Radium-228. OHBrineTaskForce.org GrassRoot Ohio - Conversations with everyday people working on important issues, here in Columbus and all around Ohio. Every Friday 5:00pm, EST on 94.1FM & streaming worldwide @ WGRN.org, Sundays at 2:00pm EST on 92.7/98.3 FM and streams @ WCRSFM.org, and Sundays at 4:00pm EST, at 107.1 FM, Wheeling/Moundsville WV on WEJP-LP FM. Contact Us if you would like GrassRoot Ohio on your local station. Check us out and Like us on Face Book: https://www.facebook.com/GrassRootOhio/ Check us out on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grassroot_ohio/ If you miss the Friday broadcast, you can find it here: All shows/podcasts archived at SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-42674753 GrassRoot Ohio is now on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../grassroot-ohio/id1522559085 This GrassRoot Ohio interview can also be found on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAX2t1Z7_qae803BzDF4PtQ/ Intro and Exit music for GrassRoot Ohio is "Resilient" by Rising Appalachia: https://youtu.be/tx17RvPMaQ8 There's a time to listen and learn, a time to organize and strategize, And a time to Stand Up/ Fight Back!

The Republican-controlled Ohio General Assembly last week took control of how public health orders are issued in the state during an emergency.

The Republican-controlled Ohio General Assembly last week took control of how public health orders are issued in the state during an emergency. Both the House and Senate voted to override Gov. DeWine’s veto of Senate Bill 22, over the objections of Democrats, local public health officials, health systems and the Ohio Hospital Association.

The Republican-controlled Ohio General Assembly last week took control of how public health orders are issued in the state during an emergency. Both the House and Senate voted to override Gov. DeWine’s veto of Senate Bill 22, over the objections of Democrats, local public health officials, health systems and the Ohio Hospital Association.

Ohio General Assembly overrides Gov. Mike Dewine's veto of their bill that would strip the governor of his power to issue health orders during a pandemic; President Joe Biden highlights efforts to strengthen, improve upon Affordable Care Act during visit to Columbus on Tuesday; one of those killed in mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado was a Cleveland native; Ohio's GOP U.S. senator reacts to shooting that left 10 dead by saying proposed limits on gun purchasing are not appropriate.

Republican leaders in the Ohio General Assembly say they have the votes to override a veto by Gov. Mike DeWine of a bill that would set limits on public health orders or states of emergency.

Republican leaders in the Ohio General Assembly say they have the votes to override a veto by Gov. Mike DeWine of a bill that would set limits on public health orders or states of emergency.

Ohioans 50 years old and olde are added to eligibility list for coronavirus vaccines; Ohio General Assembly passes measures to alter governor's health orders, but Gov. Mike Dewine vows to veto it; FOX News commentator Geraldo Rivera says he's pondering run for Portman's U.S. Senate seat, next year; State Medical Board says it will reopen sexual misconduct investigations from the past 25 years.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine hasn’t ruled out a veto of a bill passed last week in the Ohio Senate that would limit his authority in issuing state of emergency and public health orders. DeWine says he won’t support a provision of the bill that would cause public health states of emergency to expire after 90 days. After that time, the decision to extend the declaration would fall to the Ohio General Assembly.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine hasn’t ruled out a veto of a bill passed last week in the Ohio Senate that would limit his authority in issuing state of emergency and public health orders. DeWine says he won’t support a provision of the bill that would cause public health states of emergency to expire after 90 days. After that time, the decision to extend the declaration would fall to the Ohio General Assembly.

During the lame duck session in December, the Ohio General Assembly gave final approval to legislation prohibiting execution of the severely mentally ill. House Bill 136 cleared the Ohio House on Dec. 17 and Governor DeWine signed the bill into law. DeWine has also imposed an unofficial moratorium on all executions in the state due to ongoing problems finding lethal-injection drugs.

In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss the flurry of activity from the Ohio General Assembly’s lame duck session. Dayton Daily News statehouse reporter Laura Bischoff joins the show.

In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss how a slew of COVID-19 cases in the Ohio General Assembly could derail this year's lame duck session. Ohio Public Radio Statehouse News Burueau reporter Andy Chow joins the show.

Latest data from Ohio Department of Health shows that COVID-19 cases are at their highest since the end of July, largely tied to return to school; Columbus Police say Buckeyes football player was shot in the face when he tried to intervene in a fight between a man and woman; sources say Ohio State was one of three Big Ten schools that voted against postponement of the fall sports season; summer recess ends early for Ohio General Assembly as lawmakers tackle bills to repeal and replace House Bill 6; former House Speaker Larry Householder, who still holds rep. seat, returned to the Ohio Statehouse to defend the nuclear bailout bill at the center of the state's largest-ever corruption scandal.

