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The Gavel outside the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio. (Photo by Graham Stokes for Ohio Capital Journal. Republish photo only with original article.) Ohio Republicans have tightened their grip on the Ohio Supreme Court from 4-3 to 6-1 by ousting two incumbent Democratic justices and winning a third, open seat, the Associated Press projects based on unofficial results. Results remain unofficial until they are certified by local county boards of elections and the Ohio Secretary of State. The Ohio Supreme Court will rule on a variety of issues that affect the daily lives of Ohioans ranging from education...

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America celebrated as pro-life Republican Bernie Moreno defeated incumbent Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown after more than 30 years in Washington, D.C. SBA Pro-Life America Candidate Fund endorsed Moreno in June. This election cycle, SBA Pro-Life America and its affiliated entities raised and spent $92 million to protect life across America. Overall, the groups’ largest ever voter contact program reached more than 10 million persuadable and low-turnout voters across eight key battleground states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Pro-life canvassers with SBA Pro-Life America and its partner Women Speak Out PAC made...

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An Ohio sheriff’s patrol commander who declared on Facebook that he would not help Democrats and would require proof of who a person voted for before providing them aid has apologized, blaming prescribed sleep aids for causing his “out of character” actions. Lt. John Rodgers, a 20-year veteran of the sheriff’s office in Clark County, where Springfield is the county seat, made the statements in several posts on Facebook, WHIO-TV reported. “I am sorry. If you support the Democrat Party I will not help you,” Rodgers reportedly wrote in one post. Another said: “The problem is that I know which...

A sheriff's office lieutenant in Ohio is receiving a lot of backlash after writing on social media that he would not protect people who voted for Kamala Harris. Clark County Sheriff’s Office Lt. John Rodgers made several comments in since-deleted Facebook posts viewed by WHIOstating "I am sorry. If you support the Democrat Party I will not help you" and "The problem is that I know which of you supports the Democratic Party and I will not help you survive the end of days." Some posts had been shared more than 250,000 times and another suggested people would need to...

The Amish traditionally don’t vote in presidential elections due to their faith-based beliefs and Christianity’s historic separatism from mainstream society. Still, this year brings a whole new ball game as the candidates seek support from the horse and buggy riding group. Since the Amish are a reliably conservative group given their faith-based convictions, reluctance to engage with people outside of their culture and lack of eagerness to conform to modern-day technology, the group can drastically shift the outcome of some rural states such as Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Wisconsin. A report from Elizabethtown College recorded that about 90,000 Amish live...

(Columbus) – Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose filed a lawsuit in federal court today on behalf of the citizens of Ohio, demanding the Department of Homeland Security provide access to United States citizenship records, which they have unlawfully withheld. “I swore an oath to uphold our state constitution, and that document clearly requires that only United States citizens can participate in Ohio elections,” said Secretary LaRose. “The Biden-Harris Administration is engaging in obstruction and outright abuse of power to prevent us from removing noncitizens from our voter rolls. I take my duty seriously, so if they want a fight...

The Daniel Carter Beard Bridge and both sides of Interstate 471 over the Ohio River between downtown Cincinnati and Newport remain shut down Friday after a massive fire damaged the bridge. State inspectors are examining the bridge right now and hope to open the northbound side of the bridge as soon as it’s safe, said Matt Bruning, spokesman for the Ohio Department of Transporation. There is no timeline yet when the bridge might fully reopen but the southbound side along I-471 could be closed for “weeks,” he said. Cincinnati Fire Chief Frank McKinley said the cause of the fire and...

We now have proof that the Georgia State Board of Elections (SBOE) creates illegal cloned voter IDs in the thousands, capable of being activated to create certifiable voters in an election fraud scheme consistent with embedding cryptographic codes in SBOE voter registration databases. As reported on our website, GodsFiveStones.com, Andrew Paquette, Ph.D., discovered these algorithms in New York, Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Arizona and will report on New Jersey, Texas, and Hawaii. A group known as theGANerds_Real on “X” (“The Georgia Nerds”), headed by Kim P. Brooks, has published a series of podcasts on Rumble documenting how the Georgia SBOE...

LOCKLAND, Ohio -- The mayor of a small village near Cincinnati says he needs help from the federal government after a surge of illegal immigration primarily from Mauritania that nearly exceeds the local population and that he says is "unsustainable."... There are multiple apartment blocks that officials and residents say are taken over by Mauritanians, who are said to be packed beyond capacity in apartments. Village Administrator Doug Wehmeyer told Fox News Digital recently that it is leading to around $150,000 in losses for the village, as the illegal immigrants do not pay taxes and are displacing local residents.... "...a...

