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Two different versions of election reform are brewing in the legislature. Democrats who dominate the Ohio House approved their version weeks ago. Wednesday, Republicans who dominate the Senate approved a different version. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports.
President Obama's Afghanistan surge is proving to be good politics - if you're a Democrat who's against it. In Massachusetts, all of the Democrats running in a special primary to fill Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's seat oppose the surge, as do the two top Democrats fighting for the nomination for Ohio's U.S. Senate seat in 2010. "I think we all agree this is wrong," said Rep. Michael E. Capuano, one ...
By DAVID YONKE BLADE RELIGION EDITOR A local Lutheran congregation has taken the first step toward leaving the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America over the denomination's decision to ordain gay clergy and support same-sex unions. Members of St. Paul's Church in Maumee voted 87 percent to 13 percent Sunday to quit the denomination, the first church in the Northwest Ohio Synod to conduct such a ...
MOUNT VERNON -- Former Mount Vernon School Board candidate Robert Kirk is scheduled to appear before the Ohio Elections Commission Jan. 21 in regard to a complaint filed claiming he took corporate donations during his campaign.
Ohio Supreme Court elections have become increasingly fueled by campaign finances and partisanship, Chief Justice Thomas Moyer said Monday.
MONTGOMERY, Ohio - Montgomery City Council has updated their Code of Ordinances to allow chickens and rabbits to be kept in residential backyards. The past eight months, residents were allowed to post their opinions on the City's Web site.
Buckeye safety Kurt Coleman walked away from Ohio State’s football banquet with more awards than any other player. In addition to MVP, Coleman won the Bill Williams outstanding defensive player and the Woody Hayes Award, which goes to the outstanding player in the Michigan game.
An Ohio man has pleaded guilty in federal court to operating a sex-trafficking business out of a Millersville apartment, admitting he and three other men brought at least 12 young women to Maryland earlier this year to work as prostitutes.
COLUMBUS -- Ohio is scrambling to make more changes to its education system before a January deadline to better compete with other cash-hungry states for roughly $4.4 billion in additional federal education stimulus money.
LANCASTER -- Mike DeWine brought his campaign for Ohio Attorney General to Lancaster Thursday and stressed his reasons for seeking the office.
COUNTY COURTHOUSES throughout Ohio are grand buildings and the center of county government in Jefferson County is no exception. Located in downtown Steubenville opposite the site of Fort Steuben, the Jefferson County Courthouse is a source of community pride and commitment, just like most courthouses in the Buckeye state. Jefferson County was formed July 29, 1797.
Vote ousts Morrison from the UA board Ohio Senate votes 30-3 to remove Morrison
BALTIMORE -- Three of the key pieces from Liberty Union's recent success were rewarded in Division V all-Ohio voting released Wednesday.
Opponents of legalizing slot machines at Ohio's seven horse-racing tracks say they have gathered enough petition signatures to put the issue on the November 2010 statewide ballot.
Ohio Senate votes to remove Morrison from UA board
CINCINNATI -- An Ohio man has been sentenced to two years of probation for filing false signatures on absentee voter applications while he worked for a group tied to this year's successful pro-casino ballot issue.
