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Lawsuit says Ohio's gender-affirming care ban violates the state constitution

Mar. 26, 2024 17:48 PM EDT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two families of transgender minors filed a constitutional challenge on Tuesday to an Ohio law that severely limits gender-affirming health care for youth under 18. The litigation, brought in Franklin County Common Pleas Court by the American Civil Liberties...

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

Mar. 25, 2024 07:22 AM EDT

Toledo Blade. March 20, 2024. Editorial: Ohio still battleground The primary election results on Tuesday night have set the stage for northwest Ohio campaigns that will do much to decide leadership of both the U.S. House and Senate and have kept Toledo’s city...

Trump got the candidate he wanted in Ohio's Senate primary. But can Bernie Moreno win in November?

Mar. 20, 2024 19:43 PM EDT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Donald Trump got what he wanted when former car dealer Bernie Moreno won the Republican Senate primary in Ohio. So did Democrats. Moreno's positions on abortion, immigration and Trump's election lies make the Republican less electable this...

In Ohio's GOP congressional primaries, Taylor wins 2nd Congressional District, Rulli wins 6th

Mar. 19, 2024 23:19 PM EDT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Businessman Dave Taylor has defeated 10 of his fellow Republicans in a crowded primary for southern Ohio’s 2nd Congressional District seat, and State Sen. Michael Rulli has won the Republican primary in Eastern Ohio’s 6th Congressional District. Taylor...

Ohio governor declares emergency after severe storms that killed 3

Mar. 17, 2024 14:39 PM EDT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s governor has declared a state of emergency in 11 counties across central Ohio struck by severe weather last week. Gov. Mike DeWine also activated the Ohio National Guard to help officials in one county, Logan County, where three deaths were confirmed,...

Trump ramps up dark rhetoric in Ohio stump speech for Senate candidate Bernie Moreno

Mar. 17, 2024 10:02 AM EDT

VANDALIA, Ohio (AP) — Former President Donald Trump claimed that he — not President Joe Biden — will protect Social Security and warned of a “bloodbath” if he loses in November as he campaigned for Senate candidate Bernie Moreno in Ohio. Trump, speaking on a wind-whipped...

Tornadoes kill 3 and leave trails of destruction in the central US

Mar. 15, 2024 22:36 PM EDT

LAKEVIEW, Ohio (AP) — Blaine Schmidt sifted through the broken glass and splintered wood throughout his Ohio home Friday, salvaging a guitar and a bundle of diapers. His couch and a crib had been ripped apart by one of many tornadoes that tore through the central U.S., killing...

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the Tuesday presidential and state primaries

Mar. 15, 2024 08:55 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voting in the races for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations happens again Tuesday, a week after President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump secured enough delegate support to become their parties’ presumptive nominees. Three states also will hold...

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Ohio's presidential and state primaries

Mar. 15, 2024 08:20 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the presidential nominations locked up, the most high-profile election in Ohio’s primary on Tuesday will be the Republican contest to take on Ohio’s Democratic U.S. senator. There are presidential contests in five states on Tuesday, but Ohio is one of two...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine bypasses Trump-backed Bernie Moreno for Matt Dolan with US Senate race nod

Mar. 11, 2024 18:35 PM EDT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio parted ways with Donald Trump on Monday and endorsed state Sen. Matt Dolan over Trump-backed businessman Bernie Moreno in the state's three-way GOP primary for a U.S. Senate seat. In breaking ranks with the former president,...