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Republican Gov. John Kasich of Ohio called President Trump 's tweets this week attacking MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski "ridiculous," saying the "coarseness is not acceptable" and that he hopes the president's family will get him to "knock it off." "It's ridiculous.
John Kasich just thwarted Ohio GOP's Medicaid freeze. What's next? Gov. John Kasich vetoed GOP lawmakers' plan to cripple Medicaid expansion, but the battle is far from over.
Ominous anti-Trump and pro-ISIS messages appeared Sunday afternoon on Ohio and Long Island, New York government websites after hackers reportedly found their way into official networks. According to Columbus NBC4 , a group that calls itself "Team System Dz" hacked official state websites of: Gov. John Kasich, First Lady Karen Kasich, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, the Office of Workforce Transformation, the Casino Control Commission, Medicaid, the Office of Health Transformation and LeanOhio.
In this March 6, 2012, file photo, U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, left, with his wife Elizabeth Kucinich, right, addresses supporters on primary election night at Rubin's Restaurant and Deli in Cleveland. A political mapmaking process controlled by Ohio Republicans resulted in the party winning nearly two more U.S. House seats and five more Ohio House seats in the last election than would have been expected in neutral circumstances, according to an analysis by The Associated Press.
John Kasich and six other governors offered good advice to the Senate leadership last week on how to advance repair of the Affordable Care Act. The Ohio governor and his counterparts from Colorado, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada and Pennsylvania reminded that "true and lasting reforms are best approached by finding common ground in a bipartisan fashion."
Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley is running for governor in Ohio in 2018 with a focus on bringing back partnerships between the state of Ohio and its cities and families. Whaley, a Democrat, was elected mayor of Dayton in 2013 and before that served on the Dayton City Commission.
A group of liberal and conservative online political commentators in Ohio has filed a constitutional challenge to the state's recently enacted law against internet harassment. A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Cleveland alleges a prohibition against knowingly posting text or audio statements or images on a website "for the purpose of abusing... or harassing another person" violates the commentators' constitutional rights to free speech and expression.
I'm speaking particularly to the anti-Trump crowd on the left. Before Donald Trump became the official Republican nominee for President in the summer of 2016, I know a good number of y'all were secretly hoping for him to be the GOP's presidential candidate.
"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government, and I'm here to help." So spoke President Reagan four decades ago, yet the idea rings even truer today.
House Republicans on Monday threw up a bureaucratic obstacle for Gov. John Kasich's administration to get around to access the state's share of the cost of expanding Medicaid under the endangered federal health-care law. A proposed two-year budget, passed by the House Finance Committee, heads for a full House vote today.
Ohio's lethal-injection process remains tied up in court, so Gov. John Kasich unsurprisingly on Monday revised the state's schedule to resume carrying out executions that have been on hold more than three years. The earliest an inmate now could be put to death is July 26, assuming the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals lifts a stay that has blocked the state from moving forward.
Gov. John Kasich on Monday delayed nine executions as a court fight continues over the constitutionality of the state's lethal injection process, including a contested sedative used in problematic executions in at least three states. Kasich's announcement postponed next month's execution of child killer Ronald Phillips until July and pushed back eight other procedures.
Dennis Dixon didn't vote for Donald J. Trump. For the first time in his 46 years, the self-described "moderate Midwestern Republican" sat out a presidential election because he was less than thrilled with both major candidates.
Gov. John Kasich wants to keep low-level, short-term offenders out of state prisons like this one pictured here: Allen Oakwood Correctional Institution in Lima, Ohio. Ohio budget debates are as about much policy - ideas - as they are about money.
Facing the loss of more than $200 million in annual sales-tax revenue, and needing to replace aging voting equipment, county officials urged lawmakers to send help their way before making final changes to the new two-year state budget. House Republicans added more than 300 amendments to the two-year budget on Tuesday, but none dealt with the sales-tax loss that will affect counties and regional transit authorities.
Ohio House members on Tuesday added more than 300 amendments to the budget bill and removed many proposals sought by Gov. John Kasich. Ohio lawmakers make major changes to Gov. John Kasich's budget proposal.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who failed to make a mark in the 2016 GOP primaries, said it was "very unlikely" that he would run for president in 2020 - but he didn't rule it out. John Kasich won't rule out 2020 presidential run Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who failed to make a mark in the 2016 GOP primaries, said it was "very unlikely" that he would run for president in 2020 - but he didn't rule it out.
In this Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 file photo, Gov. Brian Sandoval receives a standing ovation at the conclusion of his state of the state address at the Legislative Building in Carson City, Nev. Failure of the Republican bill to overhaul Obama's health care law is welcomed by many governors, primarily in states that had expanded Medicaid.
" After spending months rehashing the brutal GOP primary campaign and bragging about his victory, President Donald Trump has quietly launched a charm offensive, reaching out to former rivals whose help he now needs. The latest on his list: Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who has said he has significant concerns about the GOP health care bill Trump is pushing for passage.
Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a stalwart supporter of Obamacare's Medicaid expansion, thinks the congressional effort to repeal the health care law needs to shift left to court Democrats instead of conservative members of the GOP. Kasich was the first Republican governor to expand Medicaid in his own state and is vocally pushing Congress to preserve the extra federal funding for broadened Medicaid eligibility during Obamacare repeal.