Today marks one year since a gunman killed nine people in Dayton's entertainment district before being fatally shot by police officers; Gov. Mike Dewine calls on the Ohio General Assembly to finally act on gun safety measures that were introduced shortly after the shooting and have languished for nearly a year; Gov. Dewine also issues health order that would require all school children participating in in-person instruction to wear a face covering; Ohio's election chief says results for November's presidential election will likely not be final for two weeks after Election Day, because of absentee voting.

Finally some news other than COVID. Hear the crew discuss Householder, public corruption in the Ohio General Assembly, and federal RICO. lawyertalkpodcast.com (http://lawyertalkpodcast.com/) Recorded at Channel 511, a production of 511 South High Media LLC. Stephen E. Palmer, Esq. has been practicing criminal defense almost exclusively since 1995. He has represented people in federal, state, and local courts in Ohio and elsewhere. Though he focuses on all areas of criminal defense, he particularly enjoys complex cases in state and federal courts. He has unique experience handling and assembling top defense teams of attorneys and experts in cases involving allegations of child abuse (false sexual allegations, false physical abuse allegations), complex scientific cases involving allegations of DUI and vehicle homicide cases with blood alcohol tests, and any other criminal cases that demand jury trial experience. Steve has unique experience handling numerous high publicity cases that have garnered national attention. For more information about Steve and his law firm, visit Yavitch & Palmer Co., L.P.A.  Support this podcast

CEO of First Energy Corp. responds to news that it played a central role in the largest-ever bribery scandal in Ohio's history; Gov. Mike Dewine reverses course on controversial House Bill 6, calls on Ohio General Assembly to repeal and replace it to restore public trust; rash of COVID-19 cases strikes nursing home in Newark, sicking nearly 60 and leaving 11 dead; teachers and health officials around the state voice concerns about wisdom of returning to classrooms in the fall.

