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The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

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Record-breaking number of anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in 2023 (FUSION COLLAB)

Addison Foreman, Reporter April 20, 2023

This article is in collaboration with Fusion Magazine.  A record-breaking 340 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced in the U.S. so far this year. This comes after a rise in anti-LGBTQ legislation...

(Illustration from Fusion Magazine Courtesy of Dylan W.)

Anti-drag sentiment skyrockets in Ohio (FUSION COLLAB)

Amanda Stayer, Editor-in-chief of Fusion Magazine April 19, 2023

This article is in collaboration with Fusion Magazine.  A total of 14 bills have been introduced across eight states targeting drag shows. Although no bill has been introduced in Ohio, protests outside...

157 Lounge on S. Water Street in downtown Kent on Oct. 18, 2017.

Update: Pino, 157 Lounge and other local court cases

Brandon Bounds and Laina Yost August 29, 2018

The following is an update on the status of four court cases relevant to Kent or Kent State. Pino to be sentenced in SeptemberFormer Kent State professor Julio Pino is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept....

157 Lounge on S. Water Street in downtown Kent on Oct. 18, 2017.

157 Lounge bar co-owner files lawsuit against Kent State

Brandon Bounds January 19, 2018

A downtown Kent bar owner filed a complaint Dec. 15 in the Ohio Court of Claims against Kent State and one of its student-run magazines, Fusion.Matthew Guska, one of the co-owners of 157 Lounge on S. Water...