COLUMBUS — The Ohio Democratic Party is welcoming Democratic U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris of California to Columbus on Sunday, Oct. 7, to keynote its State Dinner at 5 p.m. in the Battelle Grand Ballroom at the Columbus Convention Center, 400 N. High St., Columbus, OH 43215. “Hard-working Ohioans deserve access to affordable health care, good-paying

COLUMBUS — The Columbus Dispatch broke this week that the Koch brothers’ dark money group, “Americans For Prosperity,” is swooping in to fund ads for six Republican House and Senate candidates in Ohio. “The Republican Party and the Koch Brothers are nervous — and they should be. But this also means Ohio’s amazing Democratic candidates

COLUMBUS — During his long tenure in Washington, Steve Chabot has had numerous opportunities to vote to protect health care coverage for people with pre-existing conditions but has repeatedly failed, directly contradicting his claim that he would guarantee those with pre-existing conditions cannot be denied coverage. Mike Pence has said that if Republicans maintain control

Lawmaker Says One Thing, Does Another COLUMBUS — While Republican state Sen. Frank LaRose has made plans to walk in Toledo’s Labor Day parade, a cursory glance at his record reveals he has repeatedly supported anti-labor Republican attacks on hard-working Ohioans. “In 2011, Frank LaRose told his constituents he intended to oppose Senate Bill 5

COLUMBUS — The Ohio AFL-CIO and their 600,000 members from across the state have endorsed Judge Melody J. Stewart and Judge Michael P. Donnelly for the Ohio Supreme Court. “Ohio’s Labor Federation is proud to support Judge Melody J. Stewart and Judge Michael P. Donnelly for Ohio Supreme Court,” said Ohio AFL-CIO President Tim Burga.

COLUMBUS — As Democrats continued their years-long push to hold ECOT accountable today, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine scrambled to separate himself from the massive GOP scandal by filing charges against the defunct e-school’s leaders. “While Democrats have been traveling the state demanding accountability for ECOT and for-profit charter schools, Republican officials in Ohio took

COLUMBUS — Democratic Ohio Supreme Court candidates Judge Michael P. Donnelly and Melody J. Stewart received perfect 4.0 “excellent” scores from JudgeForYourself.com, a service of the Judicial Candidates Rating Coalition, while Republican candidate Craig R. Baldwin refused to participate, and Judge Stewart received a preferred marking over her opponent Mary DeGenaro. “On the heels of

COLUMBUS — Dave Yost’s failure to hold ECOT accountable caused grievous harm not only to the schoolchildren and families hurt by ECOT, but also to public schools and students, public education advocates including current and former teachers noted on a conference call Monday. ECOT’s corrupt operation diverted nearly $600 million from public school districts across

COLUMBUS — Two new TV ads out from Steve Stivers serve as a reminder that Stivers voted more than 50 times to repeal, dismantle or defund the Affordable Care Act, and when that didn’t work, he backed the Trump tax scam that shoehorned in provisions to sabotage it. The repeal of the individual mandate included

COLUMBUS — The Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA) Commission on Judicial Candidates released its ratings for the 2018 General Election Tuesday, with Judges Melody J. Stewart and Michael P. Donnelly pulling in higher ratings than their respective opponents in the two races for Ohio Supreme Court. Judge Stewart earned the highest rating among all the