Today we remember the kind Harvard botanist who was a friend of Darwin. We'll also learn about the botanist who specialized in South American flora and found the Cinchona tree: the source of quinine. We salute the pioneer of the study of allelopathy - when one plant species releases chemical compounds that affect another plant species. We also recognize the man who transformed the springtime landscape at the beautiful Magnolia Gardens. We honor the first woman to attend Cornell University's school of forestry. Today's Unearthed Words feature a poem called The Sleep of Seeds. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book about the "Science, Art, and Joy of Propagation"; learn how to grow whatever you want, whenever you want. And then we'll wrap things up with a delightful story about a horticulture teacher. But first, let's catch up on some Greetings from Gardeners around the world and today's curated news.   Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart   Gardener Greetings To participate in the Gardener Greetings segment, send your garden pics, stories, birthday wishes and so forth to Jennifer@theDailyGardener.org And, to listen to the show while you're at home, just ask Alexa or Google to play The Daily Gardener Podcast. It's that easy.   Curated News 16 Drought Tolerant Plants to Grow in Your Garden | Ken Druse | Garden Design “Drought-tolerant plants can be identified just by looking at them or feeling or smelling their bruised foliage. Many fragrant herbs, for example, are drought-tolerant.” Larkspur and Nigella Morning Glory Portulaca ("Port-you-LAKE-ah") Rose Moss Annual sunflowers Achillea (yarrow)("Ack-ah-LEE-ah) Silphium ("SILL-fee-um) Cup Plant Helianthemum ("HE-LEE-anthemum") Rock Rose Rudbeckia black-eyed Susan Echinacea Coneflower Ratibida ("RAH-tib-it-ah") Grey-headed Coneflower Asters Dianthus Euphorbias Foxgloves Sempervivum Sedum Tulips Mulleins Bearded Iris Lilacs   Have you ever tried drying flowers? Successfully drying one of your favorite flowers is such a joy. Some flowers look even better when they are dried. There are many options for drying flowers; air drying is the simplest. Then, of course, there's pressing. If you've never tried sand drying a bloom, you should give it a shot. Just fill a microwave-safe container with a layer of silica sand. Put the flower on top of the sand and then bury the bloom in the sand. Place the bloom along with a cup of water in the microwave. Heat in microwave in 30-second increments. Your flower should be dried in 2-3 minutes. Another step you can take in your flower-drying hobby is to prepare a spot in your garden shed, garage, pantry, or kitchen for drying flowers. Repurpose a pot rack or do something simple like string some twine between some eye hooks. Sometimes just creating space can inspire you to take some cuttings and bring beautiful blooms indoors. One of my favorite pictures from my garden is a single row of hydrangea cuttings drying upside down in my kitchen. Bliss.   Alright, that's it for today's gardening news. Now, if you'd like to check out my curated news articles and blog posts for yourself, you're in luck, because I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. There's no need to take notes or search for links - the next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group.   Important Events 1909  Today is the birthday of Cornelius Herman ("Neil") Muller, the American botanist and ecologist. Cornelius pioneered the study of allelopathy ("ah-la-LOP-OH-thee"). Allelopathy occurs when one plant species releases chemical compounds that affect another plant species. Most gardeners know that black walnut is an example of allelopathy. In addition to the roots, black walnut trees store allelopathic chemicals in their buds, in the hulls of the walnuts, and their leaves.   1917  Today is the birthday of John Drayton Hastie of Magnolia Gardens. The Drayton family has lived on the plantation on the banks of the Ashley River since the 1670s. Magnolia Gardens is often regarded as one of the most staggeringly beautiful places in the entire South. And it's worth noting that it was built on the backs of slaves. The journalist Charles Kuralt once wrote about Magnolia Gardens. He said, “By 1900, the Baedeker guide to the United States listed three must-see attractions: the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, and Magnolia Gardens.  Maybe because I am a sucker for 300-year-old live oak trees hung with Spanish moss and for azaleas and camellias and dogwoods and for Cherokee roses growing on fences — I think I’d put Magnolia Gardens first on that list.”   Representing the 9th generation of the Drayton Family at Magnolia Gardens, John Drayton Hastie was a passionate plantsman. He knew and loved all of the winding brick paths and the thousands of specimens at Magnolia Gardens - including the Middleton Oak, which measured over 12 feet in diameter. And John knew all about the history of the gardens. In 1840, Magnolia Gardens was home to the first azaleas ever planted in America. John often said that it was the successful cultivation of azaleas at Magnolia Gardens that led to the desire for the spring bloomer all across the south - from Charleston to Mobile. And the oldest azalea at Magnolia Gardens is the Indicia from Holland. John lived through some challenging times at Magnolia. After Hurricane Hugo ripped through Magnolia Gardens, John was optimistic saying, “There [were] some advantages, not that I wanted them… [Before the hurricane], we had trouble getting sunlight. Now I'll be able to plant more roses and perennials." Magnolia Gardens is where you'll find the Audobon Swamp Garden. It takes almost an hour to walk through, and it is a feast for the senses. The black water swamp is swaddled by hundreds of Black Cypress and teaming with wildlife from alligators and large turtles to herons and bald eagles. In addition to the swamp, Magnolia Gardens has a Biblical Garden and huge maze that was inspired by the maze at England's Hampton Court to honor Henry VIII. Through most of the 20th century, John Drayton Hastie and his wife were the friendly and knowledgeable hosts to the over 150,000 guests and tourists that visited the property every year. Today, Magnolia