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Gadfly Bites 11/19/25—All the news there is

Jeff Murray
11.19.2025
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News stories featured in Gadfly Bites may require a paid subscription to read in full. Today's story definitely does. Just sayin’.

There was no education news worth talking about on Monday, thus no Bites. Today is hardly better.

  1. It’s subscriber-only content, but Gongwer covered the Ohio Senate General Government Committee (who?) hearing yesterday, in which several witnesses and legislators weighed in in favor of SB 107. That’s the proposal to add party affiliation to candidate names on school board election ballots. Said one witness: “As a parent, I want my tax dollars and my kids’ education guided by elected officials whose values I can vet — not hidden behind nonpartisan veils…  Pass SB107 to make school board ballots a tool for democracy, not deception.” The bill remains in committee. (Gongwer Ohio/State Affairs, 11/18/25)

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Jeff Murray is a lifelong resident of central Ohio. He previously worked at School Choice Ohio and the Greater Columbus Arts Council. He has two degrees from the Ohio State University and lives in the Clintonville neighborhood with his wife.

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