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Shooting at Trump rally is being investigated as assassination attempt
Donald Trump was whisked off the stage at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania after apparent gunshots rang through the crowd.
A closer-than-expected Ohio congressional race surprises Republicans and encourages Democrats
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A political newcomer's closer-than-expected finish in Tuesday's special congressional election in Ohio surprised Republicans and jolted Democrats in a former bellwether state both parties had all but given over...
Eastern Ohio voters are deciding who will fill a congressional seat left vacant for months
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Voters in Ohio's sprawling 6th District along the Ohio River will decide Tuesday who will fill a U.S. House seat that's been vacant since January.That's when longtime Republican Rep....
Will recreational pot go on sale soon in Ohio? Medical marijuana stores can now apply to sell it
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Recreational pot sales are nearing reality in Ohio. The state Division of Cannabis Control began accepting applications Friday for new dual licenses that will allow existing medical marijuana dispensaries...
Ohio House pairs fix assuring President Biden is on fall ballot with foreign nationals giving ban
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A temporary fix allowing President Joe Biden to appear on this fall's ballot cleared the Ohio House during a rare special session Thursday, along with a ban on foreign...
Special session for ensuring President Biden makes Ohio’s fall ballot could take several days
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The rare special session that Republican Gov. Mike DeWine has called to legislation ensuring President Joe Biden appears on Ohio’s fall ballot could take several days. Due to...
Voting rights advocates ask federal judge to toss Ohio voting restrictions they say violate ADA
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Voting rights advocates asked a federal judge on Friday to strike down restrictions contained in Ohio's sweeping 2023 election law that they say restrict a host of trusted individuals...
What comes next for Ohio’s teacher pension fund? Prospects of a ‘hostile takeover’ are being probed
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A battle is under way for the future of Ohio’s $94 billion teacher pension fund, as would-be reformers’ attempts to deliver long-promised benefits to retirees with the help of...
Ohio voters approved reproductive rights. Will the state’s near-ban on abortion stand?
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A county judge could rule as early as Monday on Ohio's law banning virtually all abortions, a decision that will take into consideration the decision by voters to enshrine...
Ohio adult-use marijuana sales approved as part of 2023 ballot measure could begin by mid-June
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Recreational marijuana could be available for sale in Ohio by mid-June, after new licensing rules for dispensaries cleared a key legislative hurdle Monday.Adult-use sales have been in limbo in...
Fight over foreign money in politics stymies deal to assure President Joe Biden is on Ohio’s ballot
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The question of whether Democratic President Joe Biden will appear on Ohio's fall ballot has become entangled in a partisan legislative fight to keep foreign money out of state...
Ohio attorney general warns student protesters in masks could face felony charges under anti-KKK law
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio's top lawyer has advised the state's public universities that a law written to deter Ku Klux Klan demonstrations could be used to impose felony charges on students who...
Ex-Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel has been threatened with jail time in his divorce case
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Republican who spent years as one of Ohio's highest profile politicians has been threatened with jail time for violating the of his 2020 divorce agreement. Josh Mandel,...
Ex-Ohio House speaker to be arraigned from prison on state charges, as scheme’s impact persists
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Former Republican Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder will be arraigned from federal prison on the 10 new felony counts recently brought against him by the state, as revelations mount...
Ohio lawmakers negotiate to assure Biden makes the state’s fall ballot
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican legislative leaders in Ohio say they are negotiating with Democrats to assure President Joe Biden appears on the state's November ballot, but the exact shape of the solution...
Will Biden be on the ballot in Ohio and Alabama? That’s up to Republicans
COLUMBUS, Ohio — President Joe Biden's reelection campaign is wrangling with Republican-dominated state governments in Ohio and Alabama to assure he is listed on their fall ballots, as once-mundane procedural negotiations get...
Former Ohio utility regulator, charged in a sweeping bribery scheme, has died
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A former top utility regulator awaiting trial on charges he took millions in bribes in conjunction with the largest corruption scandal in Ohio's history died by suicide on Tuesday,...
