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Vulnerable Dem senator ripped for votes on key 2024 Rust Belt issue: 'Lockstep' with Harris
As fracking continues to be a key issue in many of the Rust Belt swing states that could decide the 2024 presidential election, incumbent Democratic Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown is facing increased criticism from his GOP opponent for previously held positions on the matter.
In 2021, Brown was one of 43 senators to vote against a bill to “establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to prohibiting the Council on Environmental Quality and the Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating rules or guidance that bans hydraulic fracturing in the United States.”
Brown also voted no on a motion in the Senate in 2022 giving states “sole authority” to permit and enforce fracking regulations.
While speaking to CNN in 2020, Brown suggested that most of the fracking jobs in Ohio go to “out of state” workers and that “there just aren’t that many jobs in fracking or, unfortunately, even coal in Ohio now” when answering a question about his level of concern about Ohio workers losing their jobs in the fracking industry.
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L – Bernie Moreno R – Sherrod Brown (Getty Images)
Some estimates have suggested that fracking supports over 300,000 jobs in Ohio and contributed $55 billion to the state’s economy in 2021.
When confronted by Fox News reporter Hillary Vaughn on the issue of fracking and VP Harris backing away from her position to ban fracking, Brown declined to call Harris out for changing positions and said he believes in an “all of the above strategy.”
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Senator Sherrod Brown, a Democrat from Ohio and chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, speaks during a confirmation hearing (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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A driver hit a student during a student-led protest in Fremont on Thursday afternoon, a spokesperson with the Fremont Public Schools district said.
Video captured by News Channel Nebraska shows the driver getting into a red SUV that’s carrying a flag supporting President Trump’s 2024 campaign. Protesters are standing on the sidewalk when one student steps in front of the parked vehicle. The driver appears to go forward, slows and then speeds up, hitting the person, who appeared to land on the hood of the SUV and then roll off to the side. The driver initially slowed down after hitting the student and then left the scene.
A spokesperson with the school district said the student was taken to the hospital. This happened around 2 p.m. during a “non-school sponsored, student-led” demonstration. School administrators were near the protest to “ensure students were safe and peaceful.”
“We value our relationship with our first responders and their help today. We will continue to work together to keep our students and community safe,” Superintendent Brad Dahl said in a news release.
Shortly after the apparent hit-and-run, Rep. Mike Flood released a statement calling it “disturbing.”
“This is not what we do in Nebraska,” Flood said. “While initial reports say that the girl was alert and talking when she was taken away, we are praying for her and her well-being. The incident needs to be fully investigated by law enforcement. It is critical that our country preserve the ability of people to safely protest.”
According to a report from News Channel Nebraska, students were protesting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. Several protests, including ones in Nebraska, have erupted in the last week after federal agents shot and killed two people in Minneapolis in less than three weeks. Protesters have called for the end to the federal patrols and occupations that have been occurring in larger, Democratic-led cities.
Pilot announced the opening of truck stops in Ohio and Texas as well as the full-scale revamps of nine other locations.
In a January 29, 2026 release, Pilot announced the recent opening of two stores located in Findlay, Ohio, and Eagle Pass, Texas, with a combined 165 truck parking spaces.
Findlay, Ohio (11471 OH-613, off I-75, Exit 164) Pilot Store Amenities:
- Subway and Taco Bell restaurants
- 8 fuel lanes
- 80 truck parking spaces
- 6 showers
- DEF
- CAT Scale
- Game Room
Eagle Pass, Texas (4392 El Indio Hwy at TX-480 Loop & FM 1021) Pilot Store Amenities:
- 8 fuel lanes
- 85 truck parking spaces
- 9 showers
- DEF
Pilot also announced that the following stores were updated with full remodels:
- Flying J #461 – Tilbury, Ontario
- Flying J #518 – Myerstown, Pennsylvania
- Flying J #623 – Midway, Florida
- One9 #1224 – Bismarck, North Dakota
- Pilot #134 – St. Cloud, Minnesota
- Pilot #180 – Bellemont, Arizona
- Pilot #209 – Van Horn, Texas
- Pilot #448 – Hebron, Indiana
- Pilot #1028 – Buffalo, Texas
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