CLEVELAND, Ohio -- When Gov. Mike DeWine demanded the Ohio legislature meet in special session, they did their job. We’re talking about the pair of laws they passed banning non-U.
S. citizens from contributing to statewide ballot-issue campaigns and allowing President Joe Biden on Ohio’s fall ballot on Today in Ohio. Editor Chris Quinn hosts our daily half-hour news podcast, with editorial board member Lisa Garvin, impact editor Leila Atassi and content director Laura Johnston.
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Call 833-648-6329 (833-OHTODAY) if you’d like to leave a message we can play on the Here’s what else we’re asking about today: It was an unprecedented humiliation for Ohio’s Republican lawmakers, being forced by the governor to return to the Statehouse to do their jobs. Let’s deal with the news first. Did they actually do their jobs? Chief political writer Andrew Tobias wrote an analysis of lessons learned from the special session.
What does her say? Reporter Laura Hancock had an interview with Ohio’s head of cannabis control. What did we learn? Are federal prosecutors going to let FirstEnergy off the hook for cooperating with the big bribery investigation before all the cases are closed? What’s the thinking there? Why is Cleveland City Council ramming through legislation this w.
