Statehouse and Around Ohio
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January 6 Police Officer Michael Fanone warns November election could bring more violence
The 20-year Metro DC police veteran argues violence didn’t stop after January 6, and voters should prioritize candidates who respect rule of law BY: NICK EVANS – Ohio Capital Journal A new feature of the Trump rally traveling road show has the former president walking out on stage and intoning the pledge of allegiance. At the end…
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Ohio Lt. Gov. Husted won’t say if he knew about $1M dark-money contribution
Donation came from utility behind massive bribery scandal BY: MARTY SCHLADEN – Ohio Capital Journal Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted is refusing to say whether he was aware of a $1 million contribution in 2017 to a political group that was supporting his bid for governor. Instead, his office is only reiterating that the group wasn’t affiliated…
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COMMENTARY: Ohio’s true state of the state: Relentless misrepresentation, extremism and corruption
Meanwhile, Ohio ranks in the bottom half of all states on education, economy, environment, infrastructure, and health care. by David DeWitt You wouldn’t know it from Gov. Mike DeWine’s State of the State Wednesday, but Ohioans are currently suffering under a state government captured by corruption and yoked to extremist lawmakers racked with dysfunction and intent on little more…
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New Analysis Reveals Exponential Increase of Rejected Provisional Ballots
Inclusion & Accessibility, Latest Stories, Loveland & Local, News, Region and Beyond, Spotlight, Statehouse and Around OhioOn the heels of the 2024 primary election in Ohio, All Voting is Local Ohio has released The State of Provisional Ballots in Ohio Post HB 458. For the report, All Voting focused on provisional ballot rejection rates over the last several years in order to analyze the impact of House Bill 458, a bill…
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FirstEnergy gave $1 million to boost Ohio Lt Gov Husted’s campaign before scandal, document shows
Records show Jon Husted worked behind the scenes to bail out the company’s nuclear power plants. The million dollar donation was secret — until now. BY: MARIO ALEJANDRO ARIZA, FLOODLIGHT AND KATHIANN M. KOWALSKI, ENERGY NEWS NETWORK Versions of this story were published by Floodlight, Energy News Network and the Ohio Capital Journal. A surge in FirstEnergy political…
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Raise the Wage Ohio is trying to get a minimum wage constitutional amendment on the ballot
Protestors rally against subminimum wages. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for One Fair Wage) BY: MEGAN HENRY – Ohio Capital Journal Ohioans could have a chance vote to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2026. Raise the Wage Ohio is collecting signatures to put a proposed constitutional amendment on this year’s ballot that would…
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Further questions about DeWine administration’s involvement in Ohio bribery scandal
File photo of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and advisor Laurel Dawson at a press conference. (Photo from WEWS.) New court filing gives new details about aide, husband BY: MARTY SCHLADEN – As Gov. Mike DeWine in 2019 nominated Sam Randazzo to be Ohio’s top utility regulator, Randazzo went to great lengths to hide a decade-long relationship with…
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Digging into the latest indictment of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder
Former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder arrives for day two of his racketeering trial. (Photo by Morgan Trau, WEWS.) Some allegations address Householder’s actions after the feds arrested him in 2020 BY: MARTY SCHLADEN – Ohio Capital Journal Former House Speaker Larry Householder has again been indicted on charges related to his actions in a massive bribery…
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Ohio Controlling Board approves purchase of modular shoot houses to train armed school districts
BY: MEGAN HENRY – Ohio Capital Journal The Ohio Controlling Board has approved a $78,028 purchase to buy two mobile modular shoot houses to help train school districts with armed staff. The Ohio Department of Public Safety made the request to the Controlling Board, which was approved during Monday’s meeting. The mobile modular shoot houses are from…
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Ohio Minority Leaders Nickie Antonio and Allison Russo are navigating a Republican supermajority
Ohio House Democratic Leader Allison Russo, left, and Ohio Senate Democratic Leader Nickie Antonio, right. (Official photos from the Ohio Statehouse website.) Ohio Senate Minority Leader Nickie Antonio became leader in 2023 and Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo became leader in 2022. BY: MEGAN HENRY – Ohio Capital Journal For the first time since 2008, two…
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