Fact check: Gary Click accused 3 Democrats of funding his GOP primary opponent. Records show they gave $0.
Watson says Republican turnout, not Democratic crossover votes, nearly cost Click the primary, calling Click's own logic contradictory.
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JobsOhio chairman lobbies for Intel, a company that got millions from JobsOhio
The Ohio Ethics Commission says Rubin's continued lobbying appears to contradict promises he made to DeWine's office before joining the JobsOhio board.
FIRE report gives 14 Ohio universities yellow light ratings for free speech policies
Cleveland State was Ohio's only green light school, while the national red light rate hit an all-time low of 13.2% in FIRE's 20th annual survey.
Ohio secretary of state sets sights on state auditor’s office
LaRose will face Maple Heights Mayor Annette Blackwell, who helped pull her city out of fiscal emergency by working closely with the auditor's office.
Ramaswamy takes nearly $100K from energy interests as Ohioans’ electric bills soar
Utility and gas PAC donations to Ramaswamy roughly doubled to $65,603 after a watchdog first flagged the money, with the biggest checks arriving on the filing deadline.
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Husted kept $10K from felon whose company won $1.7M contract for algae-plagued Lincoln Memorial pool
FEC filings show Husted's committees kept all $28,100 from the Cafaro family, even after donating away Wexner money once that donor became a political liability.
Vivek Ramaswamy spent months cheering data centers. Now he wants voters to forget.
Ten recorded clips show Ramaswamy calling the data center boom good with no conditions attached.
For more than 100,000 Ohio Medicaid recipients, worries build about the future of home care
With federal Medicaid cuts taking effect Jan. 1, Ohio officials are citing fraud claims in home care programs that recipients and unpaid family caregivers say could push seniors into costlier nursing homes.
Ohio sees second week of ‘significant’ increases in cyclosporiasis cases
Lucas, Cuyahoga and Wood counties lead nearly 4,000 cases as the CDC traces the outbreak to recalled Taylor Farms iceberg lettuce from Mexico.
Two Ohio Republicans accused in cases involving women and children refuse to step aside
Miller's father-in-law, Sen. Bernie Moreno, publicly urged him to resign days before Miller requested an ethics probe into himself that a tied committee is unlikely to resolve.
Ramaswamy said Ohio children should be in school year-round and until 4 p.m. Then he deleted the video.
Ramaswamy deleted the video and never explained why, while Tiffin schools already faced a $1.2 million funding gap his own tax plan could deepen.
Democratic candidate for Ohio Auditor continues a life of learning as she aims for top job
Blackwell led Maple Heights out of a fiscal emergency and now faces Republican Frank LaRose, a 2024 U.S. Senate primary runner-up, for state auditor.
US House Ethics starts probe of abuse allegations against Ohio Rep. Max Miller at his request
Bernie Moreno told reporters his daughter lives in constant fear of Miller, while Miller's lawyer apologized for accidentally releasing sensitive photos of their toddler.
Backlash builds over Ramaswamy's 'embarrassing' speech to Ohio young conservatives
Acton called Ramaswamy an out-of-touch billionaire as the same crowd's data center complaints echo the moratorium Tiffin's council passed in April.
Max Miller’s evidence dump exposed nude image and personal details of his 2-year-old daughter
Miller's attorney blames a missed page for the leak as Sen. Bernie Moreno calls it grotesque and Miller now asks for his own House ethics probe before an Aug. 10 ballot deadline.
22 Seneca County food facilities cited for critical health violations in July inspections
Six facilities, up from four in June, still had uncorrected violations, including a nursing home dish machine that failed sanitizing temperature tests three times.
More than 1 million Ohioans aren’t getting essential safety-net benefits, analysis shows
Just 1 in 5 eligible Ohio households got energy assistance in 2023, and federal SNAP cuts of $186 billion could push participation even lower.
Ohio firefighters say Amy Acton will 'always have our backs' in governor endorsement
The endorsement ties Acton to the 2011 fight over Senate Bill 5, which Ramaswamy's own strategist and spokeswoman once defended against firefighters and other public workers.
"Vivek is a terrible candidate." Steve Bannon says Trump's Ohio pick is dragging Husted down with him
Bannon told supporters in June to abandon Ohio entirely, and cites a near 20% primary protest vote as proof Ramaswamy is weak within his own party.
Conservative activist lent radio host Jack Windsor $150K. Windsor filed bankruptcy; backer may get 5 cents on the dollar.
The debt went unpaid, they sued twice, and Windsor filed bankruptcy before a scheduled examination of his property. His proposed plan would repay roughly 5% of the creditor’s claim.
