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Ohio House Republicans passed the ban on diversity programs and faculty strikes at public universities
By: Jo Ingles | Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Majority Republicans in the Ohio House voted to approve a Senate bill that they say will combat liberal indoctrination at the state’s public colleges… Read More

The Ohio Senate again passed a bill making big changes to the state’s cannabis program
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Senate passed a GOP-led proposal by a 21-9 vote Wednesday to overhaul the state’s relatively young recreational cannabis program, and senators voted… Read More

Republicans launch an effort to recruit and train thousands to watch voting in Ohio and other states
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Voter fraud is extremely rare, and Ohio is often mentioned as having the gold standard of election and voting laws, with bipartisan elections workers in… Read More

A battle over the Ohio House Republicans’ campaign account appears to be settled
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Lawmakers are on spring break, but they were apparently working. The war over who will control the Ohio House Republicans’ campaign arm is apparently… Read More

Republicans won House seats in blue New York. Those wins could help shape Congress
By: Brian Mann | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — When Republicans take control of the U.S. House next month, they’ll have voters in New York to thank for roughly a third of their national gains…. Read More

Americans have increasingly negative views of those in the other political party
By: Domenico Montanaro | NPR
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WASHINGTON D.C. (NPR) – The age of Trump has been hotly polarizing in a country that was already seeing its social fabric stretched thin. A large Pew survey out this… Read More

After a court ruling, W.Va. lawmakers advance a criminal abortion ban
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Lawmakers in West Virginia’s Republican majority are hurrying to advance legislation that would ban abortion in the state with few exceptions. The bill bars abortion in… Read More

10 Senate Republicans Outline $600B Counteroffer To Biden’s COVID-19 Relief Bill
By: Barbara Sprunt | NPR
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The senators are asking to work with President Biden on a coronavirus relief package that they believe could be approved “quickly by Congress with bipartisan support.”

Ohio’s Only Black Elected Prosecutor Prepares To Take Office
By: Debbie Holmes | WOSU
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STARK COUNTY, Ohio (WOSU) — In January, Stark County will have its first-ever Black elected prosecutor. Republican Kyle Stone, 37, will also be the only Black county prosecutor in the… Read More

Republican Lawmaker Pushes Bill To Cancel COVID State of Emergency
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Republican representative who’s been critical of Ohio’s response to coronavirus has proposed a bill to cancel the state of emergency order from March – the foundation… Read More

Some Influential Ohio Republicans Form “Operation Grant” To Elect Joe Biden
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Former Ohio Governor John Kasich has been criticizing President Trump since losing to him in the presidential primary back in 2016. Now, he’s not… Read More

GOP Lawmaker Makes Moves To Impeach DeWine
By: Glenn Forbes | WCPN, Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Updated: 12:12 p.m., Monday, Aug. 24, 2020 COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse) — For the first time in more than a century, Ohio lawmakers have filed articles of impeachment against a sitting… Read More

The Republican National Convention Is This Week. Here’s What You Need To Know
By: Elena Moore | NPR
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A small number of Republican leaders will be physically present in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday, but most of the convention will be virtual.

‘Unprecedented, Historic Corruption’: Romney Joins Critics Of Stone’s Commutation
By: Colin Dwyer | NPR
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The president’s decision to grant clemency to his longtime confidant drew vehement criticism from Democratic lawmakers. Republicans largely kept silent, with one notable exception: Sen. Mitt Romney.

Week Ahead: The Stakes Are About To Get Really High For Republicans
Shutdown and debt ceiling deadlines are fast approaching four days before the Alabama Senate election, and Republicans are trying to pass a tax plan by Christmas.