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Members of the Ohio Senate Government Oversight Committee hear testimony on a new map of state congressional districts on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth) RPJS101 RPJS101

November 22, 2021 at 2:04 pm

How Ohio's new congressional map sprinted into law with only GOP votes

Ohio's final congressional map sprinted through the Legislature last week and was signed by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine over the weekend, all in less than...

November 13, 2021 at 5:30 am

Lions, tigers and an unbearable year at Jack Hanna’s zoo

It's been a bear of a year for Ohio's Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, the nation’s second-largest zoological park.

Business

November 8, 2021 at 12:39 pm

Consumer advocates: New facts demand fresh FirstEnergy audit

Consumer advocates are asking the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to reopen one of its audits of Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. after discovering evidence that the...

Business

November 1, 2021 at 9:07 pm

GOP’s Carey, Democrats’ Brown win US House seats in Ohio VIEW

Republican coal lobbyist Mike Carey has defeated a two-term state lawmaker to win an open U.S. House seat in central Ohio, while Democrat Shontel Brown...

November 1, 2021 at 8:57 am

Biden backs Ohio Rep. Allison Russo in race for US House

President Joe Biden has thrown his political weight behind two-term Democratic state Rep. Allison Russo, who faces a Trump-backed Republican in Tuesday's race for an...

October 25, 2021 at 1:44 pm

Biden sued over reversal of Trump-era abortion referral ban

Ohio’s top lawyer has filed suit against the Biden administration seeking to restore a Trump-era ban on abortion referrals by family planning clinics that was...

October 24, 2021 at 10:02 pm

6 candidates for US Senate in Ohio vie for evangelical votes

The lone Republican moderate at a U_S_ Senate candidate forum in Ohio says that at one point he felt “like a Browns fan in Pittsburgh...

October 21, 2021 at 11:07 am

Texts detail how Ohio regulator gave FirstEnergy inside help

A newly surfaced text exchange between then-FirstEnergy Corp. executives give a new peek into the favors the company got from Ohio’s top utility regulator.

Business

October 9, 2021 at 6:50 am

Local school boards emerge as hot races in November election VIEW

Races for local school board seats have emerged as intense political battlegrounds in the upcoming Nov. 2 elections across the U.S. Parental protests that started...

FILE – In this June 26, 2021, file photo Republican congressional candidate Max Miller speaks at a rally in Wellington, Ohio. Miller filed a defamation lawsuit against former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham in a court in Cleveland on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, over allegations of physical abuse Grisham is leveling while promoting her new book, “I’ll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw at the Trump White House.” (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File) PAKS202 PAKS202

October 6, 2021 at 8:45 am

Ex-Trump aide files defamation suit over abuse allegations

A former Trump aide and U.S. House candidate in Ohio has filed a defamation lawsuit over allegations of physical abuse that his former girlfriend and...