Emergency operations plan ensures ‘a great day’ for Monday’s eclipse, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio is pulling out all the stops for Monday's total solar eclipse, as it braces for potentially hundreds of thousands of visitors.“I have to say, we don't always get...
Lawsuit says Ohio’s gender-affirming care ban violates the state constitution
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two families of transgender minors filed a constitutional challenge on Tuesday to an Ohio law that severely limits gender-affirming health care for youth under 18. The litigation, brought in...
Imprisoned ex-Ohio Speaker Householder indicted on 10 new charges, 1 bars him from public office
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Imprisoned ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was indicted Monday on 10 new felony counts, including one that would ban him from ever holding public office in the state again.The...
Senate rival Frank LaRose s other GOP Ohio officeholders in endorsing Bernie Moreno
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose ed other GOP statewide officeholders Thursday in endorsing his former rival, Republican Senate nominee Bernie Moreno — after a bruising and expensive primary...
Trump got the candidate he wanted in Ohio’s Senate primary. But can Bernie Moreno win in November?
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Donald Trump got what he wanted when former car dealer Bernie Moreno won the Republican Senate primary in Ohio. So did Democrats.Moreno's positions on abortion, immigration and Trump's election...
Trump favorites Moreno and Merrin win GOP primaries to face 2 vulnerable Ohio Democrats this fall
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Things went former President Donald Trump’s way on Tuesday in a pair of high-profile elections in Ohio that could determine Republicans' chances of picking up critical seats this fall...
Donald Trump endorses Ohio congressional candidate Derek Merrin just hours before polls open
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Former President Donald Trump issued a last-minute endorsement in a highly sought northwest Ohio congressional district Monday, backing state Rep. Derek Merrin over a rival Republican whom Trump's closest...
Primarias de Ohio sentaran las bases para alterar el control partidista de la Corte Suprema estatal
COLUMBUS, Ohio, EE.UU. — Desde hace casi cuatro décadas, los jueces de tendencia liberal no tienen mayoría en la Corte Suprema de Ohio.Los demócratas esperan que esto cambie este año, a partir...
Ohio primary will set up a fall election that could flip partisan control of the state supreme court
COLUMBUS, Ohio — It's been nearly four decades since liberal-leaning justices held a majority on Ohio's supreme court.Democrats hope this is the year that changes, in a campaign that will begin to...
Purple Ohio? Parties in the former bellwether state take lessons from 2023 abortion, marijuana votes
COLUMBUS, Ohio — For more than half a century, Ohio was one of the most important states to watch during presidential election years, a place where both parties competed vigorously for ...
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine byes Trump-backed Bernie Moreno for Matt Dolan with US Senate race nod
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio parted ways with Donald Trump on Monday and endorsed state Sen. Matt Dolan over Trump-backed businessman Bernie Moreno in the state's three-way GOP...
Republican Matt Dolan lands former US Sen. Rob Portman’s endorsement in Ohio’s Senate primary
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican Matt Dolan has landed the endorsement of former U.S. Sen. Rob Portman in the fractious three-way primary to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown this fall, a...
Republicans running to face Ohio’s Democratic US Sen. Sherrod Brown this fall vie for voters’ trust
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A fractious three-way Republican primary for the chance to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown this November is culminating in Ohio, where candidates are divided more over their pasts...
The latest shake-up in Ohio’s topsy-turvy congressional primary eases minds within the GOP
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The weekend suspension of a troubled congressional campaign in northwest Ohio has eased the minds of establishment Republicans hopeful they can flip a Democratic seat this fall by defeating...
Oaths and pledges have been routine for political officials. That’s changing in a polarized America
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The resignation letter was short and direct.“I can no longer be under an oath to uphold the New Constitution of Ohio," wrote Sabrina Warner in her letter announcing she...
New book on ‘whistle-stop’ campaign trains describes politics and adventure throughout history
CRESTLINE, Ohio — From its earliest days as a village, Crestline was synonymous with trains. A railroad station inspired this northern Ohio town, railroad workers populated it and the engers who flocked...
