Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted has announced the completion of a post-election audit of the results of the 2016 Presidential General Election. The audit showed the election results tested at a 99.998-percent accuracy rating. Secretary Husted made the announcement at the Ohio Association of Election Officials Winter Conference Wednesday.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Columbiana County Prosecutor Robert Herron announced this week that an Ohio woman has pleaded guilty to charges relating to voter fraud in Columbiana County.
Speaker of the Ohio House Clifford A. Rosenberger (R-Clarksville) has announced the new House standing committee structure, along with committee chairs and vice chairs, for the 132nd General Assembly.
This week, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted honored election officials from around Ohio for their efforts in 2016 that went beyond the call of duty in serving the state’s voters during a major election year in a key swing-state.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced this week that Autumn Health Care of Zanesville, Inc. has been ordered to repay thousands of dollars that it fraudulently obtained from the Ohio Department of Medicaid and the federal government's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid.
Today, U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) joined fellow Ohio Congresswomen Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and Marcia Fudge (OH-11) in demanding President-elect Donald Trump's Education Secretary Nominee Betsy Devos to pay the $5.3 million in fines levied against her PAC for campaign finance violations in Ohio eight years ago.
Speaker of the Ohio House Clifford A. Rosenberger (R-Clarksville) announced Tuesday that State Representative Ryan Smith (R-Bidwell) will continue to serve as Chairman of the House Finance Committee for the 132nd General Assembly, after previously serving as chair in the 131st General Assembly.
Senate President Larry Obhof (R-Medina) announced Monday that he will reappoint Senator Scott Oelslager (R-North Canton) as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the panel responsible for managing Ohio’s biennial state budget bill.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Greene County Sheriff Gene Fischer announced that the skeletal remains found in a wooded area of Spring Valley Township in Greene County last year have been identified as a missing Florida woman, Tiffany Dawn Chambers.
Ohio may have become the first state in the U.S. to ban the use of plywood on vacant and abandoned properties, which could have an impact on a number of area property owners.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced this week that forensic scientists with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) have now conducted DNA testing on 12,000 rape kits as part of a special initiative to secure justice for victims of sexual assault in Ohio.
