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Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today released the following statement regarding Senate Bill 220, the Data Protection Act sponsored by State Senators Bob Hackett and Kevin Bacon , being signed into law: "I congratulate Senator Hackett and Senator Bacon for working with their Senate and House colleagues to pass this important bill and send it to the governor's desk and commend the governor for signing it into law," said Attorney General DeWine. "By encouraging Ohio business owners to take appropriate and proven steps to enhance their cybersecurity, Ohioans can be confident that their personal information will be better protected.
Shortly before the 2016 New Hampshire primary, a group backing John Kasich for president mailed controversial campaign fliers to Granite State voters bearing the ominous message "What if your friends, your neighbors, and your community knew whether you voted?" While the Kasich team's role in the "voter shaming" effort was not revealed until well after the primary, the mailers caused an immediate stir in New Hampshire and raised claims of voter intimidation and privacy violations. Last week, many voters in Ohio's 12th Congressional District received similar mailers from the Republican National Committee on behalf of state Sen. Troy Balderson, R-Zanesville, ahead of next week's special election.
Ohio's Republican heavy-hitters showed up in full force Saturday to kick off a team of canvassers in support of Troy Balderson's bid to represent the 12th district in Congress. With the Aug. 7 special election just 10 days away, state Sen. Balderson, R-Zanesville, is using the home stretch to galvanize the historically Republican district to turn out and vote.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has provided new details of assets he might try to recover from the founder of a now-defunct online charter school. Cleveland.com reports the information regarding Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow founder Bill Lager appeared Friday in a court filing by DeWine, the Republican gubernatorial nominee.
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Pat DeWine has stepped aside from a hot-button case over how Ohio calculated funding for a now-defunct online charter school. DeWine filed his recusal in the case of the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, five months after it was argued.
In this March 2, 2011, file photo, Ohio state Sen. Bill Seitz discusses a bill about collective bargaining rights for public employees, during a floor debate in Columbus, Ohio. A law firm where Seitz worked for 36 years, retained by the state attorney general's office to independently investigate a complaint by a female House employee, concluded in April 2018 that the Republican lawmaker from Cincinnati had not violated the House's anti-harassment policy in remarks at an off-site party the employee claimed "glorified a sexual harasser and minimized his victim and all victims of sexual harassment."
The union said in a media release that both Mr. Cordray and Betty Sutton, who is running for lieutenant governor, have "a strong record of standing up for Ohio's auto industry and its workers." The release went on to credit Mr. Cordray for working to protect workers during General Motors' bankruptcy and restructuring while serving as Ohio attorney general.
Fresh off a victory in Ohio's primary election, the Democratic nominee for the state's top office is reaching out to supporters of outgoing Republican Gov. John Kasich, whose policies have alienated many GOP supporters in recent years. Democrat Richard Cordray, who led the federal consumer protection bureau under President Barack Obama, pledged in a video his campaign released Friday that he'll maintain Kasich's expansion of Medicaid and the state's privatized economic development office, which critics say lacks accountability.
Democratic Party voters turned out in larger numbers than past primaries this year - but does that signal a blue wave crashing in November? Hello, all! Did you vote yesterday? You probably want to know how that all turned out, eh? Or heck, maybe you were like me and stayed glued to the Hamilton County Board of Elections' site all night. Either way, let's take a look at how the whole thing went.
In the counties shown in red, Republican Mike DeWine received more votes than Democrat Richard Cordray in their separate Ohio gubernatorial primaries on Tuesday. Yet the counties where Cordray had more votes, shown in blue, are most of Ohio's large counties.
Rick Colyer holds a sticker after placing his vote at the Durham County Library North Regional in Durham, N.C., Tuesday, May 8, 2018. North Carolina voters are choosing their parties' nominees Tuesday in dozens of legislative and congressional primary races congested with contestants who were spurred by strong feelings about President Donald Trump or their state's redistricting struggles.
Mike DeWine and Rich Cordray are the winners of the Ohio governor's race, according to calls made by various news organizations, setting up a rematch of the 2010 attorney general's race. Both raced to early leads when early absentee voting results were reported.
Republicans will choose between Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, a former U.S. senator, and Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor, a former state auditor who's spent the year distancing herself from Kasich's administration.
In this Nov. 30, 2017, file photo, Ohio Attorney General and former U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine speaks before introducing Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted during a news conference in Dayton, Ohio.
Many students and alumni stopped by the building to check on the progress and received tours from construction experts and faculty members. "We have two regulation size gymnasiums for the kids, state of the art science labs, all of our classrooms have extended learning areas on them so they can open doors and do extended learning in group sessions.
Ohioans choose nominees for U.S. Senate, governor and other statewide offices in May, as well as deciding whether to approve changes to congressional map-making supported by both parties. On the Republican side, Attorney General Mike DeWine and Lt.
It's primary season and health care is on the ballot. With Tuesday, May 8 fast approaching, I wanted to offer some thoughts on the positions taken by each of Ohio's gubernatorial candidates specifically in the area of health policy.
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.