COVID-19 Update: ... New Role for Dr. Acton ...https://governor.ohio.gov/media/news-and-media/covid19-update-06112020Office of the Governor of Ohio · Published Jun 11, 2020 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Acton steps down as health department director and becomes the governor's chief health advisor, effective the end of that day.
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Campaign financehttps://www.ohiosos.gov/elections/campaign-finance/Ohio Secretary of State · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Where Ohio's statewide candidates file their campaign finance reports. The page shows a security check to automated readers (HTTP 403), so it was not read by this desk; a person can open it in a browser.
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Ohio Revised Code 3517.11https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3517.11Ohio Legislative Service Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign committees of candidates for statewide office file their finance statements with the Secretary of State.
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Candidate list, November 3, 2026 general election (document)Cuyahoga County Board of Elections · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Lists three governor tickets, each filed February 4, 2026 and valid: Acton and Pepper (Democratic), Ramaswamy and McColley (Republican), Kissick and Mills (Libertarian). Four write-in tickets filed August 24, 2026. Not ballot order. sha256 5eaa1507f117fb441da88983f85e9495ae11e86c8c4d2670364773c70eb31df0. The Secretary of State's site shows a security check to automated readers, so a county list is used.
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Meet Amyhttps://actonforgovernor.com/meet-amy/Ohioans for Amy Acton and David Pepper · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. Her biography, including her claims about her time as health director.
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2019 Annual Report (document)Ohio Department of Health · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Lists Amy Acton as director; her letter says she was appointed director of health in early 2019. sha256 86047b019648da75e0de3d5a159ca5e69b38530995d09f94711527a3ba104e30.
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Meet Davidhttps://actonforgovernor.com/meet-david/Ohioans for Amy Acton and David Pepper · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. Running mate David Pepper's biography, including claims about his county and city council record.
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ActOn Lowering Costs: Amy's Affordability Agendahttps://actonforgovernor.com/issue/acton-lowering-costs-affordability-agenda/Ohioans for Amy Acton and David Pepper · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. Tax credits, health costs, energy bills and wage theft.
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Property Tax Reliefhttps://actonforgovernor.com/issue/property-tax-relief/Ohioans for Amy Acton and David Pepper · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
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Lowering the Cost of Health Carehttps://actonforgovernor.com/issue/affordable-healthcare-for-all-ohioans/Ohioans for Amy Acton and David Pepper · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
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Data Centershttps://actonforgovernor.com/issue/data-centers/Ohioans for Amy Acton and David Pepper · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
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Improving Ohio's Educationhttps://actonforgovernor.com/issue/education/Ohioans for Amy Acton and David Pepper · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
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Director's Order: closure of all K-12 schools (document)Ohio Department of Health · Published Mar 14, 2020 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Issued by Director Amy Acton. Closes school buildings to students from 12:01 a.m. March 17 to April 3, 2020. A scanned PDF with no text layer; read by OCR. sha256 989933e2b848dae6221f83f60f2f3068ea2c61ec570c2a6def87fd0425eccb1c.
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Governor DeWine Provides COVID-19 Updatehttps://governor.ohio.gov/media/news-and-media/covid-19-update-saturday-march-14Office of the Governor of Ohio · Published Mar 14, 2020 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Attaches the health department's order closing all K-12 schools.
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Director's Stay at Home Order (document)Ohio Department of Health · Published Mar 22, 2020 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Issued and signed by Director Amy Acton, dated March 22, 2020, effective 11:59 p.m. March 23. sha256 061c7da2016399f7490f2ca6cdd7e20a70d67258f8576c65b628ea6eb5590f8d. The copies once at coronavirus.ohio.gov/static/publicorders/ now return the site's home page.
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Director's Stay Safe Ohio Order (document)Ohio Department of Health · Published Apr 30, 2020 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Issued and signed by Director Amy Acton on April 30, 2020, effective 11:59 p.m. that day. Its subtitle calls it an order that reopens businesses, with exceptions. The state's own link now returns the health department's home page and no other official copy was found, so this is the Internet Archive's copy of May 1, 2020. A scanned PDF, read by OCR. sha256 dd5c9f0403fdeb66dd4f706778879902069ad350a1a200f137e32c9008737419.
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Governor DeWine Announces 'Stay Safe Ohio Order'https://governor.ohio.gov/media/news-and-media/dewine-announced-stay-safe-ohio-orderOffice of the Governor of Ohio · Published May 1, 2020 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The health department's Stay Safe Ohio order replaces the stay-at-home order and folds in the business reopenings of the Responsible RestartOhio plan. The page is dated May 1, 2020.
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K-12 Schools to Remain Closed, Minority Health Strike Force, Data Collection, Private Lab Testinghttps://governor.ohio.gov/media/news-and-media/covid19-update-april-20-2020Office of the Governor of Ohio · Published Apr 20, 2020 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The governor announces that K-12 schools will stay closed for the rest of the 2019-2020 school year.
