An experiential news commons linking Kent State University School of Media and Journalism student work with professional media partners in Ohio.

Ohio’s ‘flat’ income tax is now in effect. Who benefits?

By Nick Keller/Kent State NewsLab In summer 2025, the Ohio House of Representatives passed a bill that reduced the personal

By Nick Keller/Kent State NewsLab Artificial intelligence and software companies are focusing on Ohio for data center development. Google began

By Kayla Gleason, Jack Bordeleau and Xavier Asher The Statehouse Reporting Project Kansas City firefighter Josh Magaha teaches fentanyl and

By John Engoglia/Kent State NewsLab Justus Doornbos is a 23-year-old assistant dairy manager at Heinen’s Grocery Store in Mayfield Village.

By Ella Katona/Kent State NewsLab On a gray Saturday morning in Kent, Ohio, the fashion studio buzzes with the low,

By The Statehouse Reporting Project Widespread networks of automated license plate surveillance cameras that create hordes of data used to

By Lauren Cohen and Joe Malbin/Kent State NewsLab When Kent State University President Todd Diacon addressed the Faculty Senate at

By Mallory Hughes/Kent State NewsLab After Senate Bill 1 took effect in June 2025, Mariana Quinones, a senior fashion merchandising

By John Engoglia/Kent State NewsLab When Ohio’s Senate Bill 1 became law, it required universities to create a reporting process to

By Connor Nagy/Kent State NewsLab The queer community at Kent State University continues to express itself, even as new policies