ohio politics

Ohio now has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. Governor Mike DeWine signed legislation into law last week that restricts an…

Beto O’Rourke raised more than $6 million within the first 24 hours of announcing his bid for president last week.The early burst of fundraising was the…

Governor Mike DeWine's proposed executive budget was unveiled last week.The spending plan doesn't raise taxes or include any tax cuts. But DeWine did put…

Governor Mike DeWine has proposed an 18-cents-per-gallon state gas tax increase to offset at least part of a billion-dollar-a year revenue shortfall for…

It’s been more than 90 years since an Ohioan was elected to the Oval Office, but back in the day, there was a run on presidents – eight total – from the…

Senator Sherrod Brown is half way through his listening tour of early primary and caucus states.In New Hampshire, Brown attracted decent sized crowns and…

The 2018 lame duck session of the Ohio General Assembly ended in a rare post-Christmas session that saw Republicans fail to muster enough votes to…

Republicans mostly sweeped Ohio’s midterm elections, but by narrower margins than in recent years, which suggests that although the blue wave didn’t…

The confirmation hearing for our country’s new Supreme Court Justice is still on hold following accusations of sexual assault. The woman who has accused…

In this week's Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU Public Media, Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss how for-profit charter schools will be…