COLUMBUS — Sen. Rob Portman has so far made the political calculus not to offend Donald Trump by uttering the phrase “President-elect Joe Biden,” but with today marking the so-called “safe harbor” deadline, Portman now faces a quandary — does he admit reality or continue to pander to the Trump dead-enders? “Rob Portman is worried

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Democratic Party released the following statement from Chairman David Pepper on the Fair School Funding Plan that passed the Ohio House with broad bipartisan support yesterday: “Ohio’s schoolchildren, their families and our communities have been waiting decades for legislators to do what the Ohio Constitution demands — provide high-quality public schools

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Democratic Party released the following statement from Chairman David Pepper in response to Sen. Rob Portman’s latest comments on stalled coronavirus relief legislation: “As of May 15 — the day that the U.S. House passed the Heroes Act, a comprehensive coronavirus relief package — 1,581 Ohioans had died from COVID-19,” said

COLUMBUS — Mike DeWine today praised the man he appointed to lead the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio as having done “done very, very good work” — even after federal agents raided the commission chair’s home earlier this week and a utility company’s filing indicated he had received a $4 million payment prior to taking

COLUMBUS — With news that a condo owned by Mike DeWine’s appointed head of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio was raided by federal agents today and previous reports that Dave Yost’s office and Frank LaRose’s office both received subpoenas, Larry Householder’s $61 million bribery scandal is ensnaring more and more Ohio Republicans. “Ohio Republicans

COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is helping to undermine the legitimacy of the presidential election results and trying to prop up Donald Trump’s inept legal strategy by filing a brief in a U.S. Supreme Court case challenging the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s ability to run its elections as it sees fit. “Dave Yost has

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Democratic Party today responded to the Ohio Republican Party’s meritless complaint to the Ohio State Bar Association about a factual ad that educates Ohio voters about Justices Sharon Kennedy and Judi French changing the rules so they could raise more money from special interests. “We welcome a conversation about the issues

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Democratic Party today released a new digital ad featuring Doug Stern, a retired Cincinnati firefighter and spokesperson for the campaign to repeal Senate Bill 5, touting the former Republican’s support for Joe Biden and his “pro-worker agenda.” Video script: “I’m Doug Stern, a retired Cincinnati firefighter and a proud member of

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Democratic Party today filed a complaint with the Ohio State Bar Association’s Judicial Election Campaign Advertising Monitoring Committee requesting it review the Republican State Leadership Committee’s commercial for its misleading content that impugns the integrity of Judge Jennifer Brunner and two sitting members of the Ohio Supreme Court. The complaint also

COLUMBUS — Ohio Supreme Court Justices Sharon Kennedy and Judi French doubled down on their anti-worker decision in Lunsford v. Sterilite and joined two of their fellow GOP justices in denying a motion for reconsideration of their earlier 4-3 decision, which allows Ohio employers to conduct mandatory drug testing using the “direct observation method.” “If