Two fired utility execs and a former top Ohio regulator plead not guilty in bribery scheme
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two fired executives of FirstEnergy Corp. and a former top state utilities regulator pleaded not guilty Tuesday to state charges related to a $60 million bribery scheme that centered...
Juez bloquea implementacion de ley que limita uso de redes sociales a menores de 16 anos
COLUMBUS, Ohio, EE.UU. — Un juez federal prorrogó el lunes la vigencia de una orden que bloquea la implementación de una ley de Ohio que obligaría a los menores de 16 años...
A judge has blocked enforcement of an Ohio law limiting kids’ use of social media during litigation
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal judge extended a block on enforcement Monday of an Ohio law that would require children under 16 to get parental consent to use social media apps as...
Fired FirstEnergy execs indicted in $60 million Ohio bribery scheme; regulator faces new charges
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two fired FirstEnergy Corp. executives were indicted Monday in the long-running investigation into a $60 million bribery scheme in Ohio that has already resulted in a 20-year prison sentence...
Bernie Moreno running for Senate as outsider, but public entities he served boosted his business
COLUMBUS, Ohio — In his bid for U.S. Senate in Ohio, Republican Bernie Moreno has cast himself in the mold of former President Donald Trump, who has endorsed him: that of “political...
Ohio attorney general opposes speeding up timeline for lawsuit over proposed voting rights amendment
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican Attorney General Dave Yost told the Ohio Supreme Court on Monday that rushing a lawsuit filed against him by a coalition of civil rights organizations seeking to place...
Ohio Attorney General given until Monday to explain rejection of voting rights amendment to court
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio's high court has given Republican Attorney General Dave Yost until Monday to respond to the legal claims of a coalition of civil rights organizations that is challenging his...
Former Ohio Senate President Stanley Aronoff dies at 91
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Stanley J. Aronoff, a Republican who spent nearly 40 years in the Ohio Legislature, including eight as the powerful Senate president, has died. He was 91. Aronoff died peacefully...
Deadly school bus crash in Ohio yields safety, training guidance – but no seat belt mandate
COLUMBUS, Ohio — After a deadly school bus crash last summer, a task force convened by Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine recommended Wednesday more training, driver benefits and safety features — but...
Procurador de Ohio apoya pena de muerte con nitrogeno
COLUMBUS, Ohio, EE.UU. — El procurador de Ohio, el republicano Dave Yost, dio todo su apoyo el martes a un proyecto de ley para ejecutar la pena de muerte con gas de...
Could Ohio be the next state to use nitrogen gas in executions? A new method would end a 5-year halt
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s Republican attorney general put his weight behind a legislative effort Tuesday to bring nitrogen gas executions to the state, ing what could be a national movement in pro-death...
Ohio attorney general rejects voting-rights coalition’s ballot petition for a 2nd time
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A coalition of voting-rights groups is vowing to fight on after Ohio Republican Attorney General Dave Yost issued his second rejection Thursday of petition language it has submitted for...
GOP Senate contenders in Ohio face off for their first statewide debate
CLEVELAND — The three Republicans vying to take on Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown this fall in Ohio's competitive U.S. Senate race clashed bitterly in their first statewide debate Monday, lobbing personal attacks...
Ohio can freeze ex-top utility regulator’s $8 million in assets, high court says
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The legal dispute over whether it was appropriate to freeze $8 million in personal assets belonging to a former top Ohio utility regulator caught up in a federal bribery...
Businessman Bernie Moreno, Trump’s Senate pick in Ohio, faced discrimination lawsuits, the AP finds
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Bernie Moreno, a Trump-backed candidate for Ohio's crucial U.S. Senate seat who touts his success in business, faced multiple lawsuits alleging discrimination against employees in the run-up to the...
Una mujer de Ohio que tuvo un aborto espontaneo en su casa no sera acusada de mal manejo de cadaver
COLUMBUS, Ohio, EE.UU. — Una mujer de Ohio que enfrentaba la posibilidad de ser acusada penalmente por la manera como manejó un aborto espontáneo en casa no será acusada de cargos formales,...
