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Oil drilling

Activists call on oil and gas commission to seek emergency rule regarding extraction on public lands

Cathy Cowan Becker

Environmental activists, after Wednesday’s public meeting (March 1st) of the…

// News
Joe Motil

Voters Across the Country Want a Mayor Who Will Lead

Free Press Staff

City of Columbus mayoral candidate Joe Motil states, “Incumbent Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s…

// Opinion
UPS working conditions

Suicide on the job: UPS worker takes own life at Westside distribution hub

Free Press Staff

The reasons why a loved one takes their own life is an agonizing question a bereaved family has…

// News
Fire on the horizon

Buckeye Environmental Network calls for immediate testing for dioxins in East Palestine

Cathy Cowan Becker and Zach Bollheimer

“We basically nuked a town with chemicals so we could get a railroad open.” Those are the…

// Opinion
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