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What the drilling industry has bought and paid for in campaign contributions they shall receive.

The dissenting opinion of Ohio Supreme Court Justice William M. O'Neill in a case that ruled local governments can't regulate fracking. The state's oil-and-gas industry poured about $15,000 into the campaign coffers of two of the justices who wrote the pro-industry ruling.

The dissenting opinion of Ohio Supreme Court Justice William M. O'Neill in a case that ruled local governments can't regulate fracking. The state's oil-and-gas industry poured about $15,000 into the campaign coffers of two of the justices who wrote the pro-industry ruling.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.