Ohio woman who miscarried at home won’t be charged with corpse abuse, grand jury decides
COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio woman facing a criminal charge for her handling of a home miscarriage will not be charged, a grand jury decided Thursday.The Trumbull County prosecutor’s office said grand...
A judge has temporarily halted enforcement of an Ohio law limiting kids’ use of social media
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal judge issued an order Tuesday temporarily halting enforcement of a pending Ohio law that would require children to get parental consent to use social media apps.U.S. District...
A judge has found Ohio’s new election law constitutional, including a strict photo ID requirement
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal judge has upheld as constitutional provisions of the sweeping election law that Ohio put in place last year, rejecting a Democratic law firm's challenge to strict new...
A group representing TikTok, Meta and X sues Ohio over new law limiting kids’ use of social media
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A trade group representing TikTok, Snapchat, Meta and other major tech companies sued Ohio on Friday over a pending law that requires children to get parental consent to use...
Ohio’s GOP governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care and transgender athletes in girls’ sports
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a measure Friday that would have banned gender-affirming care for minors, casting the action out of step with many in his own party...
Ohio governor visits hospitals, talks to families as decision on gender-affirming care ban looms
BEXLEY, Ohio — Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has been visiting hospitals and speaking with families helped and harmed by gender-affirming care as he decides what action to take on legislation preventing...
Ohio prosecutor says he’s duty bound to bring miscarriage case to a grand jury
COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio prosecutor says it is not within his power to drop a criminal charge against a woman who miscarried in the restroom at her home, regardless of the...
Cleveland businessman Bernie Moreno lands Trump endorsement in Ohio’s US Senate GOP primary
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno has landed Donald Trump's endorsement in the GOP race for a 2024 contender to unseat third-term Democrat Sherrod Brown, one of his party's...
Reproductive rights group urges Ohio prosecutor to drop criminal charge against woman who miscarried
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The physicians' group behind Ohio's newly ed reproductive rights amendment is urging a prosecutor to drop criminal charges against a woman who miscarried in the restroom at her home.Ohio...
A Black woman was criminally charged after a miscarriage. It shows the perils of pregnancy post-Roe
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio was in the throes of a bitter debate over abortion rights this fall when Brittany Watts, 21 weeks and 5 days pregnant, began ing thick blood clots. The...
Ohio’s 2023 abortion fight cost campaigns $70 million
COLUMBUS, Ohio — This fall's fight over abortion rights in Ohio cost a combined $70 million, campaign finance reports filed Friday show.Voters overwhelming ed November's Issue 1, which guaranteed an individual's right...
Adults can now legally possess and grow marijuana in Ohio – but there’s nowhere to buy it
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohioans woke up Thursday in a land of limbo for recreational marijuana use: Adults can now legally grow and possess cannabis at home, but cannot legally buy it.On Wednesday...
Former top Ohio utility regulator surrenders in $60 million bribery scheme linked to energy bill
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s former top utility regulator pleaded not guilty to charges announced Monday in connection with a $60 million bribery scheme related to a legislative bailout for two Ohio nuclear...
Documents of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and lieutenant governor subpoenaed in lawsuit over bribery scheme
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio's governor and lieutenant governor have been drawn into a FirstEnergy Corp. investors lawsuit connected to the $60 million bribery scheme concocted by the Akron-based energy giant and a...
Ohio voters just ed abortion protections. When and how they take effect is before the courts
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s new constitutional protections for abortion access and other reproductive rights take effect Dec. 7, a month after voters resoundingly ed them. How and when their impacts are felt...
Las disputas sobre el aborto en EEUU dejan ver otra falla: el compromiso con la democracia
COLUMBUS, Ohio, EE.UU. — Desde que la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos anuló el derecho constitucional al aborto, las batallas estatales en torno al derecho a la interrupción del embarazo han dejado...
Shooting that wounded 4 in Ohio is the second to occur at a Walmart in 24 hours
BEAVERCREEK, Ohio — A gunman opened fire Monday evening inside a Walmart in Ohio and wounded four people before killing himself -- the second shooting in 24 hours to take place at...