Gardens is run by a nonprofit foundation that was established in 1985. And, John's grandson, Taylor, is writing a new chapter for Magnolia Gardens. Beginning in the early 2000s, Taylor worked to begin what experts called "the most ambitious" effort to unearthed the records and history of plantation slavery. The Magnolia Plantation Foundation funded the creation of a free online website and database dedicated to African American genealogy and history in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida called Lowcountry Africana. Before John Drayton Hastie died as an old man, he'd already experienced a brush with death. Almost 70 years earlier (in 1933), when John was 15 years old, he went camping with some friends on Morris Island. And, at some point, the boys went for a swim in the ocean. John was standing near the shore in about two feet of water when a shark attacked him. The shark bit John on both legs. Somehow John managed to free himself. His buddies brought him to Fort Moultrie, where the medical staff was astounded by the severity of his wounds. John made a full recovery at a Charleston Hospital. After John died in 2002, his remains were placed within an oak tree at Magnolia Garden. Today, there is a marker by the Drayton Oak which reads: “Within this Oak, planted three centuries ago in the original Magnolia Plantation Garden by his ancestor, Thomas Drayton Jr., of Barbados, are interred the remains of John Drayton Hastie whose later life was devoted to continuing the Horticultural efforts of eight generations of family predecessors, and to transforming their springtime garden into one of beauty for all seasons. “   1938  The St. Cloud Times runs a story about a Miss Louise Klein Miller. Louise, at the age of 84, was retiring as supervisor of Cleveland's Memorial Gardens - after supervising them for over a quarter of a century. The first woman to attend Cornell University's school of forestry, Louise became the landscape architect for Cleveland schools; she was the only female landscape architect working in an extensive city school system. Collinwood is a neighborhood on the east side of Cleveland. On Ash Wednesday, March 4, 1908, the Collinwood school fire became one of the country's biggest tragedies. The school had only two exits. The construction created a chimney effect; the school became a fire trap. Almost half of the children in the building died. In 1910, Louise planned the Memorial Gardens to honor the 172 children, two teachers, and one rescuer who died in the blaze. The year before, in 1909, the Ohio General Assembly passed legislation that, "a memorial should stand in perpetuity to honor those who lost their lives in this school fire tragedy.” The Collinwood memorial is a large square planting bed that is rimmed with 3.5-foot walls made of concrete that is tiled. The plantable area of the memorial measures roughly 20' x 40'. There's also a deep bench around the perimeter, and the walls are slanted to make seating more comfortable. The downside is that the bench and the scale of the raised bed make access to the planting area is sometimes very challenging. During Louise's era, students grew flowers in a school greenhouse for the Memorial. Over 70 years, the garden fell into neglect. 2018 was the 110th Anniversary of the Collinwood School Fire; there have been a few attempts to make sure that the garden continues to be a meaningful memorial. The struggle to maintain the Memorial continues. In July of 1910, there was an article in the Santa Cruz newspaper that described the new memorial garden - which at the time included a large lily pond: "There was a poet who said he sometimes thought that never blows so red the rose as where some buried Caesar bled;  That every hyacinth the garden wears, drops in her lap from some once lovely head. Then there will never be lilies so fair as those that will bloom in the lily pond that is to be on the site of the Collinwood school."   Unearthed Words It didn't rain all summer. Instead of water, my father used prayer for his garden. Despite his friends' laughter, he planted spinach and lettuce, countless rows of cucumbers in beds lined up meticulously ignoring old people's warnings about the drought. Every afternoon, he pushed his hat back, wiped off his sweat, and looked up at the empty sky, the sun scorching the acacia trees shriveling in the heat. In July, the ground looked like cement. Like the ruins of a Roman thermal bath, it kept the vestiges of a lost order, traces of streams long gone. He yelled at me to step back from the impeccable architecture of climbing green beans, the trellis for tomatoes, although there was nothing to be seen, no seedlings, no tendrils, not even weeds, just parched, bare ground— as if I were disturbing the hidden sleep of seeds. — Lucia Cherciu "Lew-chee-AH CARE-chew", poet, Edible Flowers, The Sleep of Seeds   Grow That Garden Library Making More Plants by Ken Druse This book came out in 2012, and the subtitle is The Science, Art, and Joy of Propagation. Druse says that propagation—the practice of growing whatever you want, whenever you want—is gardening itself. In this book, Druse shares his proven techniques to expand the plants in your garden. This book has over 500 photos to help you practice the steps of propagating successfully. The book is 256 pages of propagation demystified - all shared to help you learn the steps and tools necessary to create more plants. What gardener doesn't want more plants? You can get a copy of Making More Plants by Ken Druse and support the show, using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for around $30.   Today's Botanic Spark While researching Louise Klein Miller, I ran across a delightful story about her time teaching horticulture: "Louise had been telling a crowd of pupils about the different insects that attack plants and warned them, especially against the malevolent San Jose scale. She suggested that they go to the school library and get a book about it and read of Its habits and the remedy for checking its career. One young woman went to the librarian the next morning and said she wanted something about the San Jose scale. Without even looking up from her desk, the Librarian said, ‘Go to the music department.’”

