In case you missed it… As the state legislature considers the next two-year budget, Athens County public servants and addiction treatment experts are calling for the restoration of funding for local communities, highlighting how the loss in funding has hurt their ability to combat the addiction crisis and provide vital services. KEY HIGHLIGHTS: From The
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Democratic Party has filed a public records request for all correspondence, bids, contracts, payments, meeting minutes and other records regarding a now-deleted video produced by the Ohio Attorney General’s Office that ended up in a campaign email for AG Dave Yost. “Ohio taxpayers deserve full transparency on what taxpayer resources were
COLUMBUS — Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper issued the following statement Friday after a three-judge panel from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio ruled that Ohio’s congressional map is an “unconstitutional partisan gerrymander” and must be redrawn by the 2020 election: “We applaud the decision from the federal Southern District
COLUMBUS — The Ohio House voted Wednesday to end state takeovers of school districts, which have come under fire for failing to provide struggling schools with the support they need as out-of-district CEOs replaced democratically elected school boards in East Cleveland, Lorain and Youngstown. But despite broad, bipartisan support, state Rep. Tom Brinkman voted against
Executive Committee Approves 2020 Delegate Selection Plan COLUMBUS — The Ohio Democratic Party executive committee approved its delegate selection plan for the 2020 Democratic National Convention Tuesday evening and passed resolutions supporting the protection of Ohio voters and opposing school privatization. “Tonight, the Ohio Democratic Party resolved to reject the dangerous and harmful school privatization
COLUMBUS — Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper released the following statement on Mike DeWine’s first 100 days in office: “Normally announcements about an elected official’s first 100 days in office include a list of things the person is proud to highlight, but Mike DeWine didn’t include any such list. Perhaps that’s because his most
Trump’s Move Would Take $112 Million From Five Ohio Military Projects COLUMBUS — Jon Husted questioned an executive order proposed by a Democratic candidate on Tuesday, but never expressed similar concerns when Donald Trump used an executive order to declare a fake national emergency and divert up to $112 million from Ohio military projects to
COLUMBUS — Donald Trump wants to add Stephen Moore — one of the architects of Ronald Reagan’s “voodoo economics” — to the Federal Reserve Board, despite Moore’s derision of Cleveland and Cincinnati as “the armpits of America.” “Sherrod Brown is right when he says Stephen Moore’s comments are just the latest ones to disqualify him
Portman in 1998: “The Truth Must Be The Bedrock Of Our Judicial System” COLUMBUS — In October 2016, Sen. Rob Portman withdrew his support for Donald Trump over the “Access Hollywood” video, but it remains to be seen if Portman believes the revelations in the Mueller report — including actions that he calls “inappropriate” —
COLUMBUS — Republican state Rep. Don Manning has only been in Columbus for a few months, but he’s already busy carrying water for radical special interests and dark-money groups — including an anti-vaccination group that is downplaying the current measles outbreak as “hysteria.” “Even as we’re seeing the country’s second-worst measles outbreak in more than