Council accepts preliminary engineering report for sewers

Peninsula Village Council accepted Stantec Consulting Services Inc.'s preliminary engineering report for a wastewater collection and treatment system at the Nov. 13 meeting. Mayor Doug Mayer said the report will help the village when the time comes to make a decision on the system.

1st GOP senator opposes tax bill in early sign of problems

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., points to boxes of petitions supporting the Republican tax reform bill that is set for a vote later this week as he arrives for a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tue... WASHINGTON - Wisconsin's Ron Johnson on Wednesday became the first Republican senator to say he opposes his party's tax bill, signaling potential problems for GOP leaders. Passage of a similar package seemed certain Thursday in the House, where a handful of dissidents conceded they expected to be steamrolled by a GOP frantic to claim its first major legislative victory of the year.

Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, a member of the Senate Finance Committee,…

The Obama health care law's requirement that Americans get insurance coverage is now pinned as a target of Republican lawmakers, as they look to end the individual mandate to help pay for deep cuts in their tax legislation. Senate Republicans showed Tuesday they're intent on scrapping the Affordable Care Act's insurance mandate, and the idea was endorsed by scores of GOP lawmakers in the House.

DeWine urging Congress to restore DEA’s power to fight opioid epidemic

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine joined 43 other state attorneys general to ask Congress to repeal a law they argue has damaged the Drug Enforcement Agency's ability to crack down on drug manufacturers and distributors that have contributed to the nation's sweeping opioid epidemic. In a letter Tuesday to House and Senate leadership, the attorneys general argue that a bill passed by voice vote in 2016 made it more difficult for the DEA to take action against drug companies that were flooding communities with prescription painkillers.

America’s crash course in the nonapology for abuse: Watch for those ‘ifs’

With so many women coming forward to tell their stories of sexual abuse and harassment, America is getting a course in Apology 101. Lesson 1: the moment an "if" enters an apology - when the offending person is sorry "if" the offensive thing they did offended anyone - it becomes a nonapology.

Leading Senate candidate in Ohio GOP primary mum on Moore

By JULIE CARR SMYTH, Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Republican U.S. Senate primary in Ohio that's barely registered with the public suddenly has a dividing line: Roy Moore. Josh Mandel, the 40-year-old state treasurer considered the front runner, declined to state a position on whether Moore should quit the Alabama Senate race if allegations of sexual misconduct with minors prove true.

Activists urge voter pressure on DACA legislation

TOLEDO: Activists working on behalf of Latino students are urging Northwest Ohio voters to put pressure on undecided Congressmen as part of an overall strategy to effectively get legislation passed to keep DREAMers and those enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and to prevent their deportation. About 20 people attended a community forum held Wednesday evening, Oct. 25, 2017 at the Reynolds Corners Branch of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library in Toledo.

Trump tries to shift focus to Clinton as an arrest appears imminent in Russia probe

In a series of tweets, Trump said Republicans were now fighting the Russia allegations by looking into Clinton, apparently referring to new House investigations into her e-mail practices and an Obama-era uranium deal with Russia. But the president made it clear he believed that Clinton should be pursued more forcefully, writing, "DO SOMETHING!" He did not specify who should take action or what it should be, though critics have accused him of trying to sway the congressional and special counsel inquiries into Russian ties.

Trump Urges GOP Senators to Push Tax-Cut Plan Hours After Corker Feud

President Donald Trump encouraged GOP senators to push ahead with their tax-cut plans Tuesday, hours after feuding publicly with fellow Republican Bob Corker. "I would say the attitude was very positive.

Opinion: Working Around Trump on Issues That Matter

Sens. Charles E. Grassley and Richard J. Durbin sponsored a bipartisan bill that would reduce mandatory sentences for low-level drug offenders. The kiss-and-make-up press conference with President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was one of the most awkward dates in the history of, well, dates, as my Roll Call colleague Walter Shapiro pointed out.

GOP’s drastic Medicaid cuts would be devastating for HIV-positive Ohioans like me: Olga Irwin (Opinion)

A scanning electron micrograph revealed the presence of the human immunodeficiency virus , in this 2011 file photo. Olga Irwin writes that her ability to manage her expensive HIV treatments along with treatments for her other illnesses is threatened by proposed GOP budget cuts.

Little has happened in 2 months since Trump declared opioid crisis an “emergency”

On the mid-August day when President Donald Trump first called the nation's opioid epidemic a "national emergency," plaudits from the state's congressional delegation were quick to follow. Sen. Sherrod Brown, DOhio, said the designation was overdue.

15% of Ohioans could see higher taxes under GOP plan

As part of an effort to overhaul the federal tax code, House Republican leaders want to scrap a key section of the current code used by more than 40 million Americans to deduct their property taxes and state taxes from their returns. But because the tax plan also eliminates the $4,000 personal exemption, the combined changes could lead to higher taxes for as many as 15 percent of Ohio's taxpayers, according to a study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan, nonprofit in Washington.

Senate leader praises revived GOP health law repeal drive

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday praised the revived Republican effort to uproot former President Barack Obama's health care law, giving a public boost to a proposal that's given new life to a drive that seemed all but dead earlier this summer. McConnell, R-Ky., said the bill would let states "implement better health care ideas by taking more decision-making power out of Washington."

Tech Firms Open to Changing Law to Combat Sex Trafficking

Silicon Valley has long argued that any change to the law would hamper free speech and destroy the internet as we know it. Now, outrage over sex trafficking, mixed with growing unease about Silicon Valley's economic and political clout, may be pushing tech companies to loosen their grip on the shield.

Ohio’s Sen. Sherrod Brown Denounces Trump’s DACA Decision

Brown says he wishes President Trump would have followed his healthcare-related campaign promises rather than one that "didn't make a lot of sense." Ohio's Democratic U.S. senator is criticizing President Trump for his decision to end the DACA program , which allows young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children to remain.