As Ohio Legislative Black Caucus President Stephanie Howse Visits El Salvador to Learn Devastating Impact of Abortion Bans, Ohio GOP Lawmakers Introduce Total Abortion Ban COLUMBUS — During the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump called for women to be punished for abortion and committed to nominate Supreme Court justices to overturn Roe v. Wade, and now
In case you missed it… Through the “Main Street Initiative,” the Ohio Democratic Party is continuing to focus on building a bench of great public servants at the local level — and that focus paid dividends on Tuesday night, as Ohio Democrats won races in big cities, growing suburbs and even deep-red counties. In addition,
COLUMBUS — Shadowy dark money groups linked to Republican operatives are jumping into local races from Trumbull County to Summit County to Greene County, spending big, while hiding their donors and partisan affiliations from public scrutiny. “Secret dark money is flooding into Ohio’s local elections, bringing the nasty, divisive tone we’ve seen coming out of
Portman: “We Don’t Know If There Are Any Laws Broken” (Pentagon Lawyers Thought So) COLUMBUS — Ohio’s Rob Portman echoed other senators yesterday when he declared that he is a “juror” in the impeachment proceeding, but that hasn’t stopped him from spending weeks parroting the very talking points being put out by the defendant —
NYT Report Found That Frank LaRose’s Purge “Was Wrong About 20%” COLUMBUS — The Ohio Democratic Party today provided the Ohio Secretary of State’s office with an updated public records request in response to their refusal to turn over any documents related to the voter purge that removed more than 180,000 registered voters from the
Portman Also Doesn’t Dispute Trump’s Characterization of Emoluments Clause as “Phony” COLUMBUS — Rob Portman is part of an exclusive club in the U.S. Senate — just seven senators are saying they would rule out impeachment, and Portman is one of the seven who apparently already has his mind made up, even before he has
SHOT: After opposing universal background checks, GOP state Sen. Matt Dolan says of his watered-down gun reform legislation: “I want to make meaningful change that can pass.” CHASER: “House Speaker Larry Householder still isn’t buying it … ” APERTIF: In 2006, Dolan voted to overturn Republican Gov. Bob Taft’s veto of legislation that took away
Rudy Has Been Bragging to Media About His Ukrainian Efforts For Months COLUMBUS — Donald Trump told the world that Rob Portman “backed me up” on his Ukraine cover story, but now Portman is claiming he doesn’t know why Trump “would turn to” Rudy Giuliani on Ukrainian issues, months after Giuliani told the New York
In case you missed it… Donald Trump’s broken promise to the people of the Mahoning Valley — that their jobs were “all coming back” — is front and center as the tentative deal reached between General Motors and the United Auto Workers will not reopen the GM plant in Lordstown. Bloomberg writes that GM’s decision