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Ohio Rights Group now backing Issue 3
John Pardee, president of the Ohio Rights Group, has long been a critic of ResponsibleOhio’s plan to legalize marijuana, but he said Tuesday he and his organization are formally backing Issue 3, which...
View ArticleTwo county meetings to address marijuana legalization ballot issues
OBERLIN — There will be two meetings in the coming weeks focusing on the proposed constitutional amendment that would legalize marijuana for recreational and medicinal purposes in Ohio. The first...
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Critics challenge marijuana legalization
NEW RUSSIA TWP. — Although organizers said a town hall meeting Wednesday on marijuana was to share the “facts” with attendees, proponents of legalization had another word for what speakers at the New...
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Marijuana debate heats up
LORAIN — Ohio voters will have the chance next month to decide whether the Buckeye State should experiment with marijuana. Unlike other states, such as Colorado, that have legalized marijuana slowly...
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Decisions aplenty in today’s election
SHEFFIELD TWP. — Voters in Lorain County and across the state will head to the polls today to weigh in on issues and decide who will lead communities going forward. Dennis Hildebrandt, a technician for...
View ArticleOhio elections: Marijuana, monopolies and maps
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A first-of-its-kind marijuana legalization proposal was nearing decision time in Ohio on Tuesday, even as the effort’s opponents were placing their hopes on a separate measure...
View ArticleOhio rejects marijuana legalization, says yes to redistricting, monopoly ban
COLUMBUS — Ohio voters delivered a one-two punch Tuesday to an effort to legalize medical and recreational marijuana in the state, soundly defeating the pot issue and approving a ban on constitutional...
View Article3. Issue 3 would have benefited county, but was voted down decisively
Ohioans strongly rejected a measure that would have legalized marijuana for both recreational and medical use at the ballot box in November, but had the measure passed Lorain County would have become...
View ArticleControversies, tragedies and triumphs: Chronicle staff picks top 10 stories...
Lorain County in 2015 saw its share of controversies, tragedies and triumphs. But 10 stories stood out from the rest as the most important of the year, making a definitive mark on the history of the...
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Captain’s dismissal is upheld
VERMILION — The firing of the Vermilion Police Department’s second-highest ranking officer has been upheld by the city’s Civil Service Commission, which concluded Capt. Michael Reinheimer’s dismissal...
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