Ohio GOP insiders hand House nomination to Erie County party chairman as conservatives erupt
Stidham was one of six committee members entitled to vote on his own nomination, and Huffman and Reineke had already been working to secure it for him.
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Abuse allegations, an ethics probe and GOP calls to quit — Max Miller still makes Ramaswamy’s list
Ramaswamy removed a lawmaker's endorsement within 48 hours of abuse allegations in April but has left Miller's name up despite calls from Husted and Moreno to resign.
Ramaswamy backs opening Ohio retirement funds to crypto while holding a $69M stake in a bitcoin treasury company
Strive lost $257.6 million last quarter on bitcoin markdowns, meaning HB 18's pension provisions carry no cap unlike the treasurer's 10% limit.
Trump announces $180M for mining education as administration recommits to coal
Trump cited China's 3,000 annual mining graduates versus fewer than 170 in the U.S., plus warned half the domestic mining workforce retires within three years.
Ohio U.S. Senate candidates offer contrasting visions for data centers
A Bowling Green poll finds 71% of Ohioans want a construction moratorium, but neither Husted nor Brown has embraced one.
Ohio’s 9th Congressional district race: The candidates’ records on data centers
Merrin backed Ohio's data center tax breaks in 2017 and took donations from firms tied to those incentives, while Kaptur wants companies to pay their own way.
Trump administration threatens to gut Head Start rules
Advocates warn losing disability screening and staffing standards could weaken outcomes for the roughly 70,000 California children Head Start currently serves.
More states ban child marriage, though it’s still legal in most of the US
Ohio's own bill stalled before a full Senate vote after a Vinton County case involving a mother married at 15 renewed scrutiny of the state's 17-year-old exception.
Tiffin councilman again says he did not endorse Gary Click, tells Click to ‘adjust your messaging’
Click insisted Roessner supports him and accused others of spreading “fake news” for reporting the councilman's denial. So Roessner went directly to Click and said it himself.
2 in 3 MAGA voters say they would support a GOP candidate accused of sexual assault, poll finds
Ohio Rep. Max Miller is testing that loyalty live, refusing to quit despite abuse allegations while Democrats forced Maine's Platner out over similar claims.
Fact check: Ramaswamy super PAC misleads voters with Acton attacks over CDC training, TV remote
Five out-of-state donors supplied 88% of the $8.2 million ad buy, while Ohio's own filings leave the spending's purpose blank and DeWine says the COVID decisions were his.
GOP civil war brews in House District 89 as Statehouse leaders push insider candidate
Erie GOP chair Caleb Stidham is applying for the seat he'll help decide, while Statehouse leaders Huffman and Reineke quietly back him, a source tells TiffinOhio.net.
A growing credibility crisis: Gary Click’s record of false claims keeps expanding
Five Click claims since February were contradicted by church records, archives or named sources, but only one prompted a correction, and it named no one.
Todd Blanche confirmed by the US Senate as attorney general; Collins, Murkowski vote no
Sen. Bill Cassidy cast the deciding vote after Blanche pledged to kill Trump's $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund, prompting Schumer to accuse the Senate of enabling corruption.
Kratom to remain illegal in Ohio, judge rules, handing DeWine a win on drugs
Botanic Tonics plans to appeal, but the ruling holds until a June 2027 trial as the DEA separately moves to classify kratom alongside heroin and LSD.
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.
Trump again tries to curb birthright citizenship, following Supreme Court loss
The new orders target children of terrorist group members, diplomatic staff and birth tourists, with agencies given 30 days to issue guidance.
Blanche nomination for AG in doubt after Alaska’s Murkowski says she’s opposed
Murkowski's no vote leaves Trump needing Louisiana's Bill Cassidy, the lone undecided Republican, to confirm Blanche amid Epstein files and immunity fund concerns.
US Senate panel votes to hold Fauci in contempt for declining to answer COVID questions
Democrats say Sen. Rand Paul's committee tried to trap Fauci into statements not covered by Biden's pardon, then sent the resolution straight to prosecutors.
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.
