Ohio senator urges worker reforms, wage hike as 2018 looms

In this Jan. 12, 2017 file photo, Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, ranking member on the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Brown released his 77-page report, “Working Too Hard for Too Little,” in Columbus on Friday, March 4. He argues it is workers, not businesses, that drive economic growth and the value of work has eroded over time.

Bag that washed ashore is from missing plane with 6 aboard

A bag that washed ashore near a private harbour has been confirmed as coming from a small plane carrying six people that disappeared over Lake Erie near Cleveland, authorities said Monday as they resumed a search for the missing aircraft. The city said there have been multiple reports of debris washing ashore east of Burke Lakefront Airport, where the plane carrying a family of four and their two neighbours departed late Thursday.

Birds of a feather

Anyone who has seen those election maps broken down by counties can see how geographically concentrated Democratic voters are, much to their party’s electoral disadvantage–once you move past narrow bands on the east and west coasts, there is a vast sea of red in between. Except for two kinds of blue pinpricks–the densely populated inner cities of Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, etc ., and the counties in which large universities are located.

Birds of a feather

Anyone who has seen those election maps broken down by counties can see how geographically concentrated Democratic voters are, much to their party’s electoral disadvantage–once you move past narrow bands on the east and west coasts, there is a vast sea of red in between. Except for two kinds of blue pinpricks–the densely populated inner cities of Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, etc ., and the counties in which large universities are located.

Search suspended for 6 after small plane disappears

Search suspended for 6 after small plane disappears The plane was traveling from Cleveland to Columbus. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2iLf0zw Three adults and three children were on board a plane that went missing on it’s way to the Ohio State University airport.

Predictions: DeWine-Rosenberger Gov. Ticket, Householder Returns To House Speaker

Governor John Kasich, who is being dubbed by some statehouse insiders these days as “John Who?” still has two years left in his term, but with the clout Majority Caucus Republicans will yield next year in the House and Senate, his last biennial budget could be dead on arrival, and any bills sent to him that he chooses to veto can be easily over ridden if Republican will is strong enough.

Biden, mourners pay tribute to John Glenn, American hero

The nation’s vice president and a retired Marine Corps general were among the dignitaries, family members and other mourners who choked up Saturday during a memorial tribute to the late space hero John Glenn. Roughly 2,500 people gathered at Mershon Auditorium on the Ohio State University campus for “a celebration of life” for the former fighter pilot, history-making astronaut and longtime Democratic U.S. senator from small-town Ohio.

Mourners pack auditorium for John Glenna s life celebration

Mourners who braved cold and icy roads packed an Ohio State University auditorium Saturday for a memorial service for space pioneer John Glenn as his casket advanced through the center of the his home state’s capital city in a somber processional. Roughly 2,500 people gathered at Mershon Auditorium for a memorial service called “a celebration of life” for the former fighter pilot, astronaut and longtime Democratic U.S. senator from small-town Ohio.