Statehouse and Around Ohio
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Dackin Selected as Ohio’s Next Superintendent of Public Instruction
Columbus, Ohio – The State Board of Education of Ohio on May 10 selected Stephen Dackin as the 39thsuperintendent of public instruction for Ohio and leader of the Ohio Department of Education. With more than 40 years of service in education, Dackin has experience in both postsecondary and preK-12 education settings having served as a school…
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Lawmaker proposed $300m handout to nursing homes; then raised $52,000 from their liaisons
Rep. Sara Carruthers. Photo from the Ohio General Assembly website. BY: JAKE ZUCKERMAN – Ohio Capital Journal An Ohio lawmaker last year proposed allocating $300 million of federal COVID-19 relief funds, divvied up among Ohio’s nursing homes with no strings attached. Ten days later, Rep. Sara Carruthers, R-Hamilton, received a $13,200 campaign contribution from the CEO…
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Dems flip abortion fight, seek to legalize abortion in Ohio
BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal Ohio House legislators say the intend to flip the legislative narrative in the state, pushing for a state constitutional amendment legalizing abortion in opposition to the many bans being considered. State Reps. Michele Lepore-Hagan, D-Youngstown, and Jessica Miranda, D-Forest Park, face a hard fight to get the measure through a General…
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May 3rd election results for statewide and U. S. Senate and Congressional seats
Loveland, Ohio – Here are the candidates voters chose to run against each other in statewide and U. S. Senate and Congressional seats in the November 8 General Election this Fall. Governor and Lieutenant Governor • Mike DeWine and Jon Husted (R) • Nan Whaley and Cheryl L. Stephens (D Attorney General • Jeffrey A. Crossman (D) • Dave Yost (R)…
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Ohio Redistricting Commission resubmits maps already rejected as illegal by supreme court
BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal The Ohio Redistricting Commission Thursday voted to resubmit maps to the Ohio Supreme Court that the court has already rejected as illegal and unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering. The commission once again passed its third map 4-3 along party lines, with the exception of Republican Auditor Keith Faber, who said he voted no…
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A judge ordered Dewitt McDonald released last month, so why is he still in prison?
Getty Images. BY: NICK EVANS – Ohio Capital Journal Right now, Dewitt McDonald is sitting in prison at Richland Correctional Institution even though late last month a judge ordered his release. McDonald’s case goes back to a 1994 drive-by shooting in Sandusky that left one woman dead. Prosecutors claimed McDonald was in the car, and they charged…
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Court challengers push contempt charges against redistricting commission
The Republican majority members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission. Top row from left, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Secretary of State Frank LaRose. Bottom row from left Ohio Auditor Keith Faber, House Speaker Bob Cupp, and Senate President Matt Huffman. Official photos. BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal Anti-gerrymandering groups are again asking the Ohio Supreme Court…
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No Ohio redistricting meetings in sight, despite Dem demands
House Minority Leader Allison Russo and state Sen. Vernon Sykes speak to media outside of Room 313 of the Ohio Statehouse. The two Dem members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission tried to convince GOP members to renew talks on legislative redistricting plans, but no other members showed. (Photo: Susan Tebben, OCJ) BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal…
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How much a map costs: one law firm accounts for 1/3 of redistricting expenses
Ohio Redistricting Commission co-chair state Sen. Vernon Sykes talks to Senate President Matt Huffman during Sunday’s meeting of the ORC. The commission ended up throwing out independent mapmaker work and adopting a slightly revised version of the third map, already rejected by the Ohio Supreme Court. (Photo: Susan Tebben, OCJ) BY: NICK EVANS – Ohio Capital Journal As…
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LGBTQ community, people of color in the crosshairs of banned book movement
Education, Latest Stories, Loveland & Local, News, Region and Beyond, Spotlight, Statehouse and Around OhioA display of banned books at the San Jose Public Library (Photo courtesy of San Jose Public Library via Flickr | CC-BY-SA 2.0). BY: ARIANA FIGUEROA – Ohio Capital Journal Students in one Pennsylvania school district were not allowed to read a biography of the first Black President, Barack Obama. (The ban was reversed following student protests.) In…
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