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Connecting Ohioans to our state government and its impact on our lives. Free to republish, we are the Ohio Capital Journal, reporting for the people.
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- Ohio U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan is one of the most visible members of Congress. He's also one of the least active legislatively. Jordan is one of two representatives who didn't introduce a single piece of legislation last year. The other 433 members did.
- Gov. Mike DeWine and his administration played a hands-on role passing an allegedly pay-for-play nuclear bailout and appointing an industry-friendly regulator who has since been accused of taking a $4.3 million bribe, calendars and text messages show.
- Commentary: The GOP campaign to prevent voter fraud — in a state that boasts elections with a 99.98% accuracy rate — and mandate only certain forms of photo ID to stop voter impersonation — in a state that reports zero cases of it — is a partisan hoax.
- Breaking: Both former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and former lobbyist and Ohio Republican Party Chair Matt Borges have been found guilty of racketeering in Ohio's $61 million political bribery, $1.3 billion utility bailout racketeering trial.
- Commentary: When history takes a long look at Portman's complicity of silence and careful detachment to wrongdoing on a grand scale, its judgement will be harsh. Portman failed us and the country when it mattered most. Good riddance. By @JohanekMarilou
- Editor Commentary: Ohio Republicans who indulge all manner of corruption, bribery, and special interest favoritism ooze condescension when they point their fingers at Ohio voters as the ones who can't be trusted to protect Ohio from special interests.
- More people have died of COVID-19 this year than last despite widely available and effective vaccines. The nearly 14,000 Ohioans who have died this year were almost exclusively — about 95% — unvaccinated individuals. By @nckevns
- Breaking: In a 4-3 decision, the Ohio Supreme Court has ordered redrawing of Statehouse maps approved along partisan lines 5-2 by the Ohio Redistricting Commission, ruling the maps do not meet the voter-approved standards against partisan gerrymandering in the Ohio Constitution.
- Voters in Democratic-stronghold counties are showing up in mass to vote early for the November election on abortion and marijuana, exceeding the already unexpectedly large turnout from the August special election.
- Despite objections from Democrats on Ohio's Redistricting Commission, Republicans have chosen their own plan as the panel's working document. The maps' partisan breakdowns are 62-37 GOP-to-Democratic in the Ohio House and 23-10 in the Senate. By @nckevns
- BREAKING: A jury on Thursday found former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and state Republican Chairman Matt Borges guilty of felony racketeering charges in connection with a billion-dollar utility bailout that was passed in 2019. By @martyschladen
- Four bipartisan former Ohio governors — Bob Taft, John Kasich, Dick Celeste, and Ted Strickland — are all against making it harder for Ohio voters to pass constitutional amendments, as well as an August election for the 60% threshold proposal. @nckevns
- BREAKING: Ohio voters have rejected state Issue 1, which sought to make it harder for voters to pass constitutional amendments, the Associated Press has projected.
