by Brian Ball | Nov 24, 2021 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A national liberal organization challenged Ohio’s recently approved congressional redistricting maps in a lawsuit filed with the Ohio Supreme Court, contending the new “gerrymandered” maps violate redistricting reforms...
by Brian Ball | Nov 23, 2021 | Battleground States, News, Ohio, The Midwest
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has urged President Joe Biden to support keeping propane and light crude flowing through pipelines along the floor of the straits of Mackinac under threat of closure from Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a...
by Brian Ball | Nov 20, 2021 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The November 19 vote of congressional Democrats to pass the Build Back Better Act cornucopia of social spending and policies unleashed a wave of criticism from Ohio’s GOP U.S. representatives united in a fear of unbridled inflation...
by Brian Ball | Nov 19, 2021 | Battleground States, News, Ohio, The Midwest
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Republicans in the Ohio House passed a four-year congressional map on a 55-36 party-line vote after more than an hour of floor speeches Thursday. Democrats and others opposed to Amended Sen. Bill 258 called for Governor Mike DeWine, a...
by Brian Ball | Nov 17, 2021 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Legislation to allow all businesses to qualify as “essential” and have an equal opportunity to remain open during a future public health emergency has passed the Ohio Senate. Unanimous Senate passage on November 16 of Amended...
by Brian Ball | Nov 16, 2021 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio Attorney Dave Yost has taken social media behemoth Facebook to federal court for misleading investors on how the negative effects of its content management algorithms in an effort to boost its stock performance while deceiving...
by Brian Ball | Nov 12, 2021 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The leadership of the Ohio Republican Party (ORP) has taken away the board subcommittee assignments of several State Central Committee members who have questioned the accounting standards and management’s actions during the last...
by Brian Ball | Nov 10, 2021 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to take up the appeal of Governor Michael DeWine’s decision to cut off the $300 bonus unemployment checks funded by the federal government. The court announced it will take up the case from the 10...
by Brian Ball | Nov 9, 2021 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest
Passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act over the weekend brought accolades from a chief negotiator, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) as well as U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH). But conservative U.S. Representative Warren Davidson (R-OH-08)...
by Brian Ball | Nov 6, 2021 | Battleground States, News, Ohio, The Midwest
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and six other state attorneys general have challenged the Biden administration’s authority to impose COVID-19 regulations through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) emergency...
by Brian Ball | Nov 5, 2021 | Battleground States, News, Ohio, The Midwest
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the authority of the Biden administration to require all federal contractors to get COVID-19 vaccinations, calling the mandate unconstitutional and a threat to public...
by Brian Ball | Nov 4, 2021 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Republican primary candidate for U.S. Senate Jane Timken said her political action committee (PAC)’s support for supporting conservative candidates for Ohio school boards helped 21 candidates win seats at the November 2 ballot boxes...
by Brian Ball | Nov 3, 2021 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Dave Joyce has introduced legislation designed to hold Big Tech media companies accountable for their so-called website moderation policies which doesn’t silence conservative voices in the virtual marketplace...
by Brian Ball | Nov 2, 2021 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A former co-campaign manager for Ohio gubernatorial candidate Joe Blystone has filed a complaint with the Ohio Elections Commission (OEC) that alleges the candidate purposely underreported cash contributions, failed to disclose the names...
by Brian Ball | Oct 29, 2021 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest
COLUMBUS, Ohio – An antiquated IT system pushed into overdrive when businesses were ordered shut down at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic helped fuel as much as $3.8 billion in unemployment overpayments and $475 million in criminal fraud activity at the...
by Brian Ball | Oct 28, 2021 | Battleground States, News, Ohio, The Midwest
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Republican Party has asked three Columbus television stations to take down an Allison Russo for Congress television attack ad against GOP opponent Mike Carey, alleging the ad violates Federal Election Commission and Federal...
by Brian Ball | Oct 27, 2021 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest
The vast majority of Ohio’s 11 GOP congressional delegates have signed on as co-sponsors of a House resolution opposing a proposal granting the Internal Revenue expanded power to reach into the private financial transaction records of Americans’...
by Brian Ball | Oct 26, 2021 | Battleground States, News, Ohio, The Midwest
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A suburban Columbus businessman seeking the Ohio GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate has pushed back against the Center for Christian Virtue, the host of an October 25 forum featuring six other Republican candidates after its...
by Brian Ball | Oct 23, 2021 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Rookie GOP candidate Mike Carey has taken a comfortable lead in a recent poll heading into the last 10 days of the special election for Ohio’s 15th Congressional District, a seat that opened up in May when newly re-elected U.S....
by Brian Ball | Oct 22, 2021 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest
CINCINNATI, Ohio – Two nurses and an activity aide at a Cincinnati nursing home claim poll workers employed by the Hamilton County Board of Elections prompted choices on absentee ballots for patients, including those in a dementia/Alzheimer’s/memory...
by Brian Ball | Oct 22, 2021 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A super PAC supporting the GOP nomination of venture capitalist and author J.D. Vance for U.S. senator has released a poll showing the rookie candidate narrowing the gap with the rival campaign of former Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel. The...
