Oct 30 Ohio utility at center of $60 million bribery case fires CEO By John Seewer, Associated Press FirstEnergy Corp. said its investigation found that CEO Chuck Jones and two other company officials who were fired Thursday violated company policies and its code of conduct. The company says its review was related to government investigations into the company. Continue reading
Oct 23 Dispute over Ohio drop box limit ends as advocates drop suit By Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press The fight over Ohio’s limit on ballot drop boxes ended Friday after a coalition of voting rights groups opted to drop their lawsuit. The move leaves in place an election chief’s order that was derided by three separate courts. Continue reading
Oct 18 Watch 6:08 With a tax increase on the ballot can an Ohio city shore up its finances? By Hari Sreenivasan, Sam Weber, Connie Kargbo In the central Ohio city of Lancaster, the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic stretched already thin public safety resources. Despite aid from the federal CARES Act, city officials say they need more revenue to fund the fire department and police… Continue watching
Oct 18 Watch 4:32 Ohio voted decisively for Trump in 2016. In 2020, it’s back to being a swing state By PBS NewsHour Ohio, a swing state which Obama won in 2012, voted overwhelmingly for Trump in 2016. This election, the Biden campaign seems to have made some inroads in winning some of that lost support, reverting the state to a swing state. Continue watching
Oct 17 Watch 8:06 Dayton was still recovering from the 2008 recession. Then COVID-19 hit By Hari Sreenivasan, Sam Weber, Connie Kargbo When COVID-19 hit Dayton, in Southwest Ohio, the city slashed its budget by millions of dollars, furloughed workers, and is still facing a budget gap despite millions in aid from the federal CARES Act. In the first of a series… Continue watching
Oct 17 Watch 5:48 Economy, racial injustice: Young Ohioans are turning out the vote By Ivette Feliciano, Laura Fong For the first time, young people, all born after 1980, make up more than half the U.S. population, according to a Brookings Institute analysis of the U.S. census -- making them a significant share of eligible voters. Ivette Feliciano spoke… Continue watching
Oct 17 Watch 4:20 Record absentee ballot and in-person voting in Ohio By PBS NewsHour In addition to the presidential race, Ohio will also be voting for 16 congressional seats on Election Day. The last two elections haven’t seen a competitive race, partly because of how the district maps are drawn. Karen Kasler, Ohio Statehouse… Continue watching
Oct 09 Ohio county says nearly 50,000 voters received wrong ballots By Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Associated Press Elections officials say the error happened Saturday afternoon when someone changed a setting on a machine that places absentee ballots into envelopes. Continue reading
Sep 21 WATCH: Trump delivers remarks on American workers in Dayton, Ohio By Candice Norwood and Associated Press Trump's Ohio trip, which will include a campaign rally later that night, comes as Republican strategists say the president has lost support in suburbs across the state he carried in 2016. Continue reading
Sep 21 WATCH: Trump speaks at campaign rally in Swanton, Ohio By Thomas Beaumont, Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press Republican strategists say Trump has lost support in suburbs across the state he carried in 2016, prompting debate among Republicans about whether his rural outreach can offset the continued decline in metro areas. Continue reading