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Yost Issues Statement on OneOhio Agreementhttps://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Media/News-Releases/March-2020/Yost-Issues-Statement-on-OneOhio-AgreementOhio Attorney General · Published Mar 12, 2020 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The attorney general says Ohio's local leaders have signed on to OneOhio. Acton is not named.
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Governor DeWine Announces OneOhio Recovery Foundation Board Appointmentshttps://governor.ohio.gov/media/news-and-media/governor-dewine-announces-oneohio-recovery-foundation-board-appointments-11052021Office of the Governor of Ohio · Published Nov 5, 2021 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Says the governor's office worked with the attorney general's office and local leaders to create the OneOhio plan. Acton is not named.
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Governor DeWine Announces Local Government Payments from National Opioid Settlement Beginhttps://governor.ohio.gov/media/news-and-media/governor-dewine-announces-local-government-payments-from-national-opioid-settlement-begin-07152022Office of the Governor of Ohio · Published Jul 15, 2022 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
First payments to local governments from the OneOhio settlement with national opioid distributors.
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2008 Budget in Brief (document)Hamilton County, Ohio · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sets the 2008 general fund budget at $271.6 million, up $20.4 million from 2007. Lists Todd Portune as commission president and David Pepper as vice president. sha256 9821b8924e41acc557ee80315a47757f28683cf763f05d79b60695a3bdd92c67.
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2009 Budget in Brief (document)Hamilton County, Ohio · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Sets the 2009 general fund budget at $239.4 million, down $32.2 million from 2008. Lists David Pepper as commission president for 2009. sha256 0769b2e51740296cc632b51c8ebb2da224e424f20f208bc041cdf0c59502362e.
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2010 Budget in Brief (document)Hamilton County, Ohio · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The county's own budget summary, listing David Pepper as president of the Board of County Commissioners. Hosted on the county's website vendor (revize). sha256 ad999fe36e828077a443ad1f2e69d0a5aca624626523eee5ccdab13c620a52e9.
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Rates of taxation, tax year 2006 (paid in 2007) (document)Hamilton County Auditor · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The auditor's rate sheet: each tax district's property tax rates, in mills. Cincinnati (district 001): county 20.18, city 9.93. sha256 79e037d7d47cf2f27e0b226c048322aa4078f328235fc7541671aecc1f134825.
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Rates of taxation, tax year 2007 (paid in 2008) (document)Hamilton County Auditor · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The auditor's rate sheet: each tax district's property tax rates, in mills. Cincinnati (district 001): county 20.56, city 9.89. sha256 040c869aebd59fe83dfb5c51e54d9ef3b1ea1eae0800140e71fee254e18059e1.
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Rates of taxation, tax year 2008 (paid in 2009) (document)Hamilton County Auditor · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The auditor's rate sheet: each tax district's property tax rates, in mills. Cincinnati (district 001): county 20.63, city 9.89. sha256 5dc4d8d3aebee106a4d50a6752061203a8c1c8ed782b8cc388d12fbef1ec6d9c.
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Rates of taxation, tax year 2009 (paid in 2010) (document)Hamilton County Auditor · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The auditor's rate sheet: each tax district's property tax rates, in mills. Cincinnati (district 001): county 20.48, city 9.82. sha256 0d48131afcd02dc22c8187bdec745c1b7c8e9be2b77b20bf297266df99719fce.
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Rates of taxation, tax year 2010 (paid in 2011) (document)Hamilton County Auditor · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The auditor's rate sheet: each tax district's property tax rates, in mills. Cincinnati (district 001): county 19.45 plus 1.03 for the park district, now listed apart (20.48 together), city 10.07. sha256 e850645d41bf12c7800d59d4145568d5be4c7aecd74421bdfb6adf3164724851.
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Tax year 2007 levy summary (document)Hamilton County Auditor · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Levies voters decided in 2007. County: mental health renewed with a 0.25-mill increase and senior services with a 0.13-mill increase, both November 6, 2007. Together 0.38 mills, the county rate's rise that year. sha256 12df91a5826607c7dbfc2b6a42822bd39658d1d4b53bc2863b0ffea9e5e933db.
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Tax year 2008 levy summary (document)Hamilton County Auditor · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
County: the zoo levy renewed with a 0.06-mill increase, March 4, 2008. sha256 234195cc42bcf67c3f5cb2a29f7a9ac18b4c5d21c147cd9010a0b42e5f242431.
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Tax year 2009 levy summary (document)Hamilton County Auditor · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
County, November 3, 2009: developmental disabilities renewed with a 0.51-mill increase, the museum center renewed 0.02 mills lower, and a new 0.34-mill Family Services & Treatment levy replaced the Drake levy, which expired at the end of 2009. The new levy's estimated cost is $10.09 per $100,000 of value, against $20.73 for the Drake levy in 2009. sha256 93ce63d1cfbd201107824877e447115476c045450b3e684fe29b79969d0b4b60.
