Mar 31 GOP gerrymandering creates uphill fight for Dems in the House By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press Republican strategists spent years developing a plan to take advantage of the 2010 census, first by winning state legislatures and then redrawing House districts to tilt the playing field in their favor. Their success was unprecedented. Continue reading
Mar 20 10 states critical to administration's efforts to enroll 6 million in new health plans By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News Ten states -- seven of them controlled by Republicans -- hold the key to whether the Obama administration succeeds at signing up 6 million people for health care under the Affordable Care Act by the deadline of March 31. Those… Continue reading
Jan 17 Ohio man's execution takes 25 minutes, sparking controversy By News Desk A 2009 photo shows an execution room at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville. Photo by Getty Images An Ohio man on death row took more than 25 minutes to die in an execution on Thursday… Continue reading
Aug 01 Watch News Wrap: Ariel Castro Faces Life Sentence Plus 1,000 Years for Rape, Murder In other news Thursday, Ariel Castro was sentenced to life in prison without parole plus 1,000 years for holding three women captive for more than a decade at his home in Cleveland, Ohio. Also, Egypt's interior ministry offered "safe passage"… Continue watching
Jul 26 Watch News Wrap: Cleveland Kidnapper Agrees to Plea Deal to Avoid Death Penalty In other news Friday, Ariel Castro, the man accused of holding three Ohio women captive for a decade, will face life in prison without parole plus 1,000 years after entering a plea deal to avoid the death penalty. Also, police… Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch News Wrap: Syrian Government Launches Rocket Attacks on Lebanon In other news Monday, Syrian warplanes attacked targets in Lebanon in aim of hitting suspected rebel hideouts. Also, President Barack Obama named Thomas Perez, the assistant attorney general, to the role of secretary of Labor. Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch Ohio Third Graders Face Retention Ultimatum: Learn to Read or Repeat the Year Ohio Third Graders Face Retention Ultimatum: Learn to Read or Repeat the Year… Continue watching
Nov 05 Obama, Romney Visit Battlegrounds in Last Days of Campaign By Tom LeGro President Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney crisscrossed the country looking to shore up support during the final days of the campaign. Continue reading
Oct 26 Watch Shields and Brooks on the Importance of Ohio, Microtargeting Voters Shields and Brooks on Debates, Microtargeting Voters and Romney's Foreign Policy… Continue watching
Oct 26 Watch As the Economy Booms in Northeast Ohio, Which Candidate Will Reap the Benefit? As the Economy Booms in Northeast Ohio, Which Candidate Will Reap the Benefit?… Continue watching