Commentary
How is America doing on her 250th birthday?
As America marks 250 years, efforts to overturn ballot initiatives and dismantling of DEI programs undermine the nation's founding principles.
Elections
Local
Vivek Ramaswamy’s luxury jet travel continues to fuel criticism in Ohio governor’s race
Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is using a new private jet to travel to public and private appearances across the country.
Local
Ohio voter rights group denies any wrongdoing while FBI stays silent on ‘swarms’ across state
The Ohio Organizing Collaborative, which has registered 600,000 voters, says the June 12 sweep of more than 100 agents is meant to discourage volunteers and donors in an election year.
Commentary
FBI raids in Ohio are troublesome. That’s an understatement.
The FBI's Cleveland raid on the Ohio Organizing Collaborative echoes a painful inversion: the bureau once sent agents to Mississippi to protect voter registration workers, not raid them.
National News
Trump ‘trampled’ voter privacy by feeding info into Homeland Security system, judge says
Judge Sooknanan's 75-page ruling vacates DHS directives and could block a planned expansion that would tie homeland security grants to state voter-roll compliance.
Local
Ohio Equal Rights will try to get two amendments on 2027 ballot
The group cited election attacks, high marketing costs, and alignment with the Ohio Coalition to End Qualified Immunity as reasons to target 2027 instead.
National News
Mildly blue or a blue tsunami? 9 states will decide if Dems flip control of U.S. Senate
Democrats need to flip four seats on a map favoring Republicans, with Trump's 39% approval rating and Iran-driven inflation shaping the fight for a 53-47 Senate.
National News
Trump couldn’t send troops to the polls without approval of Congress under Dem bill
Sen. Elissa Slotkin's Protect Our Polls Act has little chance in the GOP-led Senate, but follows Republicans blocking similar amendments in the NDAA.
National News
When teens drive less, they don’t register to vote. Here’s how civic groups are adapting.
Three million unlicensed teens will be eligible to vote by 2028, and the SAVE America Act could ban the high school drives now filling that gap.
Local
Ohio Legislative Black Caucus lawmakers criticize voter ID referendum in Juneteenth commemoration
Rep. Meredith Lawson Rowe warned that enshrining photo ID in the constitution would block future legislatures from easing requirements without another statewide vote.
Local
Ohio proposed constitutional amendment to ban data centers will not be on this year’s ballot
Conserve Ohio fell nearly 343,000 signatures short of the July 1 deadline, but says its 1,000+ volunteers will keep collecting toward a 2027 ballot bid.
Local
A week after the FBI searched an Ohio voting-rights group, questions remain
Federal officials have offered no public justification for the sweep, and the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights says the DOJ is targeting Trump's political opponents.
