Dennis Kucinich would be agitator-in-chief in Ohio gubernatorial run: Thomas Suddes

Dennis Kucinich, former congressman, state senator, and mayor of Cleveland, speaks at Cleveland State University's Maxine Levin Goodman College of Urban Affairs last April. Kucinich said in an email to supporters this week that he plans to announce formally for Ohio governor next Wednesday.

Supreme Court considers legality of Ohio voter purging

Four people were hospitalized - including one who was ejected through the windshield - after the van they were riding in struck a jersey barrier head-on just before the Hampton toll plaza on... Laconia voters have decided one Republican and one Democrat will advance to the general election in February for a House seat representing Belknap County ... (more)

Ohio’s move to toss inactive voters goes to court

Joseph Helle was expecting a different sort of reception when he returned home from Army tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and showed up to vote in his small Ohio town near Lake Erie. His name was missing from the voting rolls in 2011, even though Helle had registered to vote before leaving home at 18 and hadn't changed his address during his military service.

Bikers for Trump rolls on into political sphere

A year after President Trump's historic upset victory, the grass-roots biker movement he inspired has become a bona fide political organization that is boosting Republican candidates across the country and making inroads in unexpected places, such as in Amish and Mennonite communities. That's right - Amish families are showing up in their horse-drawn buggies at Bikers for Trump rallies staged in barns in rural Pennsylvania and Ohio.

Ohio’s drug overdose crisis goes from bad to worse

That's up 24 percent over the 3,310 drug deaths the previous year, according to a report released Thursday by the federal government, and slightly higher than the 4,149 reported by The Dispatch last spring based on data compiled from county coroners. Despite increased government spending, Ohio's rate of drug-overdose deaths, 39.1 per 100,000 people, trailed only West Virginia's 52 per 100,000 population.

Across the US, citizens speak _ and lawmakers don’t listen

Republican lawmakers quickly torched the new rules this year and instead are seeking changes that would make it far tougher for residents to bypass the statehouse at all. Scott and others angry about the swift repeal of the voter-backed anti-corruption initiative have turned to the 2018 ballot, hoping to enact a new constitutional amendment that even the Legislature can't touch.

Cordray Says Jobs, Local Government Will Be the Focus of His Campaign for Governor

Former federal watchdog Richard Cordray addressed the City Club of Cleveland on Thursday to outline his priorities as he seeks the Democratic nomination for Ohio governor. The former head of the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau returned to Ohio on Thursday to discuss his bid for governor.

Ohio’s elections chief wants new voting machines by 2020

Ohio's elections chief wants counties to modernize their voting machines before the 2020 presidential election, and he's urging the governor and state lawmakers to foot much of the bill. Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted sent a letter to Gov. John Kasich, his budget director and state legislative leaders on Thursday seeking $118 million in state capital funds for the project.

Ohio Congress members seek federal money to fight opioid abuse

Weeks after President Donald Trump officially declared opioid abuse to be a national public health emergency, a bipartisan group of Congress members from Ohio wants him to put the government's money where his mouth is. On Monday, Republican Rep. Dave Joyce of Bainbridge Township and Democrat Tim Ryan of the Niles area released a letter signed by 48 colleagues that urged the Trump administration to allot money to address a problem that kills an estimated 144 Americans every day.

Could Ohio, other states lose exemption from marijuana prosecution?

A little-known federal budget amendment that protects growers, processors, sellers and the professionals who work with them might expire this year at the behest of the Trump administration. Now known as the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment, the measure prohibits the U.S. Justice Department from enforcing federal law against medical marijuana in places where it's legal, as it's been in Ohio since last year.

FBI Director Won’t Tell Congress If ‘Dossier’ Formed Basis of Trump-Russia Investigation

Two simple questions: How did the FBI's Russia investigation start? And was it started because the Trump "dossier" was presented to somebody at the FBI? Rep. Ron DeSantis asked FBI director Christopher Wray those questions at a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, but he got no answers: "How did the Russia investigation start?" DeSantis asked Wray. "Did Peter Strzok -- was he -- did he start it?" Wray answered, "I'm not aware of who started the investigation within the FBI."