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2007 Budget in Brief (document)Hamilton County, Ohio · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Lists Todd Portune as commission president and David Pepper as vice president, so 2007 was his first year on the board. sha256 29d37fa59d381fe12116b6d6f2cb5d8ed1540cc414fddefe9e05666b134fb99c.
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2011 Budget in Brief (document)Hamilton County, Ohio · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Lists the 2011 board as Greg Hartmann, Chris Monzel and Todd Portune, so 2010 was Pepper's last year on the board. sha256 4331ae99e05924d3d5344ac8a17d064b98d5ec9c6205f3baf3583d033dffa1be.
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Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, 2002https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/finance/financial-reports/2002-comprehensive-annual-financial-report/City of Cincinnati · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Dated May 30, 2003. Its list of city officials has David Pepper on council in his first term. sha256 3eb79b0bb4ed47b447a09eb67c6f1c89890d58a9137379db1fca8ec8292ecd7b.
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Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, 2003https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/finance/financial-reports/2003-comprehensive-annual-financial-report/City of Cincinnati · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Dated June 15, 2004. The officials list has Pepper in his second term. sha256 1897f099fb93ffb81c4feeb10bea209c50c969489e11e9084de966f679d5386c.
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Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, 2004https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/finance/financial-reports/2004-comprehensive-annual-financial-report/City of Cincinnati · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Dated June 15, 2005. Council members serve two-year terms, and the officials list has Pepper in his second term. sha256 d52e7e9f4b20a3b6e7fe99f1885f1afd306a533ad03f2fa3137839d2e7098445.
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Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, 2005https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/finance/financial-reports/2005-comprehensive-annual-financial-report/City of Cincinnati · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Dated June 26, 2006. The officials list shows the new council under Mayor Mark Mallory; Pepper is not on it. sha256 84e381110db0323d33c17dd45c7d336b43c0e695af3606df5a54ceab0587094b.
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Rates of taxation, tax year 2001 (paid in 2002) (document)Hamilton County Auditor · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The auditor's rate sheet: each tax district's property tax rates, in mills. Cincinnati (district 001): county 21.47, city 10.76. sha256 f590cc14f7cdd4c0a5a801cbe74ce5daa3d1b726cafe924fbb221e3f6ff2a12e.
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Rates of taxation, tax year 2002 (paid in 2003) (document)Hamilton County Auditor · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The auditor's rate sheet: each tax district's property tax rates, in mills. Cincinnati (district 001): county 21.87, city 10.63. A scan with a rough text layer. sha256 7df685ddfb8ea6feb739d517abe93131b373640166175a187e86303b68142541.
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Rates of taxation, tax year 2003 (paid in 2004) (document)Hamilton County Auditor · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The auditor's rate sheet: each tax district's property tax rates, in mills. Cincinnati (district 001): county 21.51, city 10.36. sha256 712b254f05b771b0dcf777b1131bcaecf82b5faddb087eeddcb217c6c0bbdeea.
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Rates of taxation, tax year 2004 (paid in 2005) (document)Hamilton County Auditor · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The auditor's rate sheet: each tax district's property tax rates, in mills. Cincinnati (district 001): county 21.06, city 10.34. sha256 bb74e594f5222f7ffc347ef336f95caed4195a9566fc7183f876644cbb269543.
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Rates of taxation, tax year 2005 (paid in 2006) (document)Hamilton County Auditor · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The auditor's rate sheet: each tax district's property tax rates, in mills. Cincinnati (district 001): county 20.81, city 10.19. sha256 261b67e7c4ca295ea755115d911482495024c810ea59978b26fe364b76316006.
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2026 election schedulehttps://vote.franklincountyohio.gov/getmedia/5a24ba93-6eaa-4cfe-ad8c-77c5aed0e496/2026-Election-Schedule-with-Candidate-Requirements-6Franklin County Board of Elections · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
The write-in filing deadline for the November 3 general election is 4:00 p.m., August 24, 2026. Revised May 28, 2026. sha256 dfeb41450e364f9f291a2a2ae332a3762c5da0475cad43cb9ee6d69ee13507ed.
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Official results, May 5, 2026 primary, Franklin County onlyhttps://vote.franklincountyohio.gov/getmedia/8f366b7c-bc97-4f5c-8d15-659b0e35283d/Franklin-s-Official-Canvass-Summary-with-Group-DetailFranklin County Board of Elections · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Franklin County's official count, not the statewide total. Governor: Acton 118,223, unopposed; Ramaswamy 40,190, Casey Putsch 7,236, a withdrawn ticket 2,262; Kissick 736, write-ins 140. The Secretary of State's statewide results show a security check to automated readers. sha256 74e32aede45c396fa30bf33aa60dc23886fd8d4c3a92f379488a49ed62ccdb73.
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