COLUMBUS — The Ohio Democratic Party released the following statement from Chairman David Pepper responding to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling today in Janus v. AFSCME: “For years right-wing extremists and deep-pocketed donors have been systematically attacking workers’ rights through the courts and in state legislatures across the country — and today’s 5-4 decision in

Executive Committee Approves Resolutions Calling for Expanded Chartergate Audit, Condemning Trump Administration’s Family Separation Policies COLUMBUS — The Ohio Democratic Party executive committee voted unanimously to endorse Rich Cordray for governor and Betty Sutton for lieutenant governor, along with candidates for state House, state Senate and U.S. Congress on Saturday in Columbus. “The Ohio Democratic

GOP Super PAC Spends Big to Tout Troy’s Record — But Forgets to Mention His Support for Online Charters Like ECOT COLUMBUS — State Sen. Troy Balderson’s campaign is getting another bailout from D.C. insiders like Speaker Paul Ryan, as a Ryan-connected super PAC spends big on new TV ads touting Troy’s record, but they

COLUMBUS — For the second straight day and even on a day that many Republicans and Donald Trump himself reversed their positions, Mike DeWine refused to stand up and defend children who are being separated from their families at the border. Wednesday — DeWine declines to comment on proposed legislation or “call out Trump” to

ECOT’s Chartergate Scandal Dwarfs Coingate, According to IO Estimates COLUMBUS – The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow (ECOT) operated for 18 years in Ohio, and over nearly two decades the now-shuttered e-charter defrauded the state of hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars, according to estimates released today by the non-partisan think tank Innovation Ohio. “Up until

Ohio’s Special Election Could Determine Fate of Conservatives’ New Push to Repeal the Affordable Care Act COLUMBUS — As Gov. John Kasich speaks out against the Trump administration’s decision to throw millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions under the bus and conservatives plot to push another Affordable Care Act repeal bill, state Sen. Troy Balderson’s

This is the way ECOT ends Not with a bang but an auction The now-shuttered Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow (ECOT) was a for-profit online charter school that wasted at least $80 million in taxpayer dollars over the past two years. Since the state Department of Education finally decided to crack down on ECOT, the failed

Pence Bailing Out Balderson with Big-Dollar Fundraiser COLUMBUS — State Sen. Troy Balderson is desperate for dollars in his congressional race, with Mike Pence coming to Columbus today to host a fundraiser and tout the GOP tax scam — which the Trump administration is using to undermine the Affordable Care Act’s protections for people with

COLUMBUS — State Rep. Keith Faber’s statements about the now-shuttered Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow (ECOT), which is under criminal investigation for fraud, were dinged as “mostly false” by PolitiFact — but he’s still throwing out wild claims in an effort to distract from his record as “one of the legislature’s staunchest defenders of ECOT.” “Keith

Balderson Running for Congress with Support of Disgraced Former Ohio GOP Leader COLUMBUS — State Sen. Troy Balderson is running for Congress with the backing of former Speaker Cliff Rosenberger, launched his campaign under the direction of Rosenberger’s former chief of staff and traveled on the dime of GOPAC, the shady organization that sponsored an