This article first appeared in the Buckeye FlameOhio Governor Mike DeWine has signed the state’s two-year budget, vetoing three anti-LGBTQ+ measures and leaving three intact.Shortly before the midnight deadline on June 30 to approve the budget, DeWine issued 67 line-item vetoes to the 5,500-page…

This article first appeared on the Buckeye Flame.The Ohio Senate has passed their version of the state’s two-year budget and left intact all of the anti-LGBTQ+ provisions passed by the House. The version that the Senate passed on Wednesday included:A policy that cribs from President Donald…

This article first appeared on the Buckeye FlameThe staff of The Buckeye Flame arrived at one of Ohio’s largest Pride celebrations in 2024 to find our table sandwiched between a cellphone company and a grocery-store chain. To our left, the cellphone company was giving out gift cards and T-…

This article first appeared on the Buckeye Flame.I don’t cry easily, but I almost started crying in Cleveland’s FBI field office yesterday, in front of the FBI’s national chief diversity officer (CDO). I had been asked to participate in a roundtable of local community leaders. We were to…