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On Saturday night, Democrats and progressives from across Ohio will gather at The Renaissance in downtown Columbus to pay tribute to former governor and congressman Ted Strickland. The event, " A Tribute to Ted Strickland ," is being presented by Buckeye State policy think tank Innovation Ohio Saturday, Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. A reception prior to the dinner will be hosted by Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich vetoed a budget provision June 30 that called for freezing new Medicaid expansion enrollment starting July 1, 2018, and preventing those who drop off the program from re-enrolling. COLUMBUS, Ohio>> The Ohio House today was again weighing an override of Republican Gov. John Kasich's veto protecting Medicaid expansion after scrapping the idea in July.
A reversal of fortune now awaits Ohio's 69th governor after he issued more than 47 vetoes Friday before signing his last state budget deal clocking in at $133 billion in all-funds. Gov. John Kasich's executive prowess started out in 2011 unbeatable, but awaits a comeuppance six years later after lawmakers in his own party prepare to potentially override his vetoes, the biggest of which is freezing Medicaid enrollment next year.
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.
During his first post-election press conference, Donald Trump unveils his ethics plan and admits Russian involvement in hacking of Democratic emails. The Cleveland Clinic will work to help Trump improve veterans' healthcare.
On Monday, December 19, 2016, Ohio Governor John Kasich signed Senate Bill 331 , which prohibits municipalities and other political subdivisions from raising the minimum wage beyond Ohio's state minimum wage rate, currently set at $8.10 an hour . The bill appears to be a direct reaction to two separate labor union-backed local initiatives: Cleveland's "Fight for 15" movement, which was a failed effort to aggressively increase Cleveland's minimum wage to $15 an hour; and Youngstown's "Part-Time Bill of Rights" proposal, which was a separate attempt to provide part-time workers with certain employment benefits, including paid time off and advanced notice of work schedules.
Ohio's Electoral College members cast all of the state's 18 electoral votes for President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, despite protesters outside urging electors to switch their votes. Trump won the White House with 306 electoral votes, even though Democratic rival Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by a margin of more than 2.8 million.
Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday used his line-item veto authority to strike down the so-called "heartbeat bill" legislation that would have created the most restrictive abortion law in the nation. At the same time, Kasich signed into law a separate piece of legislation, SB 127, that forbids abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, a move that certainly will prompt court challenges.
In this Monday, Jan. 24, 2011 file picture, anti-abortion and pro-choice activists stand next to each other in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. On Tuesday, the Ohio General Assembly passed what could become among the strictest abortion laws in the nation if it is signed into law by Ohio Governor John Kasich .
Rep. Nancy Pelosi is feeling the heat following Democrats' Election Day losses. An Ohio congressman on Thursday announced he's running against her in the race for House minority leader.
The name-calling, bluster and lack of clear policy pronouncements in one of the most divisive US presidential elections ever is at an end. For those planning to stay up and watch the results roll in tonight, here is what you need to know.
There have been a lot of remarkable Ohioans in our history: eight presidents, Neil Armstrong, John Glenn and 22 other accomplished astronauts, Jesse Owens, and two brothers named Orville and Wilbur. Ohio has produced a lot of leaders; the list is long.
Politically obsessed people like to lecture our friends about how the only voters who really matter are in Ohio and Florida and other swing states. But this riff no longer makes sense.
As the polls tighten and the con artist Donald Trump pulls ahead in Ohio and Florida, I am afraid for our planet. From the moment Trump came down his golden escalator with Neil Young's "Rocking in the Free World" playing in the background, he has been reaching out to the deplorable.
More Ohio voters ought to pay attention to the state Supreme Court as these young Ohioans are doing during a tour of the Ohio Supreme Court building. Here's what's supposed to be the capstone argument of Donald Trump's ever-shrinking cult: "It's the Supreme Court, stupid."
The former Ohio lawmaker, who retired in 2012, was a part of the Republican wave in 1994 that swept the GOP into congressional power for the first time in decades. "I am proud to have known and worked with Steve LaTourette.
Certain Ohio officials and lawmakers need constant reminders that messing with voting hours and shoveling other restrictions at voters that make voting harder in Ohio are violations of federal law. A federal judge issued just such a reminder last week -- rebuking the state's Republican legislative majority, and Secretary of State Jon Husted who supported the move, for eliminating so-called Golden Week in Ohio when voters can both register and cast a ballot.