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$David Stover, a resident of Tallmadge, holds his Issue 21 sign out to the passing traffic on E. Main with other demonstrators from the Global Frackdown rally Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014. Issue 2, on the Nov. 4 ballot, could create a community bill of rights for the city of Kent that would allow the community to have more of a say in the creation and location of fracking and drilling.$

Local fracking ban, bill of rights opposition forms in Kent

Matthew Merchant • October 29, 2014

Issue 21 on the Nov. 4 ballot is an amendment to the city charter, which, if passed, would guarantee Kent residents legal rights to clean air, pure water, local community self-government, freedom from...

What the frack?! Ballot issue divides activists, city leaders

Matthew Merchant • September 24, 2014

Come November, the city of Kent and Kent State University could begin a drastic social and environmental change in two possible ways.The first, in the eyes of city law director James Silver, would involve...