Andrew J. Tobias
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Cleveland Heights, OH, United States
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Ohio state legislators and other elected officials get raise for 2021
Ohio legislators and other state elected officials will receive a 3% raise for 2021, under legislation passed in late 2018 that grants them annual raises through 2028. → Read More
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tests positive for coronavirus
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced Thursday he has tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. → Read More
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announces $775m in state budget cuts to education, Medicaid and more
Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday the state will cut nearly $800 million in spending — most of it education and health care — to offset the loss of tax revenue stemming from the coronavirus crisis. → Read More
Gov. Mike DeWine wants to postpone Ohio’s Tuesday primary election till June 2 due to coronavirus
Ohio becomes the third state, after Louisiana and Georgia to cancel its primary. → Read More
Ohio bill proposes automatic voter registration for voting-age high schoolers
A group of Democratic state lawmakers has proposed automatically registering all Ohio high-school students to vote once they reach voting age. → Read More
Ohio may cut benefits for future state employees as part of public pension fix
Ohio’s largest public-pension system might cut benefits for future employees, under a plan that’s under consideration. → Read More
Ohio transgender birth certificate lawsuit gets early court victory
A federal lawsuit seeking to force Ohio to allow people to change the gender on their birth certificates got an early court victory Thursday. → Read More
Ohio Senate committee puts finishing touches on state budget plan
The Ohio Senate’s budget-writing committee put their finishing touches on a state-budget proposal on Wednesday, setting up the two-year, $69 billion spending bill to be approved by the full Senate as soon as Thursday. → Read More
Ohio House state budget plan includes tax cuts for poor, middle-class Ohioans
Every Ohioan making less than $88,800 would see their state income taxes cut, which would be paid for in part by eliminating other tax breaks that generally favor businesses and wealthier state residents, under a state budget proposal unveiled Thursday by Ohio House Republican leaders. → Read More
Ohio secretary of state candidates agree on the big problems during voting-issues forum
During a Wednesday night forum, the two major candidates for Ohio secretary of state largely agreed on what the biggest challenges are that face democracy today. → Read More
Big outside spending unusually absent so far in Ohio's Senate race
Ohioans aren't complaining -- who likes political ads? But the lack of outside spending so far suggests that deep-pocketed national groups, when sizing up their spending priorities, don't view the Ohio senate race as particularly competitive, especially when there are around a dozen other battleground Senate seats up for grabs. → Read More
Dark money groups spent millions on Ohio legislative races
Four secretive political groups raised more than $2.6 million for ads targeting races for Ohio House of Representative seats in the lead up to the May Republican primary, new campaign finance filings show. → Read More
Southeast Ohio Republican Party leader resigns over Trump-Putin meeting
Belmont County Republican Party Chairman Chris Gagin announced his resignation in a pair of Twitter messages on Monday. → Read More
Ohio State Rep. Larry Householder sues political groups over attack ads
Southeast Ohio State Rep. Larry Householder has sued a pair of political action committees over their financing of a slew of political attack ads targeting him. The lawsuit is the latest turn in the heated, months-long, political battle among Republicans to be the next leader of the Ohio House of Representatives. → Read More
Pro-Mary Taylor Super PAC launches ads attacking Mike DeWine in Ohio Republican governor primary
A group supporting Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor's run for governor has launched a statewide TV ad campaign attacking her Republican primary opponent, state Attorney General Mike DeWine. → Read More
Pro-Husted Super PAC launching statewide TV ad buy during Ohio State University football game
Ohio Conservatives for Change has reserved roughly $365,000 in cable TV ads that will run starting Thursday through Sept. 15, according to Republican sources who track campaign ads in Ohio. A major portion of the reservation -- about $165,000 -- is for ads leading up to tomorrow's Ohio State University football game. The season opener, against in-conference rival Indiana, is sure to draw a huge… → Read More
Talk it out: With the Cleveland Cavaliers heading into their third straight NBA Finals, how are you feeling?
Take part in a curated conversation about how we assess ther Cavs' chances in the NBA Finals this year. → Read More
Barack Obama campaigns for Hillary Clinton in Columbus: Ohio Politics Roundup
Barack Obama makes a late push for Hillary Clinton in Ohio. Ohio is hurting for a public poll. And a Democrat receives an endorsement from an unexpected source. Read more in today's Ohio Politics Roundup, brought to you today by Andrew J. Tobias. → Read More
Security zone location, road closure details released for Republican National Convention
With the Republican National Convention a little more than two weeks away, Secret Service officials on Thursday finally released details of the security plan that will transform downtown life for the week of the event. → Read More
Donald Trump narrowly leads Hillary Clinton in Ohio, new poll says
The poll, released Tuesday morning by Quinnipiac University, found Trump led Clinton, 43 percent to 39 percent in Ohio. This compares to the university's last poll in late February, which found the two tied at 42 percent. → Read More