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Ohioans criticize Ohio US Rep. Mike Carey for cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, and education
District data shows 220,200 residents on Medicaid and $40.4 million in special education funding at risk as Carey faces Democrat Don Leonard in November.
Elections
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Ramaswamy wanted young Americans to pass a citizenship test before voting. His own father never took it.
Ramaswamy falsely told voters both parents passed the naturalization test his voting-age plan required.
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Sherrod Brown eyes a return to the US Senate
In the Senate, the Ohio Democrat sponsored legislation to support working families.
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Food aid cuts. Lost health coverage. Record electric bills. The bill for Republican policies is arriving in Ohio.
A new report ties together SNAP losses, ACA enrollment drops and record electric bills as polling shows 38% of Ohioans say they're falling behind financially.
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Vivek Ramaswamy accused of hiding from voters, dodging questions piling up around him
His campaign has not explained continued payments to a security firm after his family bodyguard's fentanyl arrest or his mother's role in manipulating failed drug trial data.
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Eric Conroy predicted Iran war would end ‘very soon.’ Now he backs more military spending.
As the war approaches six months with $37.5 billion spent and gas prices up 29%, Conroy's rival Landsman now calls for ending U.S. involvement entirely.
National News
DNC approves 2028 presidential nominating cycle starting in South Carolina, Nevada
Iowa Democrats blasted their exclusion from the calendar as broken promises, while New Hampshire kept its early slot and two new Southern states joined the lineup.
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Accused Republicans stay in Ramaswamy’s orbit. The abuse survivor gets attacked.
Two GOP senators want Miller gone over abuse claims, but Ramaswamy stays silent while his super PAC runs ads mocking Acton's own childhood abuse history.
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Amy Acton’s pitch to struggling Ohio families: Put money back in their pockets
United For ALICE data shows 37% of Ohio households couldn't cover basics in 2024, the gap Acton's tax credit and data center cost-shifting plan targets ahead of a close November race.
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Mike Carey fundraises with Max Miller as co-host amid House ethics probe into abuse allegations
FEC records show Carey and Miller's leadership PACs have exchanged $11,200 apiece on matching dates since 2022, even as Ohio's GOP senators call Miller unfit to serve.
National News
No more ‘hypothetical situations’: States move to fortify elections against Trump
Democratic attorneys general are prepping court fights over possible ICE or FBI presence at polls, while at least 25 election deniers now hold local vote-certifying power.
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Jon Husted helped nursing homes fight abuse and wrongful-death lawsuits, then took $1M from the industry
A 2002 bill Husted cosponsored cut nursing homes' lawsuit exposure and barred state inspection findings from court, as Medicaid cuts strain Ohio facilities.
