What to know about Issue 1
By Caroline Babbitt | October 27, 2024Currently, the Ohio Redistricting Commission is responsible for drawing legislative boundaries on behalf of the entire state government.
Currently, the Ohio Redistricting Commission is responsible for drawing legislative boundaries on behalf of the entire state government.
This year, Ohioans have the opportunity to elect a new senator to represent them nationwide. Whoever is elected will serve a six-year term in the United States Senate. The candidates are incumbent Democrat Sherrod Brown, who has held this seat since 2007, and Republican Bernie Moreno, a businessman and politician who beat Frank LaRose and Matt Dolan in the Republican primary election.
For union members across the country, the upcoming election cycle presents the opportunity for change and challenges as it relates to union organization and structure.
For union members across the country, the upcoming election cycle presents the opportunity for change and challenges as it relates to union organization and structure.
Ohio holds a series of partisan elections to select its State Supreme Court justices. Three of the seven seats on the court are up for election this November. Six candidates are running: three Democrats and three Republicans.
With the November election rapidly approaching, Ohio residents have already begun receiving absentee ballots through the mail. The Butler County Board of Elections began sending ballots on Oct. 8, which can be returned anytime between now and 7:30 p.m. on election day.
This election cycle, The Butler County ballot has 11 different tax levies on it. They range from funding for different Butler County school districts to fire, police and other public service levies. The primary tax levies that affect the Oxford community are Issue 2, Issue 10 and Issue 12 – levies that fund services directly used by Miami University students.
It’s not hard to know it’s an election year. Commercials about politicians are on seemingly every channel, candidates’ faces are plastered on billboards and your neighbor’s lawn might be peppered with signs with various names. But who pays for all of it?
A pedestrian was ushered to the hospital after being hit by a Jeep at the intersection of South Main Street and East Spring Street on Tuesday afternoon, according to Butler County dispatchers.
The Miami University College Democrats brought in Representative Dani Isaacsohn on Oct. 16 to talk with them about the upcoming election.
Twice a year, the JANUS Forum brings two panelists from opposite sides of the political spectrum to Miami University’s campus to discuss a topic relevant to students and the broader community. This semester, the organization brought two former members of the U.S. House of Representatives, Susan Brooks and Stephanie Murphy, to speak on the future of the two-party system.
In a class that goes far beyond the halls of Miami University’s Art Building, students hunch over their workspaces, collaborating on a semester-long project. The end goal? Create a mural for Newport on the Levee, a bustling entertainment hub across the river from Cincinnati.
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) programs such as Chat GPT continue to take the world by storm, more innovations are being introduced and the world is changing in large with it. Miami Alumnus Gowtham Raj Veeraswamy Premkumar, a recent graduate with a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering, is no stranger to these technological advances.
Between Oct. 7 and Oct. 14, Oxford police responded to 17 incidents, according to Oxford Police Department’s reports.
During the Oct. 15 Associated Student Government meeting, representatives from Miami Dining spoke to senators about the student and parent feedback and the transition from Aramark to Chartwell.
Oxford’s City Council approved new tobacco licensing regulations and several other key initiatives in their Oct. 15 meeting. The updates come two years after the initial moratorium regulating tobacco retailers.
With the November election less than a month away, Vice-Mayor and Butler County Commissioner candidate Chantel Raghu called on incumbent Commissioner Don Dixon for a public debate in the first contested race in more than 17 years.
Oxford took decisive action and formalized a commitment to invest $270,000 annually in economic development activities. The funding aims to support various projects and initiatives that will shape Oxford’s future for years to come
Miami University reached an agreement with the city of Oxford to provide funding for the Oxford Fire Department (OFD), but it’s contingent on the approval of Issue 2. Under the deal, the university will contribute $1.27 million annually for the next 10 years to the fire department.