Ohio Politics
‘I think of scammers like spiders’: Cuyahoga County consumer affairs chief warns Senate committee of rising fraud
Scam losses reported to Cuyahoga County’s Department of Consumer Affairs have more than doubled over the past year, consumer affairs department director Sheryl Harris told a Senate hearing chaired by Ohio's Sherrod Brown.
More Springfield, Ohio, schools evacuated as GOP anti-immigration rhetoric continues
Three schools were evacuated on Friday, after schools and city buildings were evacuated Thursday.
Bernie Moreno Senate campaign aide resigns after confrontation with police
Video shows Colton Henson being vulgar and confrontational with police in a Central Ohio town where he serves as a village councilman.
Ohio report card day: Cleveland schools shows improvement, outperforms Columbus, Cincinnati
Schools and districts are rated on a system of one through five stars, in half star increments.
LaRose pushing weak voter fraud cases, prosecutors association says: Capitol Letter
Of the 631 cases of potential voter fraud that Secretary of State Frank LaRose has referred to county prosecutors since he took office in 2019, only 12 have resulted in criminal charges.
Katie O’Neill for Ohio Senate, 18th District: endorsement editorial
The editorial board of The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com endorses Katie O'Neill for election to the Ohio Senate representing the 18th District in Lake County and part of Cuyahoga County.
World events will significantly influence the U.S. presidential election this year: Michael Weidokal
As the world’s leading power, the United States continues to play a major role in global affairs. However, the world is also playing a larger role in domestic affairs in the United States and will certainly play a major role in this year’s presidential election. In fact, this could be one of those years in which events outside of our borders play a crucial role in determining the outcome of a presidential election, writes guest columnist Michael, a global strategic analyst and executive-in-residence at Baldwin Wallace University.
Children in southern Africa desperately need food aid to stave off famine: William Lambers
The international community has a choice. By taking action now, we can prevent famine in southern Africa. If we wait, lives will be lost and it will be too late to prevent famine, writes guest columnist William Lambers, a Cincinnati author who writes frequently on humanitarian issues. In 2009, he partnered with the U.N. World Food Program on the book, “Ending World Hunger: School Lunches for Kids around the World.”
The conservative war on public education has come to Ohio: Chuck Ardo
It is the public schools that provide young people with the tools they need to understand the political and social issues they will face. It is public schools that expose students to people with different beliefs and teach them to bridge their differences. In short, the public’s investment in public schools is the “great equalizer” which provides social and economic benefits that American democracy depends upon, writes guest columnist Chuck Ardo, a retired political consultant in Lancaster, Ohio, who previously served as press secretary to former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell.
Akron’s U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes introduces resolution to clarify access to emergency abortions
U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes, an Akron Democrat, on Thursday led more than 100 Democrats in introducing a resolution whose passage would clarify that the 1986 Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act guarantees women’s access to emergency abortion care in every state.
$1.7 million in state funding headed to Northeast Ohio wetland projects
The H2Ohio grants include money for projects in Lake and Summit counties.
Prosecutors fire back after LaRose says voter fraud cases aren’t adequately investigated
Of the 600-plus voter fraud cases Secretary of State Frank LaRose has referred to county prosecutors since he took office in 2019, only 12 have resulted in criminal charges.