Tag: Ohio

Afternoon Links: Can a GoFundMe Bring Back the Past, and the Worrying Treatment of Michael Steele

Jim Swift · February 28, 2018 4:17 pm

Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, (pictured center) is cosponsoring a bill with Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and more than a dozen other senators from both parties. The bill would improve the nation's background check system used for scrutinizing most firearms purchases. However, House Republicans are likely to oppose it unless they can add language allowing concealed carry permit holders to legally bring their weapons to other states. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Trump and Congress move on guns after Florida

Susan Ferrechio · February 27, 2018 5:01 am

Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Monday said President Trump deserves some credit for his swift action on gun control after the mass shooting at a Florida high school earlier this month. (screenshot)

John Kasich: Trump ‘deserves credit’ for wanting to ban bump stocks

Naomi Lim · February 27, 2018 4:31 am

This Jan. 10 photo shows Richard Cordray speaking during a news conference, in Akron, Ohio. Cordray, the former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under President Barack Obama, is currently running as a Democrat in his attempt to become Ohio's next governor. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Richard Cordray is looking after his campaign, not consumers

Jeff Joseph · February 26, 2018 5:01 am

"I'm starting to really wonder if we are going to see a multi-party system at some point in the future in this country because I don't think either party is answering people's deepest concerns and needs," John Kasich said. (Image courtesy screenshot)

John Kasich: US may be witnessing ‘the end of a two-party system’

Melissa Quinn · February 25, 2018 5:22 pm

In this photo, Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, is pictured with Silicon Valley venture capitalists, kicking off a tour of the Rust Belt in Youngstown, Ohio. (Salena Zito)

Can a Democratic congressman bring Silicon Valley to the Mahoning Valley?

Salena Zito · February 25, 2018 5:01 am

Condoleezza Rice said she doesn't want guns present in her classroom and called it a "sad thing" that a discussion is being held about needing guards to protect schools in the wake of the shooting in Parkland, Fla. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

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Condoleezza Rice: ‘I don’t really like the idea of a gun in my classroom’

Al Weaver · February 23, 2018 7:56 pm

Republican John Kasich of Ohio, Colorado Democrat John Hickenlooper and Alaska's Bill Walker, an independent, pushed for the two bills during a press conference Friday at the National Press Club. (AP)

Bipartisan governors seek new momentum for Obamacare bills

Robert King · February 23, 2018 6:21 pm

"Every church that I know of has that same kind of policy," Rep. Jim Jordan said. "There are parishioners each Sunday who've had the training — maybe they're retired law enforcement, retired military ... they have a policy in place." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Freedom Caucus leaders support arming teachers, oppose Trump’s other gun ideas

Al Weaver · February 23, 2018 5:50 pm

Sheriff Richard Jones said his offer to train teachers has been met with an overwhelming response. On Tuesday, he said he cut off requests at 300. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Ohio sheriff training hundreds of teachers on concealed carry as Washington debates

Pete Kasperowicz · February 23, 2018 5:16 pm

Dr. Dan Lonergan, a pain specialist who also focuses on addiction, left, treats patient Jeff McCoy at his practice in Franklin, Tenn., Monday, June 5, 2017. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, life expectancy in America fell in 2016, with the rise of heart disease and drug-related overdoses being key factors in the uptick in deaths. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Doctor shortage making it harder to fight opioid abuse, study finds

Robert King · February 21, 2018 7:27 pm

"Unfair corporate welfare deals like the ones being lobbed at Amazon fuel cronyism, are conducted in darkness, and force small businesses to subsidize their competition," said David Barnes, policy director for Generation Opportunity, a group within the Koch network that engages with millennials. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Koch group warns cities against ‘corporate welfare’ for Amazon

Joseph Lawler · February 21, 2018 11:00 am