Columbus Dispatch political reporters Rick Rouan, Randy Ludlow, and Anna Staver discuss the latest in Ohio politics on the newest episode of the Buckeye Forum podcast. During this episode we talk about how Dr. Amy Acton has resigned as the state’s health director, what precautions the state has been taken amid the coronavirus pandemic, and where we might see things go from here. Finally, we discuss what the Ohio General Assembly has done so far this year, and mention what we can expect to see when they return from summer recess. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have you ever tried drying flowers? Successfully drying one of your favorite flowers is such a joy. Some flowers actually look even better when they are dried. There are many options for drying flowers; air drying is the simplest. Then, of course, there's pressing. If you've never tried sand drying a bloom, you should give it a shot. Just fill a microwave-safe container with a layer of silica sand. Put the bloom on top of the sand and then bury the bloom in sand. Place the bloom along with a cup of water in the microwave. Heat in microwave in 30 second increments. Your flower should be dried in 2-3 minutes.     Brevities   #OTD On this day in 1842, Asa Gray arrived at Harvard. He didn't have to start teaching until the following spring. Gray wasn't a great speaker, but he was respected by his peers and his students for his knowledge.      #OTD It's the anniversary of the death of the physician and botanist Hugh Algernon Weddell who died on this day in 1877.   Weddell specialized in South American flora and he collected specimens there for five years. Before he left Paris, Weddell was asked to look into the Cinchona, or "fever bark" tree. Cinchona is the source of quinine. Weddell did the job. He found multiple regions where the tree grew. In addition, he  discovered fifteen species of the genus Cinchona (Rubiaceae). Weddell returned to Paris with the seeds and they were germinated in the botanical garden there. Weddell's seeds helped establish the Cinchona forests that were brought to Java and other islands in the East Indies.     #OTD It's the birthday of Cornelius Herman ("Neil") Muller, the American botanist and ecologist, who was born on this day in 1909. Muller pioneered the study of allelopathy "uh·lee·luh·pa·thee." Allelopathy occurs when one plant species releases chemical compounds that affect another plant species. Most Gardeners know that the black walnut is an example of allelopathy. In addition to the leaves, black walnut trees store allopathic chemicals in their buds, in the hulls of the walnuts, and in their roots.   #OTD   Today in 1938, the St. Cloud Times ran a story about Miss Louise Klein Miller. Miller, at the age of 84, was retiring as supervisor of Cleveland's Memorial Gardens - after supervising them for over a quarter of a century.  The first woman to attend Cornell University's school of forestry, Miller became the landscape architect for Cleveland schools; she was the only female landscape architect working in a large city school system.  Collinwood is a neighborhood on the east side of Cleveland. On Ash Wednesday, March 4, 1908 the Collinwood school fire became one of the country's biggest tragedies. The school had only two exits, the construction created a chimney effect; the school became a fire trap. Almost half of the children in the building died. In 1910, Louise Klein Miller planned the Memorial Gardens to honor the 172 children, 2 teachers and 1 rescuer who died in in the blaze. The year before, in 1909, the Ohio General Assembly passed legislation that, "a memorial should stand in perpetuity to honor those who lost their lives in this school fire tragedy.”  The memorial is comprised of a large square planting bed is rimmed 3.5 foot walls made of concrete that are tiled.  The plantable area of the memorial measures roughly 20’ x 40’.  There's also a deep bench around the perimeter and the walls are slanted to make seating more comfortable. The down side, is that the bench and the scale of the raised bed make access to the planting area is sometimes very challenging.  During Miller's era, students grew flowers in a school greenhouse for the Memorial. Over the span of 70 years, the garden fell into neglect. 2018 was the 110th Anniversary of the Collinwood School Fire; there have been a few attempts to make sure the that garden continues to be a meaningful memorial.  The struggle to maintain the Memorial continues. In July of 1910, there was an article in the Santa Cruz newspaper that described the new memorial garden - which at the time included a large lily pond: "There was a poet who said he sometimes thought that never blows so red the rose as where some buried Caesar bled; That every hyacinth the garden wears, drops in her lap from some once lovely head. Then there will never be lilies so fair as those that will bloom in the lily pond that is to be on the site of the Collinwood school."   Unearthed Words   "Our fear of death is like our fear that summer will be short, but when we have had our swing of pleasure, our fill of fruit, and our swelter of heat, we say we have had our day."   -  Ralph Waldo Emerson     Today's book recommendation: Secret Gardens of the Cotswolds by Victoria Summerley This gorgeous book features 20 special British gardens and people who own and manage them.  The book is photographed by Hugo Rittson-Thomas and written by Victoria Summerley, both of whom live in this part of England. Their combined knowledge and love of these gardens shines through in their depictions of each garden and the families blessed to call them part of their home. Beginning with the book cover, the pictures are gorgeous and the garden stories include their fascinating pasts as well as the recent story of the each property. This is a lovely book.   Today's Garden Chore Prepare a spot in your garden shed, garage, pantry, or kitchen for drying flowers.   Repurpose  pot rack or do something simple like string some twine between some eye hooks. Sometimes just creating a space can inspire you to take some cuttings and bring beautiful blooms indoors. One of my favorite pictures from my garden is a simple row of hydrangea cuttings drying upside down in my kitchen. Bliss.   Something Sweet  Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart   While researching Louise Klein Miller, I ran across a delightful story about her time teaching horticulture:   Miller had been telling a crowd of pupils about the different insects that arrack plants, and warned them especially against the malevolent San Jose scale. She suggested that they go to tho school library and get a book about it and read of Its habits and the remedy for checking its career. One young woman went to the librarian the next morning, and said she wanted something about the San Jose scale. Without even looking up from her desk, the Librarian said, "Go to the music department."      Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

