Ohio AG to Review Federal Access to Driver’s License Photo Database

FBI using facial recognition software to search through state databases

Tyler Arnold - The Center Square
July 17, 2019 5:00 AM

Ohio Attorney General David Yost is directing a systematic review of databases under his office's control, including the driver's license database that stores photos and other identifiable information about Ohioans.

Ohio City Backs Down After Catholic School Files Lawsuit Over Religious Rights

Jeffrey Cimmino
May 29, 2019 9:25 AM

The city of South Euclid, Ohio has backed down after a Catholic school filed a lawsuit challenging the city's anti-discrimination law on the grounds that it infringed on its religious freedom.

Ohio Union Faces Class Action Suit

Government workers forced to pay dues despite resigning

Bill McMorris
March 17, 2019 5:00 AM

An Ohio woman is suing one of the state's most powerful unions for its continued collection of dues payments over her objections.

Ohio Woman on Whether She Would Vote for a Democrat: ‘Never, Never, Never’

Jeffrey Cimmino
February 28, 2019 12:36 PM

Kasich Boasts About Finish in 2016 Primary: ‘I Won My Lane’

David Rutz
February 12, 2019 12:59 PM

Sherrod Brown Takes His ‘Dignity of Work’ Message on the Road

'We fight for the dignity of work. It's who we are ... how we govern ... it's how we'll win again in 2020'

Haris Alic
January 31, 2019 4:40 PM

BRUNSWICK, Ohio—The moment had all the hallmarks of a presidential announcement: a friendly hometown crowd (despite below-freezing temperatures), an adoring spouse on hand to provide an introduction, a factory floor in the American heartland secured for backdrop, and a number of national journalists flown in to cover.

Women’s March Cleveland Calls Out National Organization, Denounces Anti-Semitism

Young protesters shout on the National Mall in Washington, DC, for the Women's March

Nic Rowan
January 8, 2019 4:37 PM

The Cleveland chapter of the Women's March has denounced all forms of discrimination and distanced itself from the national face of the Women's March, as charges of anti-Semitism roil the organization.

Wall Street Buys Stock in Sherrod Brown

Despite populist image, Brown rakes in millions from financial and banking interests

Haris Alic
December 13, 2018 5:00 AM

Democratic senator Sherrod Brown (Ohio) has raked in millions of dollars from the financial and banking sectors despite depicting himself as an anti-Wall Street populist.

Dems Make Modest Gains at State Level, GOP Still Controls Most Legislatures

Jeffrey Cimmino
November 7, 2018 4:49 PM

Democrats took control of five state legislative chambers from Republicans as a result of Tuesday's midterm elections, a modest shift compared to past midterms.

Cordray Out of a Job, Again

Democrat who orchestrated failed coup at CFPB loses Ohio governor's race

Elizabeth Harrington
November 7, 2018 11:30 AM

Richard Cordray, the former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who tried and failed to appoint his own successor, is out of a job again.