by Alexander Sharp | Aug 20, 2020 | Election Reform, Initiatives, Regionalism Promotion
What do you know about your local elected officials? Do you care who they are? Do you even know? Voter turnout overall has been abysmal in the United States. Over the past two decades, we have averaged around 60% turnout for presidential elections and around 40% for...
by Alexander Sharp | Aug 14, 2020 | Data & Research, Initiatives, Regionalism Promotion, Regionalism Research
If you leave Dayton going east on 35 until you get to Xenia and then take 68 north, after you pass through Clark County you will arrive in Champaign County. The county seat, Urbana, lies close to the middle of the county. Small villages populate the outskirts of the...
by Alexander Sharp | Aug 12, 2020 | Data & Research, Initiatives, Regionalism Promotion, Regionalism Research
Akron, Ohio is located about fifty minutes away from the larger, better-known Cleveland, which became a bustling metropolis because it resides on a major waterway that defines Ohio’s northern border. Dayton, Ohio is located about fifty minutes away from the larger,...
by Alexander Sharp | Aug 9, 2020 | Initiatives, Reconstructing Dayton
Have you ever wondered how much your local government collects in taxes? Perhaps not, but if you were to wonder such a thing, how easy do you think it would be to obtain this information? According to Ohio law, records must be organized and maintained “in a manner...
by Alexander Sharp | Aug 4, 2020 | Commentary, Initiatives, News & Investigations
With Ohio Speaker of the House Larry Householder charged with racketeering for participating in a pay-to-play dark money scheme to bailout to nuclear power plants for FirstEnergy, state politicians have been quick to denounce Ohio’s lack of campaign finance...
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