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by Garrett Marchand   A new report from an influential conservative think tank calls on Congress to fix the college accreditation process and end accreditors’ stranglehold on higher education. With the stated aim of returning…

Semafor, the company behind influential newsletters popular among policymakers in Washington, D.C., has partnered with a think tank with links to an intelligence service administered by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The news…

LANCASTER — Real estate developer Tom Fortin does not live in Lancaster or even Fairfield County. But his presence downtown is undeniable.He owns The Downtown Bistro building at 123 N. Broad St. and once owned the Maria's Mexican…

CINCINNATI — Nancy Keating, a charitable volunteer and matriarch of a large family with deep and philanthropic ties to the Cincinnati area, has died. She was 94. She died peacefully at her home Friday, son Mike Keating said in an email.…

This type of spending — which is usually channeled through nonprofit groups that do not have to disclose much information about their finances, including their donors — was embraced by conservatives after campaign spending restrictions…

His death, at a retirement community, was confirmed by his son Michael Duffey, who did not provide a specific cause.A former United Church of Christ minister with a PhD in the history of theology, Dr. Duffey chaired the National…