More than 130 medical calls made from Butler County, Ohio jail since ICE deal, records show
A deported detainee is suing over an alleged beating, while lawyers and faith leaders say the jail neglects medical care for ICE inmates.
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DeWine vetoes bill requiring photo ID for Ohio absentee ballots, 6 months after signing other voting restrictions
DeWine cited practical flaws and costs, six months after signing a separate absentee ballot restriction he said he opposed.
States that won’t obey Trump order will have their mail ballots halted, postmaster says
Postmaster General David Steiner told Senate Democrats that states refusing to submit voter lists will lose mail ballot delivery under Trump's executive order.
Brian Shaver tours OH-5 in a union-made 1939 Nash
The Fostoria teacher and council president is using a restored 1939 Nash made partly in the district to connect with voters across nine counties.
4 years after Dobbs, Vivek Ramaswamy's anti-abortion record clashes with the reproductive rights Ohioans wrote into their constitution
Ramaswamy has praised six-week abortion bans and called himself unapologetically pro-life, positions at odds with Ohio voters' 2023 amendment protecting abortion up to fetal viability.
Ohio Federation of Teachers endorses Aaron Jones for Ohio House District 88
The union representing 20,000 Ohio educators backed Jones, a Tiffin factory supervisor and council member, as he challenges GOP incumbent Gary Click in a district Click won by fewer than 600 votes in May.
Trump spikes housing bill at last minute, refusing to sign until SAVE America Act passes
Trump is using his 10-day signing window as leverage to force Congress to pass his election security bill, despite the housing measure passing 85-5 in the Senate.
US Senate joins House in rebuke of Trump over his war in Iran
Four Republicans broke ranks to join Democrats in the 50-48 vote, as Trump's team argues the measure is unconstitutional.
Bipartisan affordable housing bill heads to Trump’s desk
The 358-32 House vote sends the bill to Trump, who has signaled support, despite last-minute conservative objections over election security measures.
Ohio GOP candidate for governor has put $500,000 on the campaign credit card
Campaign finance experts say Ramaswamy is violating Ohio law by refusing to itemize $509,000 in credit card spending, while the GOP-led Secretary of State's office has yet to enforce it.
The loss of local news isn’t just making voters less informed, it makes taxpayers poorer, study says
Ohio's 21 news desert counties pay $12 million extra annually in bond interest because lenders see unmonitored governments as riskier.
Ohio governor grants mercy to man on death row for first time
DeWine's first death row commutation in eight years came weeks before he called for abolishing capital punishment, citing the victim's family's faith and repeated execution delays.
An Ohio company won a no-bid contract to keep the Reflecting Pool clear. It turned green instead.
The Ohio firm's owner is a twice-convicted felon and Trump donor who gave $350,000 to his campaigns and lives near Mar-a-Lago.
Vivek Ramaswamy’s luxury jet travel continues to fuel criticism in Ohio governor’s race
Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is using a new private jet to travel to public and private appearances across the country.
Democratic AG candidate John Kulewicz bringing statewide tour to Tiffin
Kulewicz, a Columbus attorney facing Republican Keith Faber in November, is tied 34-34 in an internal poll with nearly a third of voters undecided.
Ohio voter rights group denies any wrongdoing while FBI stays silent on ‘swarms’ across state
The Ohio Organizing Collaborative, which has registered 600,000 voters, says the June 12 sweep of more than 100 agents is meant to discourage volunteers and donors in an election year.
States are changing fire codes to make housing cheaper. Some safety experts are worried.
The International Association of Fire Fighters warns a single stairwell forces firefighters and fleeing residents to share the same escape route during a blaze.
Trump ‘trampled’ voter privacy by feeding info into Homeland Security system, judge says
Judge Sooknanan's 75-page ruling vacates DHS directives and could block a planned expansion that would tie homeland security grants to state voter-roll compliance.
Ramaswamy wants to end Ohio's capital gains tax, benefiting wealthy residents—and himself
An LSC memo found 81.6% of the benefit would flow to Ohioans earning over $200,000, and Ramaswamy's own filings show $211 million in capital gains across two years.
Ohio will lose 51,000 jobs, $5.3 billion due to Trump cuts by 2029, new analysis finds
The Commonwealth Fund projects Ohio loses $368 million in state and local tax revenue, while the $200 million rural health fund Republicans added fails to offset ACA subsidy losses.
