Meet the Ohio Senate candidate who likes white nationalists and hates gay people
Josh Mandel is back.
By Josh Israel - February 10, 2021
Josh Mandel is back.
By Josh Israel - February 10, 2021
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton spoke at the White House rally before the violent insurrection at the Capitol, saying ‘we will not quit fighting.’
By Associated Press - January 18, 2021
Gov. Mike DeWine is one of few Republican governors to implement a mask mandate and other coronavirus restrictions.
By Emily Singer - December 01, 2020
As of now, 10 states have ‘trigger laws’ that will automatically make abortion illegal if Roe v. Wade is overturned.
By Lisa Needham - November 20, 2020
More than 21 million votes have already been cast in the 2020 election — with Democrats far outpacing Republicans.
By Emily Singer - October 16, 2020
Biden is known to take coronavirus precautions, while Trump and his allies have openly ignored them.
By Josh Israel - October 02, 2020
Trump has not delivered on his promise to ‘get those jobs coming back’ to Ohio.
By Tana Ganeva - September 29, 2020
By spreading misinformation and attacking voting by mail, Trump and his campaign are waging war on the 2020 election.
By Emily Singer - September 17, 2020
A coalition of Democratic groups aims to prevent disenfranchisement in the November general election.
By Emily Singer - September 10, 2020
Donald Trump complained that Goodyear ‘announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS.’
By Josh Israel - August 19, 2020
The alleged $60 million bribery scheme could cause political fallout for Republicans in Ohio.
By Associated Press - July 22, 2020
State Sen. Steve Huffman’s question ‘reflects how unconscious this problem of racism is for too many.’
By Josh Israel - June 11, 2020
Many Republican-led states want workers to choose between their health and unemployment benefits.
By Dan Desai Martin - June 04, 2020
A new study confirms that ‘restrictive policies do not improve reproductive health.’
By Lisa Needham - May 28, 2020
The state is encouraging employers to report workers who do not come back to reopened jobs out of fear of the coronavirus.
By Emily Singer - May 05, 2020
Also: Michigan invests $130 million in child care, and Ohio is closer to having its first LGBTQ sheriff.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 01, 2020
Ohio’s vote is being closely watched as a case study for how to proceed with elections if the pandemic doesn’t ease.
By Associated Press - April 28, 2020
‘Life comes with some level of risk and it should be our choice to determine how we assess that risk as free citizens,’ Ohio state Rep. Nino Vitale wrote to Gov. Mike DeWine.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 20, 2020
GOP officials are using the pandemic as an opportunity to push their right-wing agenda.
By Lisa Needham - April 02, 2020
The state declared a health emergency that canceled in-person voting, even though a judge ruled the primary had to be held.
By Associated Press - March 17, 2020
Gov. Mike DeWine said he does not have the power to order the change, so affected voters will file a lawsuit asking a judge to do it instead.
By Associated Press - March 16, 2020
The bill would also ban abortion at every stage of pregnancy and classify it as murder.
By Emily Singer - January 22, 2020
Localities rejected thousands of requests for absentee ballots because of missing or dissimilar-looking signatures.
By Josh Israel - December 16, 2019
State Rep. Tim Ginter’s (R) proposed religious exemption from facts reportedly came from a Christianist advocacy group.
By Josh Israel - December 09, 2019
Doctors could face criminal charges if they don’t attempting a procedure considered medically impossible: the reimplantation of an ectopic pregnancy.
By Associated Press - December 04, 2019
A new 723-page bill would implement harsh penalties for those seeking reproductive health care.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 26, 2019
The Ohio House of Representatives just passed a measure that allows students to give the wrong answers in school as long as religion is involved.
By Lisa Needham - November 15, 2019
When voting rights groups got access to Ohio’s list of people it intended to remove from voter rolls, they found nearly 1 in 5 people were on the list improperly.
By Lisa Needham - October 16, 2019
Gov. Mike DeWine promised to ‘do something’ after a deadly shooting earlier this year. Now he’s reversing course.
By Josh Israel - October 07, 2019
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) slammed Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), reminding him of certain scandals in Ohio.
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