NARAL's The Morning After is a production of NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio. This week, Jaime, Kelley, and Gabe discuss the first hearing on Senate Bill 23, the latest version of the six-week abortion ban. This may be the initial hearing, but it's the fifth session of the Ohio General Assembly that this horrific ban has been introduced, a history reaching back to 2011.  Sen. Kristina Roegner (R-Hudson) provided sponsor testimony on the bill, which included some new ideas we've never heard before. She shared a story of a friend who put a child up for adoption, and compared pregnancies to bald eagle eggs. Seriously. The important point is that no matter what unusual experience or comparison someone has, that isn't a good enough reason to ban abortion access for everyone else. In committee, we heard terrific questions from Sen. Nickie Antonio (D-Lakewood) and Sen. Tina Maharath (D-Columbus).  Full video of the committee hearing is available at: http://ohiochannel.org/video/ohio-senate-health-human-services-and-medicaid-committee-2-13-2019  Find info on upcoming events on our Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/NARALProChoiceOhio/events/ 

NARAL’s The Morning After is a production of NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio. This week, Jaime, Kelley, and Gabe discuss the first hearing on Senate Bill 23, the latest version of the six-week abortion ban. This may be the initial hearing, but it’s the fifth session of the Ohio General Assembly that this horrific ban has been introduced, a […]

In 1870, the Ohio General Assembly chartered the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College. The doors opened three years later, and five years after that, the college changed its name to The Ohio State University. While OSU now goes far beyond strictly an ag and mechanical focus, Ohio State remains a land grant institution, with community betterment a key purpose. OSU’s engineering and agricultural engineering programs remain crucial to that mission. On this episode of Town Hall Ohio, we talk about the role engineers play in our lives.

NARAL's The Morning After is a production of NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio. This week, Kelley, Vashitta, and Gabe discuss Rep. Emilia Sykes being stopped and questioned when trying to enter the Ohio Statehouse. Building security told her "You don't look like a legislator." Rep. Sykes is one of only nine Black women in the Ohio General Assembly, so we found it both shocking and insulting that she would not be identifiable by the highway patrol guards. Join NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio at an event near you: https://www.facebook.com/pg/NARALProChoiceOhio/events/ 

NARAL’s The Morning After is a production of NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio. This week, Kelley, Vashitta, and Gabe discuss Rep. Emilia Sykes being stopped and questioned when trying to enter the Ohio Statehouse. Building security told her “You don’t look like a legislator.” Rep. Sykes is one of only nine Black women in the Ohio General Assembly, […]

Demand for criminal justice reform appears to be growing across the political spectrum. Bipartisan coalitions have formed to address over criminalization, prison reform, bail bond reform, sentencing guidelines reform, and more. Panelists will explore these efforts. Are reforms truly needed, or does the criminal justice system already work well? If reforms are needed, what reforms are best—and are there reforms in other states that may be worth exploring in Ohio? What efforts have the Ohio General Assembly and the Ohio Supreme Court made to address criminal justice reform? Are there arguments that criminal law practitioners should be making in the courtroom in light of these legal developments?Heather Childs, Vice President, Compliance, Capital OneDaniel Dew, Legal Fellow, Buckeye InstituteHon. Dave Yost, Ohio State AuditorModerator: Hon. Sharon Kennedy, Associate Justice, Ohio Supreme Court

Demand for criminal justice reform appears to be growing across the political spectrum. Bipartisan coalitions have formed to address over criminalization, prison reform, bail bond reform, sentencing guidelines reform, and more. Panelists will explore these efforts. Are reforms truly needed, or does the criminal justice system already work well? If reforms are needed, what reforms are best—and are there reforms in other states that may be worth exploring in Ohio? What efforts have the Ohio General Assembly and the Ohio Supreme Court made to address criminal justice reform? Are there arguments that criminal law practitioners should be making in the courtroom in light of these legal developments?Heather Childs, Vice President, Compliance, Capital OneDaniel Dew, Legal Fellow, Buckeye InstituteHon. Dave Yost, Ohio State AuditorModerator: Hon. Sharon Kennedy, Associate Justice, Ohio Supreme Court

