COLUMBUS — State Sen. Matt Dolan is leading the push to protect the billion-dollar “legislators and lobbyists” tax loophole in the Senate GOP version of the state budget — but the last time the budget was being debated, he refused to say how much that loophole benefits him personally. “Matt Dolan led this budget process
COLUMBUS — Auditor Dave Yost documented how Lake Erie West — the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow’s sponsor, which was charged with monitoring the failed online charter school that bilked taxpayers for hundreds of millions of dollars — could have received as much as $15 million from ECOT over the years. Attorney General Dave Yost is
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Senate Republican budget, “quarterbacked” by state Sen. Matt Dolan, features a $5 million giveaway to special-interest fake women’s health centers, restoration of the billion-dollar “legislators and lobbyists” tax loophole and a large investment in education vouchers being pushed by the Koch brothers and Betsy DeVos. “House Democrats led the process to
COLUMBUS — State Sen. Stephanie Kunze represents nearly 42,000 Ohioans who live in her 16th Senate District who are covered by Medicaid, but her Republican leader, Senate President Larry Obhof continued to attack Medicaid expansion in a Facebook Live discussion Tuesday with Jim Renacci, serving as a reminder of Kunze’s own attack on the program.
COLUMBUS — On Monday night — one week after a “record-breaking tornado outbreak” struck southwestern Ohio — four Republican House members from Ohio voted against a $19 billion bipartisan disaster relief bill that has President Donald Trump’s “total approval.” “Even as Ohio is struggling to recover from 15 tornadoes that left a trail of destruction
COLUMBUS — Donald Trump told Ohioans he would crack down on China’s unfair currency manipulation that is jeopardizing good paying jobs in our state, but this week the Associated Press reported this — Trump chose “not [to] brand China as currency manipulator” — for the fifth time since taking office. See for yourself: “The Trump
In case you missed it… Elected officials in Lucas County spoke out yesterday at the Toledo Express Airport — home to the 180th fighter wing — to highlight how Ohio jobs and our nation’s security are at risk because of President Donald Trump’s diversion of funds from vital military construction projects for a wall at
In case you missed it… Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy all distanced themselves over the weekend from dangerous, unconstitutional abortion bans allowing no exceptions for rape or incest, but in Ohio Mike DeWine signed such a bill into law with Jon Husted’s support, and Dave Yost vowed to defend it. “Some national Republicans
In case you missed it… Local officials in Richland County spoke out yesterday at the Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport — home to the 179th Airlift Wing — to highlight how Ohio jobs and our nation’s security are at risk because of President Donald Trump’s diversion of funds from vital military construction projects for a wall
COLUMBUS — Ohio Democratic Women’s Caucus Vice Chair Constance Lighthall issued the following statement Thursday after this week’s committee hearing of House Bill 182 sponsored by state Rep. John Becker that would prohibit health insurance companies from providing coverage for abortion care and even some forms of contraception: “Ohio is facing a crisis in infant