Signature-gathering starts anew for mapmaking proposal in Ohio that was stalled by a typo
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Backers of a proposal to change Ohio’s troubled political mapmaking system will finally be able to start gathering signatures, after clearing a second round of state approvals Monday.Citizens Not...
Voters back abortion rights, but some foes won’t relent. Is the commitment to democracy in question?
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The statewide battles over abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a constitutional right to abortion have exposed another fault line: the commitment to democracy.As voters in state...
Votantes de Ohio aprueban enmienda constitucional que garantiza al aborto
COLUMBUS, Ohio, EE.UU. — Los votantes de Ohio aprobaron el martes una enmienda a la Constitución del estado que garantiza el al aborto y a otras formas de atención a la...
Ohio votes to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use, becoming 24th state to do so
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio voters approved a measure legalizing recreational marijuana on Tuesday, defying Republican legislative leaders who had failed to the proposed law. age of Issue 2 makes Ohio the...
Ohio voters enshrine abortion access in constitution in latest statewide win for reproductive rights
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio voters approved a constitutional amendment on Tuesday that ensures access to abortion and other forms of reproductive health care, the latest victory for abortion rights ers since the...
Enmienda de Ohio es el banco de pruebas de la lucha estatal en torno al aborto prevista para 2024
COLUMBUS, Ohio, EE.UU. — Se espera que el al aborto desempeñe un papel central en las elecciones de 2024. Pero la próxima semana habrá un anticipo, cuando los votantes de Ohio...
An Ohio amendment serves as a testing ground for statewide abortion fights expected in 2024
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Abortion access is expected to play a central role in the 2024 elections. The preview comes next week, when Ohio voters decide whether to enshrine reproductive rights in their...
Fluye la desinformacion antes de voto en Ohio sobre el aborto, y un sitio web legislativo contribuye
COLUMBUS, Ohio, EE.UU. — El lenguaje incendiario en contra de una medida de derechos reproductivos en la votación de Ohio en otoño es el tipo de mensaje que suele caracterizar las últimas...
Misinformation is flowing ahead of Ohio abortion vote. Some is coming from a legislative website
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The inflammatory language targeting a reproductive rights measure on Ohio's fall ballot is the type of messaging that is common in the closing weeks of a highly contested initiative...
This procedure is banned in the US. Why is it a hot topic in fight over Ohio’s abortion amendment?
COLUMBUS, Ohio — With Election Day closing in, anti-abortion groups seeking to build opposition to a reproductive rights measure in Ohio are messaging heavily around a term for an abortion procedure that...
Ohio embraced the ‘science of reading.’ Now a popular reading program is suing
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The battle over how to teach reading has landed in court. With momentum shifting in favor of research-backed strategies known as the “science of reading,” states and some school...
Ohio’s Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks mark UNESCO World Heritage designation
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — For 400 years, Indigenous North Americans flocked to a group of ceremonial sites in what is present-day Ohio to celebrate their culture and honor their dead. On Saturday, the...
Ohio vota por el al aborto y la legalizacion de la marihuana
COLUMBUS, Ohio, EE.UU. — Se espera una participación superior a lo habitual el miércoles al iniciar la votación anticipada en una elección en Ohio que decidirá el futuro del al aborto...
Voting begins in Ohio in the only election this fall to decide abortion rights
COLUMBUS, Ohio — In-person voting for a November ballot measure over abortion rights began Wednesday in Ohio, the latest state where voters will decide the issue after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned...
Internal conflicts and power struggles have become hallmarks of the modern GOP
COLUMBUS, Ohio — After Ohio Republicans bolstered their statehouse majority last year due to their dominating showing in the midterm elections, they split into rival camps over who should lead the lower...
JR Majewski, who quit Ohio GOP primary in May, res race to challenge Democratic Rep. Kaptur
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Trump-backed Republican whose military record was called into question during his unsuccessful 2022 congressional campaign has reed next year's race to take on Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur...
Anti-abortion groups are at odds on strategies ahead of Ohio vote. It could be a preview for 2024
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Abortion opponents in Ohio are at odds not only over how to frame their opposition to a reproductive rights initiative on the state's November ballot but also over their...