Some of you love politics… But, don’t you get really tired of all the partisan wrangling, name-calling and finger pointing by our politicians? The two parties usually can’t agree on the day of the week and the nastiness of their verbal exchanges is at an all-time high. One result of this political vitriol is that little gets done in Congress and in many state legislatures and our trust in public figures is plummeting. However, one retired politician is trying to erase the nastiness and re-establish CIVILITY in our public debate. Ted Celeste is a former state representative from Ohio. He served in the Ohio General Assembly from 2007 to 2012. But, he’s now director of State Programs for the National Institute for Civil Discourse – a non-partisan center for advocacy, research and policy. He leads the next generation project and travels the country doing legislative training called “Building Trust through Civil Discourse.” He has traveled to 22 different states trying to train state legislators and their staffs how to work toward consensus through civility. He says that the political nastiness we hear today is counterproductive to getting things done and he points to Congress as a living example. Congress often is in gridlock based on overt partisanship or political verbal warfare. Celeste says it doesn’t have to be that way. While in office, he had a strong reputation of being able to reach across the partisan aisle to get legislation passed. He is now trying to pass along his tips to others in the hopes that we can be able to traverse the political divide we are now experiencing.

Diane Chime is the senior Manager for Early Stage Investments at the Ohio Development Services Agency (DSA). In her role, she directs a $37 MM venture debt portfolio and serves as the fund of Funds manager for the $247 MM Ohio Third Frontier seed and seed+ portfolios that co-invest with angel and venture funds around the state. She is DSA’s staff designee to the Ohio Venture Capital Authority, a $150 MM commitment by Ohio General Assembly to expand access to capital to startup companies. Her direct investment experience not only includes financial, business and technical due diligence, but also underwriting and structuring transactions from pre-revenue to growth and expansion stage firms. Her primary specialization includes MedTech and SaaS/ IT based platforms, but her personal interests presently are Etherium-focused. Within a three-year period, she has reviewed over 350 early stage companies and secured $50 MM of loan approvals at an average deal size of $1.2 MM. And which, to date, 99% percent of closed transactions remain active. Prior to managing DSA’s early stage initiatives, Diane managed the state of Ohio’s $1.1 billon (480+ investments) economic development loan and bond portfolios. As Operations Manager at the Ohio Treasury, she coordinated activities among operational departments that annually collect and process revenue exceeding $50 MM and invest more than $11 billion. While serving as a financial analyst at a Midwest-based investment bank, she structured notes, bonds and various other debt vehicles for sale to the public and private markets and credits her non-traditional funding models to the experience gained from the position. She has held multiple marketing and communications positions and is noted for her ability to translate difficult financial concepts into digestible media opportunities. Formally, she earned and previously held the General Representative Securities License 7 issued by the National Association of Securities Dealers, now FINRA, and is recognized by the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) as an active Certified Treasury Professional (CTP). Fundamental to the CTP designation is a foundation that resides upon the financial and regulatory knowledgebase necessary to manage a corporation’s cash operations, including daily cash flow and forecasting, and its debt and investing activities. Diane holds undergraduate degrees in Liberal Arts and Economics and a Master’s Degree from the University of Cincinnati, The Ohio State University, and Ohio Dominican University, respectively. This is the audio recording from the live event on 10/9/2017. https://development.ohio.gov www.startupgrind.com/columbus www.awh.net www.rev1ventures.com

