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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
Doing it in more than one way… Emma Wozniak of the Columbus Dispatch reports: “OSU’s Carter served on more than 20 boards, including a Bitcoin miner that paid him $400,000. dollars“
In roughly two years as president of Ohio State University, Ted Carter has served in more than 20 board and advisory roles — some with the university, others with outside organizations, from a Bitcoin mining company to a music hall of fame.
Carter’s financial disclosures show one of them paid him a total of almost $400,000 in 2023 and 2024.
Too many universities? Jessie Balmert of the Cincinnati Enquirer reports: “Vivek Ramaswamy wants to consolidate universities in Ohio. – We have too many of them.“
A Republican running to replace Gov. Mike DeWine has floated the idea of ​​consolidating Ohio’s universities to pay for eliminating the state income tax.
Surveys. Newsweek reports: “Vivek Ramaswamy delivered a double blow to the election in the Ohio governor’s race“
A Quantus Insights poll released on Monday gave Acton a slight lead over Ramaswamy. She polled with 45.9% support compared to Ramaswamy’s 44.9%. It surveyed 809 likely voters on March 13-14 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 percentage points…
Just last week, a poll by the Ohio Environmental Council showed Ramaswamy trailing Acton by 10 points. In this poll, Acton received support from 53 percent of respondents, while Ramaswamy received support from 43 percent. The poll polled 1,343 likely voters from Feb. 10-22 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 percentage points.
And boom, a meteor. Ideastream’s Stephanie Metzger-Lawrence and Gabriel Kramer report: “What boom was that? The National Weather Service says the meteor likely passed over northeastern Ohio“
Northeast Ohioans started St. Patrick’s Day with a literal boom. It was heard around 9 a.m. Tuesday, with multiple witnesses reporting the sound of a sonic boom and earthquake on both the east and west sides of Cleveland and surrounding suburbs.
Early speculation included earthquakes and explosions, but the National Weather Service in Cleveland said photos suggested a meteor may have been the cause.
Oil and gas. Famous reports: “Trump’s DOGE cuts staff who dealt with Middle East oil and gas crises“
Six months before the Trump administration began bombing Iran, the State Department fired its oil and gas experts.
While the war in Iran continues into its third week and the Strait of Hormuz – through which 20% of the world’s oil supplies typically pass – remains effectively closed, the US government does not have the resources it once had to deal with such crises, former State Department officials tell NOTUS.
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