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‘Ohio Goes to the Movies’ celebration will highlight state’s rich connections to film industry

COLUMBUS, Ohio — If Ohio and movies don’t strike you as going together, organizers of an upcoming statewide celebration of cinema hope to open your eyes. Not only is Ohio birthplace to dozens of famous actors -- from Lillian Gish, known as the First Lady of the Screen, to Clark Gable, Paul Newman, Martin Sheen, Tom Hanks, Halle Barry, Rob …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Vance and Rubio Senate replacements could create headaches for Trump: analyst

Raw Story

Vance stepping down from his Senate seat representing Ohio to become Donald Trump's vice president, and Sen. Marco Rubio also leaving his seat to become the new secretary of state, who will replace them in the Senate could dictate how easily the president-elect can get a GOP-majority Senate with a slim margin to back his every move. And we’re already …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Head of Ohio’s teacher pension fund retires Sunday, saying fund is strong despite staff vacancies

Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The outgoing head of Ohio’s troubled teachers retirement system said that she is leaving the fund in strong fiscal condition, despite the turmoil at the top that her successor will inherit. In a recent interview with The Associated Press, Acting Executive Director and CFO Lynn Hoover said that the $94 billion State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio’s …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Ohio Governor Signs Anti-Transgender Bathroom Bill As Backlash Gains Momentum

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill Wednesday that requires transgender students from kindergarten through college to use a bathroom that corresponds to their sex assigned at birth, although it has no enforcement mechanism. The bathroom bill requires public and private educational institutions to designate multiperson bathrooms and locker rooms “for the exclusive use” of either males …

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1 month ago

JD Vance is leaving the Senate for the vice presidency. That’s set off a scramble for his Ohio seat

Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio — JD Vance’s election as vice president has opened up one of Ohio’s U.S. Senate seats for the third time in as many years, setting off a scramble for the appointment among the state’s ruling Republicans. His decision will be made in the afterglow of sweeping wins by Republicans in November under the leadership of Donald Trump, but …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Bill restricting school bathroom use by transgender students passes Ohio Senate, awaits governor’s signature

CNN

CNN — The Ohio Senate on Wednesday greenlit a measure that would ban transgender students from using locker rooms and bathrooms associated with their gender identities. The bill, titled the “Protect All Students Act,” would amend Ohio’s existing college credit program for high school students. “Senate Bill 104 is a cruel invasion of students’ rights to privacy, which could result …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Vivek Ramaswamy provides major update on his ‘consideration for the pending Senate appointment in Ohio’

Hindustan Times

After Donald Trump announced that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the Department of Government Efficiency, Ramaswamy confirmed that he would be withdrawing himself “from consideration for the pending Senate appointment in Ohio.” Trump said that Musk and Ramaswamy will work from outside the government to offer the White House “advice and guidance,” and will partner with the Office …

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Ohio’s Anti-Gerrymandering Ballot Measure Fails

Huff Post

An Ohio ballot measure to reform the state’s redistricting process with a constitutional amendment failed, meaning the power to draw congressional and state legislative districts will remain in the hands of politicians. The ballot measure, known as Issue 1, proposed a state constitutional amendment to replace Ohio’s current map-drawing body, the Republican-dominated Ohio Redistricting Commission, with one to be called …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Judge Strikes Down Ohio Abortion Ban, Citing Reproductive Rights Amendment

Associated Press

Ohio's most restrictive abortion law, which prohibited abortions after cardiac activity is detected at six weeks of pregnancy, was struck down by a county judge. The judge ruled that the 2019 law, which was passed after Roe v. Wade was overturned, violated the state's constitution's protection of individual liberty and equal protection. The ruling is a major victory for abortion …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Just Not Right’: A GOP Governor Confronts Trump’s Lies

Politico

After touring the factory floor and saying hello to the workers, a mix of white Ohioans and Haitians, DeWine is sitting at a conference room table with the same mix. What you don’t know is what came next, the real-world effect of what Fran DeWine called the “smearing” of Springfield. It’s the same story in all of Ohio, which is …

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3 months ago

How Trump’s lies about pet-eating migrants brought misery to Springfield, Ohio

LA Times

A disturbing scenario has played out at public schools across Springfield, Ohio, in recent days, with children turned away as they arrive or, worse, rushed out of classrooms, all because of bomb threats. As one woman put it, daily life has been “turned upside down by such vitriol and ignorance.” On Thursday, Springfield Mayor Rob Rue issued a proclamation granting …

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3 months ago

Gov. Mike DeWine dispatches Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers to Springfield schools

Raw Story

Mike DeWine said on Monday there have been “at least 33” bomb threats in Springfield and he announced troopers from the Ohio State Highway Patrol will be dispatched to 18 school buildings for the foreseeable future. “We have our federal partners who are involved, we have state, we have locals, we got three different levels of government that are very, …

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3 months ago

"The politics of fear": Springfield's Haitian community stays indoors amid Trump-led smear campaign

Salon

Haitian residents of Springfield, Ohio, have spent the last week living in terror, their sense of normalcy upended by the wildfire-like spread of a right-wing conspiracy theory accusing them of killing and eating cats. Édouard told Salon that he feels the U.S. citizens in his community have a "negative view" of their Haitian neighbors that they didn't have before the …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Overseas threats hit the Ohio city where Trump and Vance lies slandered immigrants over dogs and cats

LA Times

State police were stationed at Springfield schools Tuesday in response to a rash of bomb threats — the vast majority of which were from overseas, officials said — after former President Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, falsely suggested legal Haitian immigrants in the small city were eating dogs and cats. Schools, government buildings and elected officials’ …

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3 months, 1 week ago

33 bomb threats made against Springfield schools — some from one particular country: Gov

Raw Story

Mike DeWine announced on Monday that the state of Ohio is moving resources in to secure Springfield schools after dozens of fake bomb threats were called against the facilities. "At least 33 separate bomb threats," said DeWine at a news conference. DeWine, who has previously denied the rumors that preceded the threats across the city, added that out of an …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Springfield CultureFest nixed after 'recent threats' following J.D. Vance rhetoric

Raw Story

An annual festival celebrating cultural diversity in Springfield has been canceled as violent threats, triggered by Sen. J.D. City officials announced Monday that CultureFest, slated to take place on Sept. 27 and Sept. 28, had been scrapped after multiple schools and the town hall were targeted with bomb threats, the Springfield News-Sun reported. “However, the safety of our residents and …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Column: The Nazi roots of the Trump-Vance smear of Haitian immigrants

LA Times

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, has fronted the claim that Haitian immigrants are stealing and eating household pets despite not having a shred of evidence If you were tuned in to the political jabber this weekend and undistracted by news of an apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump, you may be aware that Trump’s running mate JD …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Are all MAGAs this dumb?' Trump slammed as DeWine blames 'internet' for debunked lie

Raw Story

During his presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, September 10, former President Donald Trump promoted the racist conspiracy theory that in Springfield, Ohio, Haitian migrants were kidnapping pets — including cats and dogs — and eating them. Mike Dewine, a Trump supporter, says Trump is wrong about the Haitian immigrants in Ohio, and the …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Trump falsely accuses immigrants in Ohio of abducting and eating pets

The Independent

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The claims attracted attention this week when Vance posted on social media …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Trump falsely accuses immigrants in Ohio of abducting and eating pets

Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday amplified false rumors that Haitian immigrants in Ohio were abducting and eating pets, repeating during a televised debate the type of inflammatory and anti-immigrant rhetoric he has promoted throughout his campaigns. The claims attracted attention this week when Vance posted on social media that his office has “received many inquiries” about …

Social Media Pets Trump City Claims Ohio Immigrants

4 months ago

Dr. Amy Acton, who helped lead Ohio’s early pandemic response, is weighing 2026 run for governor

Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Dr. Amy Acton, the former Ohio health director who became a household name during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, says she is considering a run for governor in 2026. I used to joke that I’m the Ted Lasso of politics.” Acton’s role as state health director threw her into the statewide, and even national, spotlight …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

GOP Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine opposes fall ballot effort to replace troubled political mapmaking system

Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday that he will work to defeat a fall ballot issue aimed at remaking the state’s troubled political mapmaking system, and, if it passes, work with state lawmakers next year to advance a competing amendment based on the Iowa model. They all go away.” DeWine said Iowa’s system — in which …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Rumors swirl as 'three black trucks with US government plates' show up at J.D. Vance house

Raw Story

Vance, one of Donald Trump's reported top picks for his vice presidential slot in his political campaign, is the subject of a rumor mill after "three black trucks with US government plates" arrived at his house, according to a news report. Shawna Mizelle, 2024 political campaign reporter for CBS News, reported on Sunday that Vance was in his yard "when …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Ohio’s Republican governor signs measure ensuring Biden appears on the fall ballot

Associated Press

Mike DeWine has signed a measure to ensure President Joe Biden will appear on the state ballot in November. DeWine, a Republican, signed the measure — which relaxes a state candidate filing deadline — Sunday along with a related bill that imposes a ban on foreign nationals contributing to state ballot campaigns. In tandem with the Biden campaign, it announced …

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‘Ohio Goes to the Movies’ celebration will highlight state’s rich connections to film industry

Vance and Rubio Senate replacements could create headaches for Trump: analyst

Head of Ohio’s teacher pension fund retires Sunday, saying fund is strong despite staff vacancies

Ohio Governor Signs Anti-Transgender Bathroom Bill As Backlash Gains Momentum

JD Vance is leaving the Senate for the vice presidency. That’s set off a scramble for his Ohio seat

Bill restricting school bathroom use by transgender students passes Ohio Senate, awaits governor’s signature

Vivek Ramaswamy provides major update on his ‘consideration for the pending Senate appointment in Ohio’

Ohio’s Anti-Gerrymandering Ballot Measure Fails

Judge Strikes Down Ohio Abortion Ban, Citing Reproductive Rights Amendment

‘Just Not Right’: A GOP Governor Confronts Trump’s Lies

How Trump’s lies about pet-eating migrants brought misery to Springfield, Ohio

Gov. Mike DeWine dispatches Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers to Springfield schools

"The politics of fear": Springfield's Haitian community stays indoors amid Trump-led smear campaign

Overseas threats hit the Ohio city where Trump and Vance lies slandered immigrants over dogs and cats

33 bomb threats made against Springfield schools — some from one particular country: Gov

Springfield CultureFest nixed after 'recent threats' following J.D. Vance rhetoric

Column: The Nazi roots of the Trump-Vance smear of Haitian immigrants

Are all MAGAs this dumb?' Trump slammed as DeWine blames 'internet' for debunked lie

Trump falsely accuses immigrants in Ohio of abducting and eating pets

Trump falsely accuses immigrants in Ohio of abducting and eating pets

Dr. Amy Acton, who helped lead Ohio’s early pandemic response, is weighing 2026 run for governor

GOP Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine opposes fall ballot effort to replace troubled political mapmaking system

Rumors swirl as 'three black trucks with US government plates' show up at J.D. Vance house

Ohio’s Republican governor signs measure ensuring Biden appears on the fall ballot