By day, I'm the mild-mannered chief political reporter for @ClevelandDotCom. Dad, Cubs fan, @UofIllinois/@UISPAR grad. Opinions are cheap; facts are expensive.
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Jun 12
FBI agents on Thursday raided the Cleveland offices of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, a liberal voting-rights group ms.now/news/ohio-pro-democra…
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Jun 11
ICYMI: @Russo4Ohio, the Ohio Dems' SOS nominee, said some of the GOP's absentee voter ID bill was "actually workable." But she said the bill was rushed, noting typos & unanswered ?s, like who determines if a voter qualifies for the bill's many exemptions cleveland.com/news/2026/06/o…
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Jun 11
.@RobertCSprague, the GOP nominee for secretary of state, expressed full support for the absentee voter ID bill, saying it's “fundamental for election security.”
“If people are going to commit fraud, they would commit it through the mail,” Sprague said.
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Jun 10
Republican state Rep. Jennifer Gross is moving a floor amendment to HB667, the Reagan Tokes and Patrick Heringer Act, to loosen Ohio's conceal-carry laws, including lowering the conceal-carry age from 21 to 18.
Ohio House voted 75-20 to table the amendment.
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Republican state Rep. Josh Williams spoke against Gross' gun-rights amendment, saying he was "offended" by it. He accused Gross of "ambushing members on the floor (and) trying to put them in tough votes"
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UPDATE: Ohio Senate cmte OKs absentee voter ID bill w/ amendments, including:
-Require BMVs, libraries, SOS office & county elections offices to offer free voters' ID photocopies
-State images of voters/their IDs aren't public records
-Add more exemptions
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Jun 9
Ohio lawmakers are trying to cut a controversial data center tax break, but tech giants like Amazon, Meta & Google won't be affected.
That's because the Kasich administration gave 100% tax exemptions for up to 40 years on any facility they build in Ohio cleveland.com/news/2026/06/o…
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As @AnnaStaver reports, "Amazon, Meta and Google account for roughly three-quarters of Ohio’s data center development, meaning any changes to the tax break will have little effect on the industry’s biggest players."
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Jun 9
End of an era! x.com/jbalmert/status/206436…
Jun 9
Dom Tiberi stepping away from full-time role at 10TV after 45 years dispatch.com/story/news/loca… via @DispatchAlerts
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I'm told this sub bill for Ohio HB 472 will be considered by a Senate committee tomorrow.
It would change ID rules for absentee ballots. This comes as SJR 10, the voter ID amendment, faces criticism from some Republicans for not requiring photo ID to vote by mail.
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for those following at home, these will be introduced at 10 AM, and there is scheduled testimony at 6 PM
lame duckling (h/t @MorganTrau) is alive and well, folks: among the flurry of bills lawmakers want to move in the next 72 hours is data center legislation currently being drafted. House Bill 646 will get a makeover tomorrow morning, and could get votes the next day
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Jun 9
Trump's asking/threatening House Rs to vote for the voter ID amendment suggests there's concern (well-founded or not) that there won't enough votes in the Ohio House to pass it
President Donald Trump endorses Ohio Republicans’ voter id constitutional amendment. GOP legislative leaders are trying to pass it before they break for summer recess later this month.
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Jun 8
New indictment of Chuck Jones/Mike Dowling says they learned during a 2018 dinner w/ Mike DeWine & Jon Husted that Sam Randazzo was in the mix for PUCO chair.
Jones/Dowling then went to Randazzo's home, where they allegedly agreed to pay him a $4.3M bribe cleveland.com/court-justice/…
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Jun 6
Just had *29* Columbus police cars speed past us on Main St. in Bexley. Police helicopter is out and about too. What is going on??
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Jun 5
Another top Ohio Department of Medicaid official steps down: Steven Voigt, the department's deputy director and general counsel, is leaving to become a partner at @VorysLaw
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Jun 4
A hint about what the announcement will be
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Big news at 1100 hours this morning.
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GOP-sponsored bills would fundamentally change Ohio’s election system cleveland.com/news/2026/06/g…
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Jun 2
Former Ohio House Speaker Ryan Smith with his official portrait unveiled this evening. Smith served from June 2018 till Jan 2019, after Cliff Rosenberger resigned and before being ousted by Larry Householder, who’s in federal prison. Current Speaker Matt Huffman also on hand.
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Jun 2
Gov. Mike DeWine assigns state troopers to protect Vivek Ramaswamy, Amy Acton cleveland.com/news/2026/06/g…
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