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Two days after Donald Trump worked the phones to successfully unseat Ohio's Republican Chairman Matt Borges, a close ally of Gov. John Kasich told Newsmax that the purpose of the president-elect's unprecedented involvement in the state party contest was "to take a swat at John Kasich and nothing more." In an exclusive interview with Newsmax following the vote for state chairman Friday night, Franklin County Chairman Doug Preisse recollected that "few former opponents or critics [of Trump] were consistent or as highly placed as John Kasich."
12, 2011 file photo, Anthony Sowell sits in a courtroom for rape and kidnapping charges in Cleveland. On Friday, Dec. 30, 2016, the Ohio Supreme Court it won't reconsider the death penalty appea... The Latest on accusations that Russia meddled in America's presidential election to help Donald Trump win : Chicago police say charges are expected against four people who police say beat a man in an assault that was broadcast live on Facebook.
Hatchimals were the hot Christmas toy this season that left many parents and kids hot and bothered when the toy didn't perform as advertised. Just as some Hatchimals failed to fully hatch, so to did the Hillary Clinton coronation campaign, leaving all involved with egg on their faces.
Plans are advancing to eventually start high-speed passenger train service between Chicago and Columbus, with stops in Fort Wayne, Lima and Marysville and other cities in Indiana and Ohio. Don't listen for the call of "all aboard" in Columbus anytime soon, however.
On Monday, December 19, 2016, Ohio Governor John Kasich signed Senate Bill 331 , which prohibits municipalities and other political subdivisions from raising the minimum wage beyond Ohio's state minimum wage rate, currently set at $8.10 an hour . The bill appears to be a direct reaction to two separate labor union-backed local initiatives: Cleveland's "Fight for 15" movement, which was a failed effort to aggressively increase Cleveland's minimum wage to $15 an hour; and Youngstown's "Part-Time Bill of Rights" proposal, which was a separate attempt to provide part-time workers with certain employment benefits, including paid time off and advanced notice of work schedules.
Both Ohio senators voted Tuesday to move ahead with debate on a three-month, $6.4 billion extension of emergency unemployment insurance. Around 40,000 Ohio residents saw their insurance cut off at the end of December after congressional Republicans left the program out of a last-minute budget deal, and another 128,000 stand to get cut off sometime in 2014.
If you're looking for drama, for fiery back and forths, big disagreements, heated rhetoric, well, then this senate race is not for you. The testiest moment of the hour long debate? a .came right at the end when Fisher asked Brunner if she'd support him if he won the primary, like he would her.
Ohio's Electoral College members cast all of the state's 18 electoral votes for President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, despite protesters outside urging electors to switch their votes. Trump won the White House with 306 electoral votes, even though Democratic rival Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by a margin of more than 2.8 million.
A vehicle zips over the testing track at the Transportation Research Center in East Liberty, Ohio, about 50 miles northwest of Columbus. Proponents say Ohio is an ideal proving ground for self-driving and connected vehicles.
John Glenn's home state and the nation began saying goodbye to the beloved astronaut Friday starting with a public viewing of his flag-draped casket inside Ohio's Statehouse rotunda. Politicians, including Secretary of State John Kerry, and ordinary citizens from across the country paid their respects to the first American to orbit Earth as a somber Marine honor guard kept watch.
EXCLUSIVE: 'We'd hear a body had been found and hold our breath.' Family of North Carolina girl located in Ohio FIVE YEARS after vanishing will reunite with the 21-year-old who's now engaged CIA officials REFUSE to brief Congress on the truth about Russian hacking claims - and are rebuked by GOP congressman for 'disgraceful' move Santa Con? Doubts are raised over touching story about Father Christmas who held a terminally ill boy in his arms as he died 'Meh' food, terrible commutes and brilliant people with nothing challenging to do: Google employees reveal what they hated most about working at the company famous for its perks Ex-Milwaukee cop who shot and killed a young black man during a traffic stop is charged with reckless homicide PIERS MORGAN: Harry marrying a spunky American divorcee would have sent the Royals into fury 80 years ago.
On a snowy, bitterly cold day Saturday, candidates who are in the running to become the next Chairman of the Democratic National Committee rendezvoused in Columbus to discuss reforms the party needs if it hopes to become relevant and win elections, big and small, again in 2018 and beyond. The results of the Nov. 8 elections were devastating to Democrats, who lost the presidency and the U.S. Senate and the House at the national level and scads of state races across the land.
" The Founding Fathers set up the Electoral College to ensure a well-informed, geographically diverse group of electors would choose the nation's presidents. The framers of the Constitution didn't quite think that through when they failed to provide for separate ballots for president and vice president.
Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday used his line-item veto authority to strike down the so-called "heartbeat bill" legislation that would have created the most restrictive abortion law in the nation. At the same time, Kasich signed into law a separate piece of legislation, SB 127, that forbids abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, a move that certainly will prompt court challenges.
This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows death row inmate Romell Broom, whose 2009 botched execution was called off after two hours. The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a condemned Ohio killer who said the state should not get a second chance to put him to death after he survived a botched execution.
A news organization in Ohio is reporting that Bernie Sanders supporters are working to draft a former state senator to run for governor. Cleveland.com reports that Democrat Nina Turner, of Cleveland, is being recruited by supporters of the Vermont senator inside and outside the state.
In the midst of his Cabinet deliberations, President-elect Donald Trump flew to Ohio Thursday to meet with victims and families after the latest U.S. outbreak of violence, a somber duty that became all too familiar to his predecessor. In Columbus, Trump met with those who had been attacked by a knife-wielding Ohio State University student and had words of tribute for astronaut and senator John Glenn of Ohio - "indeed an American hero" - who died Thursday at 95. Then he was off to Des Moines, Iowa, for the latest stop on his victory tour of states that helped him win the presidency.
In this Monday, Jan. 24, 2011 file picture, anti-abortion and pro-choice activists stand next to each other in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. On Tuesday, the Ohio General Assembly passed what could become among the strictest abortion laws in the nation if it is signed into law by Ohio Governor John Kasich .