ELYRIA — Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper and Sharon Sweda, candidate for Ohio Senate District 13, yesterday held a news conference to demand answers about Ohio Statehouse corruption from gubernatorial candidate Mike DeWine and state Rep. Nathan Manning. Disgraced former Ohio House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger resigned the speakership earlier this month amid reports that

COLUMBUS — As Ohio makes national headlines for legislation recently introduced by Statehouse Republicans to criminalize abortion, the Ohio GOP’s endorsed state treasurer candidate, Robert Sprague, is backing this blatantly unconstitutional and cruel attack on women’s health care. “Robert Sprague’s Republican colleague in the Ohio House, Ron Hood, is proudly touting his proposal to have

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Democratic Party released the following statement from Chairman David Pepper in response to today’s report in RealClearPolitics that House Speaker Paul Ryan is stepping in to help raise money for GOP Congressman Steve Chabot after he “raised only about a quarter the amount of his Democratic opponent, Aftab Pureval” last quarter:

Federal Appellate Court Strikes Down Ohio Law Defunding Planned Parenthood COLUMBUS — A federal appeals court today delivered yet another legal defeat to Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, whose office has been defending a law to defund Planned Parenthood and take away funding for health screenings and programs to combat dating violence and infant mortality.

COLUMBUS — After spending months ducking questions about whether he supports Gov. John Kasich’s Medicaid expansion, the Ohio Republican Party’s anointed candidate, Mike DeWine, released a new ad yesterday attacking opponent Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor for having “supported Barack Obama’s Medicaid expansion under Obamacare.” “It’s sad that Mike DeWine needs to hide behind a television

COLUMBUS — It’s been nearly two weeks since former Ohio House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger hired a defense lawyer because of a potential FBI investigation, and Frank LaRose still hasn’t spoken out about the Republican culture of corruption in Columbus — but he did scrub his campaign website of his Rosenberger endorsement:        

COLUMBUS — As Ohioans scramble to file their taxes before today’s deadline, the wealthy, special interests and lobbyists are salivating at the prospect of more Republican tax giveaways from either Mike DeWine or Mary Taylor as Ohio’s next governor. “Working families can’t afford another four years of Mike DeWine and Mary Taylor’s tax giveaways and

COLUMBUS — As Tax Day comes around once again this year, Ohioans may want to remember that as Ohio Senate President, Keith Faber helped enact an annual pass-through tax giveaway that directly benefits Keith Faber. On June 11, 2017, the Columbus Dispatch reported: “When Ohio lawmakers approved generous cuts in, or outright elimination of, state

Disgraced Former Ohio House Speaker Raised $14,850 at Fundraiser for Faber in January COLUMBUS — Nearly a week after former Ohio House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger hired a defense lawyer because of a potential FBI investigation, and three days after Rosenberger announced his resignation, state Rep. Keith Faber — the GOP candidate for auditor — still

Ohio Dems: DeWine Must Recuse From Any State AG Investigation Into His Fellow Republican COLUMBUS — Amid reports the Republican Speaker of the Ohio House, Cliff Rosenberger, is under federal investigation, he is now going to step down immediately, rather than depart at the end of the month — which would have allowed him to