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Each morning in the Ohio Capital Journal’s free newsletter, The Eye-Opener, we round up the news and commentary from across Ohio, the country and the world that catches our attention. We call this feature Catching Our Eye and have published it here.
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Catching our eyes
Teaching Christianity in schools. Karan Singh of Cleveland.com reports: “A religious education bill honoring Charlie Kirk has been introduced in the Senate after quick approval by the House“
A polarizing initiative to change Ohio’s education standards is rapidly growing at the Statehouse, based on the belief that Christianity was the foundation of the United States.
House Bill 486, authored by Republican Reps. Gary Click of Sandusky County and Michael Dovilla of Berea, is currently sponsored by 34 other representatives from the same party. Packaged as a tribute to the behind schedule conservative Charlie Kirk, it would enable school and college teachers to teach students about Christianity’s influence on the nation’s history and values.
Prices. ABC News reports: “What do rising diesel prices during the war with Iran mean for the prices of meat, vegetables and fruit?“
Sticker shock has plagued drivers at the gas pump since the outbreak of the war with Iran, but higher prices could soon drag them down at the grocery store, mall and almost everywhere they shop, some economists tell ABC News.
The reason for this is the enhance in the price of diesel fuel, which powers the many trucks, trains and ships that transport products across the immense global supply chain. The price enhance for a single item is likely to be miniature, but the accumulation of additional costs could be a strain on wallets, they say.
Blocked sun. WOSU’s Katie Geniusz reports, “Ohio Power Siting Board blocks construction of solar farm in Morrow County“
The Ohio Power Siteing Board has refused to build the Crossroads Solar project in Morrow County.
The decision referred to the “consistent and significant opposition of the local population to the project, expressed through local government units.”
The validity of local opposition to the project has been questioned. All local authorities voted against the project, but Canary Media reports showed that public comments purporting to be from residents did not match voter records. Canary Media also reports that phony email addresses were provided.
Gas installation. Sarah Donaldson of the Statehouse News Bureau reports: “Feds announce construction of massive natural gas plant and data center in southern Ohio“
Two federal agencies say a recently proposed $33.3 billion, 9.2 gigawatt (GW) natural gas plant in southern Ohio will eventually power a data center.
The facilities, including the giant’s proposed 10 GW data center, will be built on the revitalized U.S. Department of Energy site in Piketon, where the Portsmouth gas diffusion plant was located.
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