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FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2014, file photo, Ohio state Treasurer Josh Mandel speaks at the Ohio Republican Party election night celebration in Columbus, Ohio. Mandel was again seeking the Republican party nomination to challen... .
One of the great debates in American politics and economics in 2018 is likely to be how to help the country's forgotten towns, the former coal mining and manufacturing hubs with quaint Main Streets that haven't changed much since the 1950s and '60s. Many of these counties turned out heavily to vote for President Donald Trump.
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.
Attorney General Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor took a more circuitous route, supporting favorite son Gov. John Kasich's long-shot aspirations before lining up behind Trump as he neared clinching the Republican nomination for president.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., meets with reporters to answer questions on the tax bill and sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017.
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.
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.
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."
Now that Richard Cordray has announced his candidacy for governor, it's time for Supreme Court Justice William O'Neill to get back to doing the job that Ohioans elected him to do in 2012.
A bill to expand when the POW/MIA military flag is flown is on its way to the Ohio Senate for consideration. The legislation requires the flag be flown at state-operated buildings on Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, National POW/MIA Recognition Day and Veterans Day.
Efforts to ensure that every Ohio household has broadband internet access is getting serious attention at the Statehouse, including a bipartisan proposal to earmark $50 million to address a problem impacting rural areas. While 92 percent of Ohioans have access to high-speed internet, that still leaves about 300,000 rural households without decent connectivity, and pockets of unserved homes still exist even in more populated areas.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is expected to name fellow GOP gubernatorial contender Jon Husted as his running mate at events Thursday. COLUMBUS - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is poised to name fellow GOP gubernatorial contender Jon Husted as his running mate at two events Thursday.
Republican senators on Sunday continued to distance themselves from alleged sexual predator Roy Moore, while President Donald Trump reiterated his implicit support of the Alabama GOP Senate candidate. WASHINGTON - Republican senators on Sunday continued to distance themselves from alleged sexual predator Roy Moore, while President Donald Trump reiterated his implicit support of the Alabama GOP Senate candidate.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders takes reporters' questions at a news conference in the White House briefing room this month. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders takes reporters' questions at a news conference in the White House briefing room this month.
CLEVELAND - A city facing long odds of stopping section of a $2 billion natural gas pipeline from being built there was handed a victory this week when a federal appellate court issued an emergency order that temporarily halts the start of construction.The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision on Wednesday ruled that the city of ... (more)