Episode 091: Dr. John Marschhausen - Cultivating Innovators And Creative Thinkers John Marschhausen is a very interesting and intelligent leader.  He is deeply interested in leading and empowering young people to develop their leadership skills.  This is the first time I’ve spoken with a school super intendant on The Learning Leader Show.  I’m really glad that I did.  John shares detailed, research backed evidence to how we can better lead our children.  We are extremely fortunate to have John share his knowledge with us, the loyal listeners of The Learning Leader Show.  Dr. John Marschhausen is a dynamic educational leader; he serves with passion, purpose, and energy. Dr. Marschhausen is committed to personalizing education for each student, facilitating a culture of growth, and supporting continued innovation in instructional practices. Dr. Marschhausen has his Bachelor of Arts in History/Political Science from Wittenberg University and his master’s degree from the University of Dayton. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Leadership from Capella University. John was appointed by Governor Kasich to the Ohio Digital Learning Task Force, has served on the Ohio Senate’s Testing and Accountability Committee and has testified many times before the Ohio General Assembly. He reports directly to the Board of Education and serves as the Board’s Chief Executive Officer. As superintendent he supports administrators and principals in their every day jobs so teachers can do what they need to do to prepare every student for tomorrow. Episode 091: Dr. John Marschhausen - Cultivating Innovators And Creative Thinkers Subscribe on iTunes  or Stitcher Radio The Learning Leader Show “We need to have students ready for tomorrow.” In This Episode, You Will Learn: Integrity, Trust, and Relationship Building Skills are the qualities of people who sustain excellence over long periods of time The need for a more personalized approach to teaching and leading students How we create the space for original thinkers and innovators The issue with standardized testing The need to look for additive opportunities to give feedback How to view failure as a learning opportunity Thinking Long Term… Tactical things all parents can do to be better leaders The 6 disciplines of the R factor How his work with Tim Kight has been such a positive experience Values, Behaviors, and Outcomes Having a sense of purpose as a leader “Grades are merely a marker of compliance.” Continue Learning: Go To John’s Bio on Hilliard’s website: org Read: Above The Line by Urban Meyer Follow John on Twitter: @drjcm You may also like these episodes: Episode 001: How To Become A Master Connector With Jayson Gaignard From MasterMind Talks Episode 085: Jessica Lahey – Why Your Parenting Style Is Wrong Episode 004: How Todd Wagner (and Mark Cuban) Sold Broadcast.com To Yahoo! For $5.7 Billion Episode 010: Shane Snow – How To Accelerate Success Using Smart Cuts Did you enjoy the podcast? This was a jam packed episode full of great content.  Dr. John Marschhasen is leader who is constantly learning in order to help us all live a better life. Who do you know that needs to hear this?  Send them to The Learning Leader Show! Episode edited by the great J Scott Donnell Bio From HilliardSchools.org Dr. John Marschhausen is a dynamic educational leader; he serves with passion, purpose, and energy. Dr. Marschhausen is committed to personalizing education for each student, facilitating a culture of growth, and supporting continued innovation in instructional practices. Dr. Marschhausen has his Bachelor of Arts in History/Political Science from Wittenberg University and his master’s degree from the University of Dayton. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Leadership from Capella University. John was appointed by Governor Kasich to the Ohio Digital Learning Task Force, has served on the Ohio Senate’s Testing and Accountability Committee and has testified many times before the Ohio General Assembly. He reports directly to the Board of Education and serves as the Board’s Chief Executive Officer. As superintendent he supports administrators and principals in their every day jobs so teachers can do what they need to do to prepare every student for tomorrow.    

Food, farming, jobs, and education. These are just a few of the topics watched over and influenced by the House Agriculture and Rural Development committee of the Ohio General Assembly. Let's focus on some key issues. Guest: Rep. Brian Hill, chair, and Rep. Tony Burkley, vice chair. Length 39:20

The coming year will be a busy one in the Ohio General Assembly. Helping to guide the discussions will be Senate Minority Leader, Joe Schiavoni. Guest: Sen. Joe Schiavoni, Jack Fisher, Exec. VP, OFBF. Length 39:20

Callers and Chat Participation are Welcome. Come join us and speak with the Host, Guests, and the Audience. Obama calls the IRS Scandal ( among others) phony. Not so to many including our Guest. We welcome back Justin Binik-Thomas. Targeted by the IRS, he will  give us updates on the investigation. Justin has been on multiple interviews including Greta Van Susteran's 'On the Record' last Thursday 7/25( http://gretawire.foxnewsinsider.com/video/tea-party-member-justin-binik-thomas-on-the-record-2/ ) ,has been to Washington D.C. to attend the Ways and Means hearings and most recently testifying at the Ohio General Assembly's Oversight Committee on the issue. From the Press release: Oversight Committee Announces Witnesses for Thursday Hearing on Ohioans Targeted by IRS State Representative Mike Dovilla (R-Berea), chairman of the House Policy and Legislative Oversight Committee, today announced five confirmed witnesses who will appear at a field hearing, “No Excuses – Stopping the Unlawful Targeting of Ohio Taxpayers”. “I applaud these Ohioans for answering our call to testify in front of the Committee.  It is unacceptable for any resident of our state, regardless of political affiliation, to be targeted and harassed for simply exercising his or her right to petition our government. “The Oversight Committee also extended an invitation to the Cincinnati IRS agents and managers who have been singled out in media reports to give these federal employees an opportunity to set the record straight.  I am deeply disappointed that none of the Cincinnati-based employees have responded to our Committee's request.” We will also be covering and promoting the Defunding of Obamacare.