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Last week, candidates for state office were required to file a pre-primary fundraising report indicating how much they had raised since January 1, and who from. In races for the Ohio senate, an analysis of fundraising data demonstrates the advantages of incumbency and being in the majority.
For the past several years, researchers have compiled the Bipartisan Index to figure out who actually is the most bipartisan. Who is the most bipartisan in Congress? Ohio Sen. Rob Portman near the top, report shows.
Congress agreed to a rare adjournment until after the 2000 election in this Nov. 1, 2000 file photo. This year, an open congressional seat in the 16th District in Northeast Ohio has drawn three Republican May 8 primary contenders hoping to retain the seat now held by U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci for the GOP.
Students mark 19 years since Columbine with walkouts supporting gun control Ohio students are once again preparing to walkout of their classrooms in support of stricter gun laws. The Friday walkouts, protests and marches will mark the 19th anniversary of the Columbine school shooting, where 13 people were killed.
The group behind a proposal to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Ohio is reportedly planning to resubmit the language of its ballot measure, which was rejected by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine's office Thursday. Ohio Families for Change says it will fix errors and may resubmit the issue as early as next week, according to a report at Cleveland.com.
Top conservatives apparently had no idea a political action committee had named them as board members in paperwork used to purchase broadcast ads in contentious race for Ohio House speaker. In 'fraud,' Ohio House speaker ads run in CPAC chair's name Top conservatives apparently had no idea a political action committee had named them as board members in paperwork used to purchase broadcast ads in contentious race for Ohio House speaker.
The Republican Party's Lincoln Day event was coming up, and Mary Regula was filling in for her husband, an Ohio politician who had been asked to speak about President Abraham Lincoln. Instead, Regula, a former teacher who had studied American history in college, began researching first lady Mary Todd Lincoln.
Attorney General Mike DeWine rejected a petition Thursday proposing legalizing marijuana in the state of Ohio to anyone 21 years and older. This amendment will add a new Section 24 to Article 1 of the Ohio Constitution to endow the Ridghts of persons in Ohio age 21 years and older to possess, produce, process, use, transport, sell, purchase, and share marijuana in Ohio The attorney general's office said the petition, titled "Marijuana Rights and Regulations Amendment," was rejected for several reasons, including: The summary language giving the General Assembly authority to regulate "marijuana commerce" does not accurately reflect the actual amendment language.
Secretary of State Jon Husted casting an early in-person absentee ballot at the Franklin County Board of Elections early voting center. Ohio voters are a week into early voting for the May primary.
Whitetails flicker like light in the winter woods, where my dog and I crack open the early morning, the ground a frozen patchwork of leaves, the brittle ice of dirt. So much of walking is description.
For Democrats in this year's race for Ohio governor, the choice should come down to passion, vision and an ability to grasp the bully pulpit to inspire Ohioans about the need for change. Ohio's next governor must be a fighter -- a fighter for greater equity, justice and common sense; a fighter for the state's urban centers; and a fighter against the moribund thinking on education, diversity, economic opportunity and home-rule rights that's held Ohio back for too long.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Richard Cordray got a boost today from Democratic Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren - who many progressives idolize and many conservatives demonize. Warren appeared with Cordray, the former head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which she created under President Obama.
On Thursday, it was announced Ohio House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger was stepping down immediately, moving up a resignation he announced early last week amid talk of an FBI investigation into his activities. Brad Miller, a spokesman for House Republicans, said Thursday that Rosenberger's decision to resign now came at the request of Rep. Kirk Schuring.
State Issue 1 on the May 8 primary ballot offers Ohioans a long-sought chance to reform how the state draws its congressional districts. The Ohio legislature proposed Issue 1 with overwhelming House and Senate support.
As tax day looms, most of us are grumbling and griping about the joyless task of shelling out hard-earned wages to the Empire. Regardless of political perspective, the people are overwhelmingly aware of the fact that whatever taxes they're paying out, they're not getting a lot back.
Ohio Sen. Joe Schiavoni has spent more than a year crisscrossing Ohio, hoping to build a groundswell in his bid for governor. And as he's done so, the Democrat from Boardman seems to be universally liked - even by his opponents, who on the debate stage have largely spared him the brickbats they've hurled at one another.
Republican Gov. John Kasich restored Ohio's membership in the National Governors Association as he seeks to shore up credibility for bipartisan deal-making that could bolster a 2020 bid for president. An invoice produced in response to a public records request shows Ohio rejoined the bipartisan policy group in January for the first time in eight years.