Debate displays dull but dedicated candidates for governor
The gubernatorial debate held last week in Dayton was theater, but instructive theater. It showed us two low-key professional politicians in battle mode.
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DeWine and Cordray face off in first Ohio gubernatorial debate
Ohio's major-party governor candidates have kicked off their first debate with pointed attacks involving the state's opioid crisis. Democrat Richard Cordray, the former federal consumer watchdog, says rival Republican Mike DeWine has failed to adequately tackle the deadly painkiller epidemic during two terms as the state's attorney general.
Palast Testifies In Front Of National Commission For Voter…
Award-winning investigative reporter Greg Palast was called to testify in front of the National Commission for Voter Justice at their Southern California Regional Hearing. The non-partisan organization was set up in response to the now-defunct Trump/Kobach Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, which used fraudulent claims of illegal double-voting as justification to cull millions of perfectly legal voters from the rolls.
Anti-abortion activist shared tips in DeWine probe
In this Nov. 30, 2017, file photo, Ohio Attorney General and former U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine speaks before introducing Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted during a news conference in Dayton, Ohio.
Cosby retrial jury won’t hear why ex-DA dropped case in 2005
Jurors in Bill Cosby's sex assault retrial won't hear why the case was initially dropped four weeks after his accuser came forward in 2005. Judge Steven O'Neill sided with prosecutors Friday in ruling that ex-District Attorney Bruce Castor's opinions are irrelevant.
House passes spending bills; Senate expected to follow
WASHINGTON - Congress Thursday appeared poised to effectively evade the last-minute threat of a government shutdown, with the House passing a bill to keep the government open through Jan. 19 and the Senate poised to follow suit later Thursday or early Friday. The spending bill - which included a $2.85 billion down payment aimed at keeping the federal Children's Health Insurance Program operational as well as reauthorizing federal surveillance powers - passed after House leadership was able to convince a group of Defense hawks including Rep. Mike Turner, R–Dayton, to overcome their reservations about the spending bill.
Real target of GOP tax bills
Are the current Republican tax bills, passed by the House and Senate and being reconciled in conference committee, an attack on ? That's a reference to the government, health care and education jobs that local Democrats in Dayton, Ohio, told Sen. Sherrod Brown have been fueling the area's comeback. The Dayton area's reliance on government is in tension with its history as an incubator of private-sector inventiveness, which more than a century ago produced the first cash register, the first airplane and the first automotive electronic ignition.
Tech sergeant released from hospital after air show accident
Authorities say a military jet apparently practicing for an Ohio air show has been involved in an accident. Sgt. Penelope Reed of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office in Dayton says a report was received around 12:30 p.m. Friday, June 23, 2017, of a jet off the end of a runway and on its top at the Dayton International Airport.
Jim Renacci staffs his 2018 gubernatorial team with Ohio Trump campaign veterans
U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci, who has worked to position himself as the most Trump-esque of the 2018 slate of GOP candidates for governor, is following in the president's footsteps when it comes to staffing his campaign, too. Renacci's campaign team has hired a slew of operatives who worked last year on Donald Trump's coordinated campaign.
At 75, A World War II Legend Gets A Full Makeover
The crew of the Memphis Belle, a Flying Fortress B-17F, poses in front of their plane in 1943, in Asheville, N.C. AP hide caption The crew of the Memphis Belle, a Flying Fortress B-17F, poses in front of their plane in 1943, in Asheville, N.C. A legendary airplane that helped America win World War II is being reborn at age 75. The B-17 bomber "Memphis Belle" flew 25 missions against Nazi Germany and then came home to help sell war bonds and raise spirits. In recent years, the Belle has been undergoing a patient and precise restoration at the National Museum of the Air Force Museum near Dayton, Ohio.
BC-OH-Ohio AP Legislative-Political Preview,ADVISORY, OH
EDITORS:NEWS DIRECTORS: THIS IS NOT FOR PUBLICATION OR BROADCAST Mark your calendars for Wednesday, Feb. 1, when we will host the Ohio Associated Press 2017 Legislative and Political Preview Session.The meeting is designed to give AP member journalists, particularly those who do not work in Columbus, access to the state's key leaders during the ... (more)
Revenge of America’s forgotten class
In March, I was driving along a road that led from Dayton, Ohio, into its formerly middle-class, now decidedly working-class southwestern suburbs, when I came upon an arresting sight. I was looking for a professional sign-maker who had turned his West Carrollton ranch house into a distribution point for Trump yard signs, in high demand just days prior to the Ohio Republican primary.
Biden Calls Out Trump in Ohio, Wants to Talk About ‘Critical Issues’
Vice President Joe Biden no longer wants to take Donald Trump "out behind the gym," but still sees high school dynamics at play in the 2016 election. "Donald Trump and the Republican establishment supporting hima they're the kind of guys we grew up with in high school who, because they either had money or they were popular or they were a big athlete," Biden said during a campaign rally Monday night in Dayton, Ohio.
Incoming ATA chair emphasizes importance of good infrastructure
In a roundtable discussion hosted by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, Kevin Burch, president of Jet Express Inc. of Dayton, Ohio, and incoming chairman of the American Trucking Associations, emphasized the important role of well-maintained infrastructure to the trucking industry. "Having good, uncongested highways is important to my company and to trucking companies across the country," Burch said, pointing out that dedicated funding for freight projects in last year's FAST Act was an important win for trucking.
Kaine Won’t Say When He Learned of Clinton’s Pneumonia
Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Tim Kaine speaks during a campaign stop at Stivers School for the Arts in Dayton, Ohio, Sept. 12, 2016.