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Ohio’s Supreme Court declines to take up Nelsonville’s appeal over a ballot initiative calling for a new government
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The Ohio Supreme Court has declined to take up an appeal challenging a ballot initiative that calls for a new government in Nelsonville. The City Council… Read More

The Nelsonville City Council is being sued over its alternative proposal to change the city’s government
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The city of Nelsonville has been sued again over an effort to change its form of government. The lawsuit seeks to undo a decision by the… Read More

A proposal from City Council could create conflicting processes for electing a new Nelsonville government
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Nelsonville is supposed to begin next year with a new City Council and, for the first time in 30 years, a mayor. But the process for… Read More

Nelsonville officials face an election deadline that could prove costly for the city
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Nelsonville voters are supposed to choose candidates for a new City Council in a few months, but only three of the seven seats may be on… Read More

The Athens County Board of Elections votes to put an initiative on the ballot that would change Nelsonville’s government
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A proposal to change the form of government in Nelsonville will appear on the November ballot, something city leaders have been fighting to prevent. At an… Read More

Nelsonville City Council votes to send an initiative to the November ballot that would change the city’s government
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Under court orders, the Nelsonville City Council on Monday voted unanimously to place an initiative on the ballot that would change the city’s government. Now it’s… Read More

An initiative to change the form of government in Nelsonville is now likely headed to the ballot following an appeals court decision
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Nelsonville residents may get the chance to change their city’s government after all. A proposed ballot initiative would return the city to the form of government… Read More

The fate of an initiative to change Nelsonville’s government is unclear following an appeal of judge’s order
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The fate of an effort to change the form of government in Nelsonville again rests with a state appeals court. But unless the court acts by… Read More

Nelsonville residents again ask a judge to order City Council to place an initiative on the ballot
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Two Nelsonville residents are again asking a judge to order the City Council to put an initiative on the ballot that would change the city’s government…. Read More

Nelsonville residents go to court to get an initiative on the ballot to change the city’s government
By: Donovan Varney
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Two Nelsonville residents are asking a judge to order city leaders to put an initiative for a new city government on the November ballot. The initiative,… Read More