Unusual pattern in donations from Ohio company employees
Note: David Nir had this linked up at the Elections Digest, but the stink from this is so much it merits its own diary. Several employees at a Canton, Ohio-based conglomerate have followed the lead of...
View Article"Educators will get out of politics when politicians get out of education."
Politicians are so deeply entrenched in public education, that it's time for educators to reciprocate. My name is Marie Corfield. I’m an art teacher from Flemington, NJ, and I'm running as a Democrat...
View ArticleThis week in the War on Workers: Verizon strikers returning to work
I was going to give you a recap of the week in the Verizon strike, but instead major news broke today: Members of CWA and IBEW at Verizon Communications will return to work on Tuesday, Aug. 23, at...
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The Whitest District of Them All, Part 2
This is the part of a series of posts examining how to create super-packed districts of one race. The other posts in this series pack Asians, blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans. The Districts The...
View ArticleOH-SB5: Control, Not Cost, Is The Issue.
It was a cold day when I went out the city council meeting in Middletown. Mark, the staff union VP, had got a call from one of the AFSCME guys in Columbus. One of the city councillors was introducing...
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"Actually, it's a lot of work being poor" : Facts from one Ohio county
Just hearing the talking points makes me angry so forgive me if I sound angry. Someone will make a comment or bitch about "welfare queens" and about how these lazy poor people have wide-screen TVs and...
View ArticleLegislation, on the Rocks: Ohio May Put a Bar In the Statehouse
Open wide, Ohio. Happy hour might be coming to the Statehouse. That’s right. Soon, when the kids have finished their field trips and lessons about the advent of Toledo, your favorite State Senators...
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Ohio passes up $176 million in federal unemployment funds
Here's something Gov. John Kasich and Republican state legislators appear to have decided Ohio can't afford: taking $176 million in federal money to expand its unemployment insurance program. Monday...
View ArticleNurses say: Come Join Us on September 1 on Main Street, Don’t Return to DC
Main Street, USA – Nurses call their neighbors and their elected officials to come to Main Street on September 1, even as many of the elected officials continue chiding one another about returning...
View Article'No on Ohio HB 194': Activism, fatigue, and the GOP's latest...
After months of sustained effort, progressives are now starting to debate the next moves in beating back the attack on the middle class. Some in Wisconsin are arguing for a pause; liberals in Ohio...
View Article"Joe the Plumber" 90% likely to run for Congress
You can't make this up. Not-Joe the non-plumber is going to run for Congress against Marcy Kaptur (D) in the ninth district of Ohio. T. Blade: Jon Stainbrook, chairman of the Lucas County Republican...
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Ohio legislator proposes drug testing for unemployment benefits
An Ohio Republican state senator has introduced a bill requiring unemployed people to take a drug test before receiving unemployment benefits or welfare. A drug test they'd have to pay for up front,...
View ArticleVoters Propose Ohio Legislators Pass Lie Detector Test
Kinda Pissed off about Ohio GOP Rep. Wants Drug Tests For Anyone Who Seeks Unemployment Benefits Look below the fold for a proposal we'd all prefer. (I can dream can't I)
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: 8/29
To receive the Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest via email each weekday, sign up here. Senate: • CT-Sen: Ex-Rep. Rob Simmons has finally made it clear he won't make another Senate run by throwing his...
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ProgressOhio suggests Gov. Kasich is funneling state money to supporters
Ohio Gov. John Kasich SB 5, the bill cutting collective bargaining rights for public employees which is on November's ballot for a citizen veto, probably ranks as the worst thing passed in Ohio under...
View ArticleThe Battle for Democracy in Cleveland, Ohio
It's no surprise to anyone here that Republicans love to mask their agenda in words like "liberty" and "freedom" and present themselves as super-patriots and defenders of the Constitution and the...
View ArticleWhat New Legal Obstacles to Safe Medication Abortion in Ohio Mean for Women
The new regulations on medication abortion are definitely bad law and bad medicine. But on a cultural level, how much of a woman's decision re: whether or not to get an abortion -- medication or...
View ArticleBanning Abortion in Ohio- the threat to women everywhere
An Ohio group is gathering signatures in an effort to add an abortion ban to the state's constitution. Personhood Ohio wants to put the issue before voters in 2012. The measure would amend Ohio's...
View ArticleOhio ad wars heat up over SB 5 repeal; Karl Rove's 'perverse incentive' to...
We Are Ohio, the umbrella group for labor union coalition political activism in Ohio, has a new ad in their campaign to repeal Senate Bill 5: The ad is running statewide, on broadcast and cable,...
View ArticleGFHC Open Thread: Two bicentennials
In the United States a man builds a house to spend his latter years in it, and he sells it before the roof is on; he plants a garden, and lets it just as the trees are coming into bearing; he brings a...
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