Antani, Keller, Lang, Roegner, Merrin Among Those Who Sided With Fuyao Against Workers COLUMBUS — In 2017, U.S. Rep. Mike Turner took sides with Fuyao against Ohio workers who were trying to organize, but today a federal agency is investigating the Chinese-owned company for illegally suppressing unionization efforts at their Moraine plant. “Three years later

In case you missed it… Even as Donald Trump has broken his promise to “get those prescription drug prices way down,” Democratic legislators in Congress and at the Ohio Statehouse are pushing forward with proposals to lower drug costs for Ohioans. This week Ohio Capital Journal highlighted legislation by state Rep. Beth Liston and state

Democratic Party Joins Fair Fight PAC, Swing Left and National Democratic Redistricting Committee in Targeting Ohio COLUMBUS — The Democratic National Committee is adding Ohio to its “Battleground Build-up 2020” program, which is a multi-million-dollar investment that will fund new on-the-ground hires and additional offices, to defeat Donald Trump and help boost down-ballot races, including

Republican Justices Routinely Protect Powerful Special Interests, Over People of Ohio COLUMBUS — In yet another example of how the Republican justices on the Ohio Supreme Court routinely vote to protect powerful special interests over the people, the GOP majority this month sided with a restaurant owner who fired a seven-year employee after she complained

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose Joins Malicious Partisan Attack COLUMBUS — As a U.S. Navy veteran who flew combat missions over Iraq, Hillary “Toro” O’Connor Mueri is used to dealing with incoming fire — just not from her fellow veterans. This week Congressman Dave Joyce and the Ohio Republican Party made a false attack

COLUMBUS — Yesterday Ohio’s Republican secretary of state, Frank LaRose, said, “You should think very carefully before you say something that would cause people to lose faith in elections … When that is done for partisan political gain, it is the height of irresponsibility.” Less than 24 hours later the Ohio Republican Party sent a

Trump Said GM Lordstown Closing “Doesn’t Really Matter,” Now He’s Trying to Kill a Loan Program That Could Save Lordstown Jobs COLUMBUS — After workers at the General Motors plant in Lordstown pleaded with Donald Trump to help save their jobs, he ignored their pleas. Then he said GM Lordstown’s closing “doesn’t really matter.” Then

In 2019, Ohio Lost Thousands of Blue-Collar Jobs in Manufacturing and Construction COLUMBUS — Donald Trump plans to tout a “blue-collar boom” during tonight’s State of the Union address — but Ohio lost thousands of blue-collar jobs last year, and today is the one-year anniversary of General Motors beginning involuntary layoffs of thousands of workers,

In case you missed it… Ohio Democrats are keeping up the drumbeat on Donald Trump’s broken promises on health care, and they were in Portage County on Friday, highlighting how prescription drug prices have continued to skyrocket and how Trump and the GOP have attacked the Affordable Care Act and its protections for people with

Portman to Cast Vote Against Hearing From Witnesses (Including Himself) COLUMBUS — Despite being an active participant in the events leading up to Donald Trump’s impeachment, Sen. Rob Portman is today casting a vote to prevent further witness testimony — which might, of course, reveal the depth of Portman’s own involvement in Trump’s schemes. “In