Cleveland, Ohio, police have launched an internal investigation after highly requested body camera footage showed a local cop pepper-spraying a peaceful protester on May 30, just five days after George Floyd, an unarmed, nonviolent Black man, was killed by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Protests against police brutality were reportedly peaceful […]
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Governor DeWine Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R) tested negatives for Coronavirus Thursday evening after testing positive for the virus earlier in the day. DeWine announced earlier Thursday that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he had no symptoms. The 73-year-old governor was tested for the virus in anticipation of […]
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tested positive for coronavirus Thursday morning ahead of greeting President Donald Trump at a Cleveland airport. In a statement, DeWine’s team said he “has no symptoms at the present time.” “Governor DeWine is returning to Columbus where he and First Lady Fran DeWine, who also has […]
The hip-hop icon made a shock announcement outlining his intention to enter the political fray in early July, but has since missed a number of deadlines to obtain sufficient signatures to be on the ballot. Kanye West has zeroed in on his presidential campaign by shifting maximum attention to Ohio, […]
State Rep. Larry Householder, pictured leaving the federal courthouse after an initial hearing on July 21, was removed and replaced as Ohio House Speaker following his indictment on Thursday. Jay LaPrete/AP hide caption toggle caption Jay LaPrete/AP State Rep. Larry Householder, pictured leaving the federal courthouse after an initial hearing […]
A lift bridge in the harbor commercial district in Ashtabula, Ohio. Steve Inskeep hide caption toggle caption Steve Inskeep A lift bridge in the harbor commercial district in Ashtabula, Ohio. Steve Inskeep With less than 100 days until the 2020 presidential election, Ohio’s 18 electoral votes are in play. The […]
Signs advertise a local mask ordinance in Cincinnati, Ohio, earlier this month. Beginning Thursday evening, masks will be mandatory in public places statewide. Andrew Cenci/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Cenci/Bloomberg via Getty Images Signs advertise a local mask ordinance in Cincinnati, Ohio, earlier this month. Beginning […]
The speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, Larry Householder (R), was arrested in an FBI raid on his farm, part of a bribery and racketeering probe into an alleged $60 million in illicit transactions with energy lobbyists. Householder and four associates were taken into custody on Tuesday following FBI […]
A $60 million kickback on a $2 billion payoff to a corrupt Ohio utility that runs the most dangerous nuclear plant in the world has led a trail of corruption to a series of rigged elections including one that put Shitstain in the White House. Daily Beast: Ohio’s top state […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107983/42/1079834275_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_bd02f2ed0faa8236ff614cc96ecd81ab.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007211079948329-state-of-ohio-house-speaker-4-others-arrested-over-60-million-racketeering-conspiracy/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Authorities arrested Ohio House of Representatives Speaker Larry Householder, three lobbyists, and one political strategist on charges involving a $60 million payment in exchange for Householder’s support of a billion-dollar bailout of two nuclear power plants, the US Justice Department […]
Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder is among five local political insiders reportedly arrested Tuesday in connection with a $60 million bribery scheme related to the state’s new nuclear bailout law. According to several media reports, FBI agents and local authorities stormed Householder’s Glenford farm on Tuesday morning. Four other men […]
Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was arrested on Tuesday morning, hours ahead of a planned announcement of a $60 million bribe investigation by federal prosecutors. Householder is seen here in March 2019. Paul Vernon/AP hide caption toggle caption Paul Vernon/AP Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was arrested on Tuesday morning, […]
Columbus, Ohio police are still looking for the violent Black Lives Matter protesters who attacked an elderly man with Cerebral Palsey during their May riots. Columbus police released video this week that documents people engaging in violent behavior directed at a victim with Cerebral Palsy and his vehicle as well […]
Federal prosecutors allege that a top immunologist at Ohio State University illegally concealed Chinese funding for his research and attempted to flee the country before his arrest in Alaska in May. In a criminal complaint unsealed on Thursday, the Justice Department accuses Song Guo Zheng, the Ronald L. Whisler MD […]
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s administration will soon mandate masks in seven of the state’s counties struggling with a resurgent coronavirus in a decision that is likely to only further add to the tension brewing between the state’s GOP leader and his inner party critics. The list includes the three most […]
Release The Prisoners: Ohio Jail 100 Percent Positive For Covid By Martha Grevatt, Worker’s World. July 4, 2020 Release The Prisoners: Ohio Jail 100 Percent Positive For Covid2020-07-042020-07-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/protest-outside-cuyahoga-county-jail-cleveland-may-29.-from-workers-world-e1593889606927.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Protest Outside Cuyahoga County jail, Cleveland, May 29. From Worker’s World. In a recent report, the Ohio Immigrant Alliance stated that the […]
VT says “Thanks Amy, you saved lives” Her home was surrounded by neo-Nazi anti-lockdown thugs with AK 47s and anti-Semitic smears. As the nation faces a resurgence of COVID 19 and begins the inexorable move toward 325,000 deaths, those who did their jobs with honor and decency will, increasingly, become […]
A senator in Ohio has landed himself in hot water after asking an expert witness whether the ‘colored population’ suffered more than others from the deadly coronavirus, owing to inadequate hygiene skills. On Tuesday, during a meeting of the Senate Health Committee, Sen. Steve Huffman (R-Tipp City), who is white, […]
Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) about the recent protests surrounding the death of George Floyd. Source link
Rioters broke into the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus on Friday evening as violence and destruction continues to sweep the nation. Advertisement – story continues below NBC 4 reporter Eric Halperin tweeted that windows were being broken and some criminals have went inside. NOW: Demonstratirs have moved to the Statehouse grounds […]
There were at least five coronavirus infections in Ohio as far back as January, the state’s health director said, suggesting the illness began spreading there weeks earlier than previously thought. The five early cases – believed to have emerged across five Ohio counties between January 7 and 27 – were […]
So I was asking Sherrod Brown about going back to work in the United States Senate last week, and he gave me the most Sherrod Brown answer you could imagine: “McConnell summons us back,” he told me. “Think about this. Forget about senators and our safety. And most of us […]
Solidarity With Ohio prisoners By Martha Grevatt, Workers World. May 10, 2020 Solidarity With Ohio prisoners2020-05-102020-05-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/prison-1-e1589131917617.jpg200px200px Above photo: The Globe and Mail. Over 200 people demonstrated outside the state prison in Marion, Ohio, May 2 to protest the conditions inside and demand prisoners who meet certain criteria be released. The […]
As states rush to get back to work and President Donald Trump orders the nation’s coronavirus task force to switch its focus to reopening the economy, health experts are pressing more than ever the need for contact tracing. It’s a tool that proved effective in past epidemics like SARS and […]