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In Appalachia’s ‘Alcohol Alley,’ booze purveyors say a pipeline is threatening their industry
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Another real estate developer backs out of Chicago’s South Works site. What now?
By Edward McClelland Last month, real estate developer Emerald Living scrapped its ambitious mixed-use plan [...]
Ohio’s impending Stand Your Ground law will protect shooters who claim self-defense; if they’re white, according to opponents
By Trevor Bach Banner photo by Brett Carlsen A controversial gun bill is likely headed [...]
In observance of the first day of summer, an ode to my lawn mower
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In Rust Belt midterm elections, some GOP candidates run with Trump, others run without him
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As Flint suffers and Nestlé prospers, many are asking: Who owns the rights to Michigan water?
By Trevor Bach Photo by Brittany Greeson On a chilly spring Wednesday in April, more [...]
For exonerated Ohioans, compensation for wrongful imprisonment may finally be at hand
By Joey Horan Dale Johnston and Danny Brown spent a combined 25 years in prison [...]

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