Ohio quiere revivir estricta ley sobre el aborto; los jueces sopesan los argumentos juridicos
COLUMBUS, Ohio, EE.UU. — Los magistrados de la Corte Suprema de Ohio cuestionaron con firmeza al procurador del estado el miércoles sobre la estrategia jurídica que la entidad está probando con la...
Ohio wants to revive a strict abortion law. Justices are weighing the legal arguments
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Supreme Court justices vigorously questioned the state's lawyer Wednesday about a legal strategy that Ohio is attempting in hopes of reviving its law banning most abortions except in...
Ohio redistricting adopts GOP-drawn Statehouse maps for public discussion, as Democrats object
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Redistricting Commission tentatively adopted a new set of Republican-drawn Statehouse maps over Democrats' objections Wednesday, a plan that again would deliver large legislative majorities to the GOP.A...
Ahead of abortion vote, Ohio Supreme Court has ordered a rewrite of some misleading ballot language
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A wildly divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled late Tuesday that only one element of the disputed ballot language for describing a closely watched fall abortion rights question is misleading...
Network of ancient American Indian earthworks in Ohio named as UNESCO World Heritage sites
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A network of ancient American Indian ceremonial and burial mounds in Ohio described as “part cathedral, part cemetery and part astronomical observatory” was added Tuesday to the list of...
Hundreds of flying taxis to be made in Ohio, home of the Wright brothers and astronaut legends
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The same Ohio river valley where the Wright brothers pioneered human flight will soon be manufacturing cutting-edge electric planes that take off and land vertically, under an agreement announced...
Ohio attorney general rejects language for political mapmaking reform amendment for a second time
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Attorney General’s Office again rejected petition language Thursday for a constitutional amendment aimed at remaking the state's troubled system for drawing political maps, frustrating the effort's backers....
GOP legislative leaders’ co-chair flap has brought the Ohio Redistricting Commission to a standstill
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio's latest attempt to draw fair political maps crumbled amid Republican infighting Wednesday, begging the question of whether a commission unable even to appoint its co-chairs will be able...
Juez de Corte Suprema de EEUU preve “medidas concretas” para abordar preocupaciones eticas
CLEVELAND — El juez de la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos, Brett Kavanaugh, dijo ante una conferencia judicial el jueves que espera que “pronto” haya “medidas concretas” para abordar preocupaciones en materia...
Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh predicts ‘concrete steps soon’ to address ethics concerns
CLEVELAND — Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh told a judicial conference on Thursday he hopes there will be “concrete steps soon” to address recent ethics concerns surrounding the court, but he stopped...
Voting rights groups ask to dismiss lawsuit challenging gerrymandered Ohio congressional map
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio voting-rights groups moved to dismiss their lawsuit against Ohio's unconstitutional congressional map on Tuesday, arguing that prolonging the legal wrangling over where to draw district boundaries isn't in...
Founding father Gen. Anthony Wayne’s legacy is getting a second look at Ohio’s Wayne National Forest
NELSONVILLE, Ohio — Some 40 Native American tribes have ancestral ties to Wayne National Forest, a quarter-million acres spread across portions of Appalachian southeastern Ohio. Their citizens have never stopped helping the...
An Ohio ballot measure seeks to protect abortion access. Opponents’ messaging is on parental rights
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The wording of a proposed constitutional amendment on Ohio's fall ballot to ensure abortion rights seems straightforward: It would enshrine the right “to make and carry out one's own...
Convicted ex-Ohio House speaker moved to Oklahoma prison to begin his 20-year sentence
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Convicted former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder has been transferred to Oklahoma to begin his time in federal prison.The 64-year-old Republican had been held in the Butler County Jail...
Backers blast approved ballot language for Ohio’s fall abortion amendment as misleading
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Ballot Board approved language Thursday for a fall measure seeking to establish abortion access as a fundamental right, but one Democratic member blasted it as “rife with...
Ohio attorney general rejects language for amendment aimed at reforming troubled political mapmaking
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Attorney General’s Office rejected petition language Wednesday for a constitutional amendment aimed at remaking the state's troubled system for drawing political maps, determining that it failed to...