An Ohio Democratic campaign staffer was caught calling fellow residents racist for their stance on immigration and saying the entire border should be open. In a leaked recording, Kevin Oyakawa, an operative working for Sen. Sherrod Brown and Rep. Emilia Sykes, was heard discussing what has prevented Sykes from discussing her position on immigration. 'Open the f****** border, I don't give a s*** who the f**** comes in here,' Oyakawa said in the recording, as reported by Ohio.news.

A Democrat staffer who has worked on campaigns for two vulnerable Ohio candidates was captured on video calling for open borders and labeling those wanting to secure the border as "racist." "Open the f---ing border, I don’t give a s--- who comes in here," the staffer, identified and first reported by Ohio.news as Kevin Oyakawa, said on a video during a conversation with a volunteer earlier this month.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — With just a little over a week to go until Election Day, Ohio has now seen 1.6 million ballots cast in the 2024 election as of Sunday evening. Here are three takeaways from the data released by the Ohio Secretary of State's Office about who has already cast their vote across the state.1. Ohio sees robust Republican strength in the early vote The most immediate takeaway that is inescapable to avoid when looking at Ohio's early voting data is how much stronger the Republican vote is over Democrats in the state. As of Sunday evening, the Ohio...

‘The Biden-Harris administration is engaging in obstruction and outright abuse of power to prevent us from removing noncitizens from our voter rolls,’ Ohio Secretary of State LaRose said. ... American elections should be decided by Americans — which is why states across the country have taken steps to remove noncitizens from their voter rolls. But the Biden-Harris administration is stymieing these efforts with roadblocks and lawfare. Ohio.. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose sued the Biden-Harris administration on Thursday alleging the Department of Homeland Security refused to provide the state with access to records from the Systematic Alien Verification and...

CV NEWS FEED // The number of abortions performed in Ohio rose by almost 4,000 between 2022 and 2023 due to the removal of the state’s heartbeat law, according to new data released by the Ohio Department of Health. The Catholic Times, the Diocese of Columbus’ newspaper, reported that abortions also rose in 2023 due to the doubling of out-of-state women traveling to get abortions in Ohio. The number of minors having abortions almost doubled, while data shows that black women continued to make up a significant amount of the women seeking abortions at roughly 44%. According to the Catholic...

A small Ohio town is the latest victim of the Biden-Harris administration’s open border policy after 3,000 migrants from the West African nation of Mauritania moved in in the past year — lured by TikTokers who are posting instruction videos with maps of the Cincinnati suburb. The influx has nearly doubled Lockland’s population of 3,500 in a matter of months, local officials say. “With the federal government’s open border policy, these immigration population outbursts have been left for small villages like Lockland to have to deal with,” Mayor Mark Mason told WCPO.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Federal agents searched the Ohio home of a prominent real estate developer who owns affordable housing properties and senior living centers across 26 states. Agents with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture descended Wednesday on the Cleveland-area home of Millennia Companies owner Frank Sinito. The raid comes months after HUD barred Millennia Companies from receiving any new federal contracts with the department for five years. The move followed a HUD inspector general investigation that found $4.9 million in missing or misappropriated money from 19 Millennia properties that were insured or subsidized...

“I feel more concerned today than I did two years ago about resource adequacy,” he said Monday. “Load is growing much faster than we had projected then, which even back then was an eye-popping set of numbers.” PJM’s recent capacity auction, in which PJM secures commitments from generators to provide electricity in the future, produced higher than usual prices. Those prices have thus far served their purpose of incentivizing some generators to delay retirement and others to consider investments in new generation. “I haven’t seen any forecast of load that allows me to rest and say we’re good,” he said...

An Ohio judge permanently struck down the state's ban on abortion after about six weeks on Thursday and criticized its Republican attorney general for attempting to circumvent the will of Ohioans who voted to enshrine abortion protections in the state constitution. Judge Christian Jenkins of the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas in Cincinnati said, opens new tab the Republican-backed 2019 state law would interfere with women's ability to receive abortions and discourage doctors from performing them, in violation of a constitutional amendment approved by voters last year. The office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, a Republican, acknowledged that...

Former President Donald Trump is returning to Las Vegas next week for a rally at Thomas & Mack Center, organizers announced Thursday. Trump is set to be the keynote speaker for “The United for Change Rally” hosted by Turning Point PAC and Turning Point Action starting at 4 p.m. on Oct. 24. The event is partly designed to recruit volunteers in harmony with local and statewide Republican groups, organizers said. Surrogates scheduled to speak include former Democratic U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard — who has since endorsed Trump — and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, organizers said. Tickets can be...