Fights over voting rights a prelude to November midterm election

Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, second from right, is seen during a rally outside the Supreme Court on January 10, 2018, to oppose Ohio's voter purging system. The court heard arguments on whether Ohio has been too strict in setting in motion a voter registration removal process if the individual hasen't voted in a federal election for two years.

Two Ohio police officers fatally shot responding to 911 hang-up…

Westerville Police Officers Anthony Morelli and Eric Joering were fatally shot while walking into an apartment while responding to a "potential domestic situation," police Chief Joe Morbitzer said at a news conference. The cops were at the apartment eight minutes after someone at the home called 911 at 12:02 p.m., Morbitzer said.

FBI: Probe shows no evidence of attack in border agent death

FBI officials say the investigation into the November death of a US Border Patrol agent has yielded no evidence that there was a 'scuffle, altercation or attack'. Local billionaire buys The Los Angeles Times for $500 million, putting the storied paper back under local ownership for the first time in almost two decades.

The doctor’s in, but jury is out on new LA Times owner

Dutch lender Rabobank's California subsidiary is scheduled to enter a plea Wednesday in a long-running investigation that led to allegations the bank was used to launder millions of dollars in Mexican drug money. Dutch lender Rabobank's California subsidiary is scheduled to enter a plea Wednesday in a long-running investigation that led to allegations the bank was used to launder millions of dollars in Mexican drug money.

PAC endorses Connie Pillich for Ohio governor

A political action committee dedicated to electing Democratic women on Tuesday endorsed Connie Pillich, the lone female remaining in the Democratic May primary for governor. Backing from EMILY's List could help boost Pillich, a former Air Force captain and ex-state lawmaker, in a five-way primary that includes former federal consumer watchdog Richard Cordray and former U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich.

Trump fires starting gun on 2018 elections

It was easy to miss amid a 1,000-point stock market plunge, but President Donald Trump just launched his 2018 midterm election campaign. For once, Trump was doing what presidents normally do Monday, traveling to an electoral bellwether state, Ohio, to drum home themes of an economic renaissance laid out in his State of the Union address last week.

Nunes report a poor attempt to derail probe

Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., center, speaks with Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, right, during a speech by President Donald Trump at the 2018 House and Senate Republican Member Conference at The Greenbrier, in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. The White House-orchestrated dissemination of a short advocacy piece authored by Trump loyalist Devin Nunes - the discredited Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee - was a poorly disguised attempt to blow smoke at the American people and derail a federal investigation into the president and his team that gives every appearance of gaining momentum.

Ohioans To Rally for Dignity, Challenge Trump Immigration Tactics

Amer Othman Adi, a beloved Youngstown businessman, husband and father of four today sits in a northeast Ohio jail, awaiting deportation. On Tuesday, activists will rally before the State of the Union to call attention to Amer's plight and to an immigration enforcement system that has gotten out of control under Trump.

Bill O’Neill on run for governor: Cordray doesn’t worry me, Kucinich does

With his five years on the Ohio Supreme Court at an end, Bill O'Neill says the time has come to talk of many things. Of long-illegal school funding, solar panels and his tenure as the only Democrat amid six Republicans on the Ohio Supreme Court.

Kasich appoints Youngstown judge to replace O’Neill

Republicans again will occupy all seven seats on the Ohio Supreme Court with Gov. John Kasich's appointment of a justice to fill the unexpired term of the departing William M. O'Neill. Kasich, a second-term Republican, announced Thursday that Mary DeGenaro, a judge on the Youngstown-based Seventh District Court of Appeals, will fill O'Neill's unexpired term through Jan. 1. The choice of DeGenaro was politically predictable since she has been endorsed by the Ohio Republican Party and her appointment will allow her to run as a seated justice.

Republican signals progress in securing public release of FISA abuses memo

Rep. Dave Joyce, a Republican from Ohio, declared Saturday that the House Intelligence Committee "plans to begin" the release of the memo that allegedly contains revelations about U.S. government surveillance abuses. His tweet is promising for dozens of conservatives who have rallied in recent days for the four-page memo to be made available to the general public.

Shutdown is first since 2013, but not exceptional

Staffers bring in boxes of barbecue as a bitterly-divided Congress hurtles toward a government shutdown this weekend, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Staffers bring in boxes of barbecue as a bitterly-divided Congress hurtles toward a government shutdown this weekend, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington.