AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/us-news-ap-top-news-arrests-columbus-politics-73f6969ef037a4e0f3c4f53f36bcff78Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/us-news-ap-top-news-arrests-columbus-politics-73f6969ef037a4e0f3c4f53f36bcff78Click to copyRelated topicsCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The powerful Republican speaker of the Ohio House and four associates were arrested Tuesday in a $60 million federal bribery case connected to a taxpayer-funded bailout of Ohio’s two nuclear power plants.Hours after FBI agents raided Speaker Larry Householder’s farm, U.S. Attorney David DeVillers described the ploy...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/us-news-ap-top-news-arrests-columbus-politics-73f6969ef037a4e0f3c4f53f36bcff78Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/us-news-ap-top-news-arrests-columbus-politics-73f6969ef037a4e0f3c4f53f36bcff78Click to copyRelated topicsCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The powerful Republican speaker of the Ohio House and four associates were arrested Tuesday in a $60 million federal bribery case connected to a taxpayer-funded bailout of Ohio’s two nuclear power plants.Hours after FBI agents raided Speaker Larry Householder’s farm, U.S. Attorney David DeVillers described the ploy...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/e8c41297b5913b8d954860c2406f292dClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/e8c41297b5913b8d954860c2406f292dClick to copyRelated topicsCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Annie Glenn, the widow of astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn and a communication disorders advocate, died Tuesday at age 100. Glenn died of COVID-19 complications at a nursing home near St. Paul, Minnesota, said Hank Wilson, a spokesman for the Glenn College of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University. At the time of John Glenn’s death in 2016, the two had been married 73 years. She had moved out of the...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/e8c41297b5913b8d954860c2406f292dClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/e8c41297b5913b8d954860c2406f292dClick to copyRelated topicsCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Annie Glenn, the widow of astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn and a communication disorders advocate, died Tuesday at age 100. Glenn died of COVID-19 complications at a nursing home near St. Paul, Minnesota, said Hank Wilson, a spokesman for the Glenn College of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University. At the time of John Glenn’s death in 2016, the two had been married 73 years. She had moved out of the...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/legislature-ohio-misinformation-coronavirus-pandemic-0c19a98d7dd4f745cfa935d6602528aaClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/legislature-ohio-misinformation-coronavirus-pandemic-0c19a98d7dd4f745cfa935d6602528aaClick to copyRelated topicsCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Many Republican lawmakers have criticized governors’ emergency restrictions since the start of the coronavirus outbreak. Now that most legislatures are back in session, a new type of pushback is taking root: misinformation.In their own comments or by inviting skeptics to testify at legislative...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/legislature-ohio-misinformation-coronavirus-pandemic-0c19a98d7dd4f745cfa935d6602528aaClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/legislature-ohio-misinformation-coronavirus-pandemic-0c19a98d7dd4f745cfa935d6602528aaClick to copyRelated topicsCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Many Republican lawmakers have criticized governors’ emergency restrictions since the start of the coronavirus outbreak. Now that most legislatures are back in session, a new type of pushback is taking root: misinformation.In their own comments or by inviting skeptics to testify at legislative...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ohio-columbus-rob-portman-coronavirus-pandemic-c9c48264fe43bbeeb158a24c4364b92aClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ohio-columbus-rob-portman-coronavirus-pandemic-c9c48264fe43bbeeb158a24c4364b92aClick to copyRelated topicsCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Dr. Amy Acton, the former state health director who became the face of Ohio’s early pandemic response, has stepped down from her nonprofit position to “carefully explore” running as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate, she said Thursday.Acton would be vying for a coveted open seat being who cited divisive national...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ohio-columbus-rob-portman-coronavirus-pandemic-c9c48264fe43bbeeb158a24c4364b92aClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ohio-columbus-rob-portman-coronavirus-pandemic-c9c48264fe43bbeeb158a24c4364b92aClick to copyRelated topicsCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Dr. Amy Acton, the former state health director who became the face of Ohio’s early pandemic response, has stepped down from her nonprofit position to “carefully explore” running as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate, she said Thursday.Acton would be vying for a coveted open seat being who cited divisive national...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-state-elections-general-elections-elections-b39287359deae95291bcd049ef14dbb6Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-state-elections-general-elections-elections-b39287359deae95291bcd049ef14dbb6Click to copyRelated topicsCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s elections chief certified results on Friday of a 2020 election that he said was almost flawlessly executed despite the pandemic, raising concern that President Donald Trump’s allegations of widespread fraud could be undercutting voter confidence in the...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-state-elections-general-elections-elections-b39287359deae95291bcd049ef14dbb6Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-state-elections-general-elections-elections-b39287359deae95291bcd049ef14dbb6Click to copyRelated topicsCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s elections chief certified results on Friday of a 2020 election that he said was almost flawlessly executed despite the pandemic, raising concern that President Donald Trump’s allegations of widespread fraud could be undercutting voter confidence in the...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-barack-obama-elections-89ff0c83049f6eac32f09271756775deClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-barack-obama-elections-89ff0c83049f6eac32f09271756775deClick to copyRelated topicsCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — President Donald Trump won more votes in this year’s presidential election than any candidate in Ohio history, certified county results compiled by The Associated Press indicate.The more than 3.1 million votes cast for the Republican president in the Nov. 3 election exceeded the former...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-barack-obama-elections-89ff0c83049f6eac32f09271756775deClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-barack-obama-elections-89ff0c83049f6eac32f09271756775deClick to copyRelated topicsCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — President Donald Trump won more votes in this year’s presidential election than any candidate in Ohio history, certified county results compiled by The Associated Press indicate.The more than 3.1 million votes cast for the Republican president in the Nov. 3 election exceeded the former...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-columbus-cincinnati-general-elections-fcd6808ff7286ebb4a34dee1395a1475Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-columbus-cincinnati-general-elections-fcd6808ff7286ebb4a34dee1395a1475Click to copyRelated topicsCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Joe Biden is set to make a general election campaign visit Monday to Ohio, signaling the former vice president’s hopes of winning the state Democrats lost by a significant margin in the 2016 election.The Biden campaign said the former vice president plans an afternoon campaign speech...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-columbus-cincinnati-general-elections-fcd6808ff7286ebb4a34dee1395a1475Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-columbus-cincinnati-general-elections-fcd6808ff7286ebb4a34dee1395a1475Click to copyRelated topicsCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Joe Biden is set to make a general election campaign visit Monday to Ohio, signaling the former vice president’s hopes of winning the state Democrats lost by a significant margin in the 2016 election.The Biden campaign said the former vice president plans an afternoon campaign speech...WW…

Julie Carr SmythAssociated PressView CommentsHealth and safety guidelines that Ohio's elections chief sent to county boards Wednesday recommend, but do not mandate, mask-wearing and other preventive measures for those voting in person this fall — a nod to voter freedoms in a closely divided battleground state.In a Statehouse news conference designed to reassure voters about the safety and security of casting their vote, Secretary of State Frank LaRose said nothing — including the coronavirus and skepticism about mail-in voting that's been stoked by President Donald Trump, a fellow...…Julie Carr SmythAssociated PressView CommentsHealth and safety guidelines that Ohio's elections chief sent to county boards Wednesday recommend, but do not mandate, mask-wearing and other preventive measures for those voting in person this fall — a nod to voter freedoms in a closely divided battleground state.In a Statehouse news conference designed to reassure voters about the safety and security of casting their vote, Secretary of State Frank LaRose said nothing — including the coronavirus and skepticism about mail-in voting that's been stoked by President Donald Trump, a fellow...WW…