Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute presented a fairly boring legal issue of statutory construction.

The legal issue was whether the process used by Ohio to clean up its voter rolls complied with federal statutes.

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It looks like the GOP escaped another potential Roy Moore fiasco in West Virginia after the convict and former coal CEO Don Blankeship lost the GOP Senate primary.

With Blankenship’s loss and wins in other states, the GOP may be poised to gain a few seats in the Senate.

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When at first they don’t succeed, anti-Israel activists try, try again.

This 2017 report from The Algemeiner noted For Third Time in Two Years, Ohio State Students Reject Anti-Israel Divestment Motion

Just days ago the anti-Israel activists were defeated again, as this press release from pro-Israel StandWithUs shows:

StandWithUs Congratulates OSU Students for Defeating...

Former Cleveland mayor and Democrat Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich has decided to run for mayor of the state. According to Dayton Daily News, the Democrat primary is filled to the brim:

Kucinich filed paperwork with the Ohio Secretary of State on Monday to declare his candidacy and name a campaign treasurer.

Kucinich, 71,...

On Friday, Kemberlee wrote about the bizarre braggadocio exhibited by sitting Ohio Supreme Court justice and candidate for governor Bill O’Neill.

His attempt to make light of and sweep back under the carpet the serious allegations of sexual assault, rape, and assorted sexual improprieties unleashed in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein...

Last Sunday, Ohio Governor and former Republican presidential candidate John Kasich said that he does not have plans to run against President Donald Trump in 2020 and is “rooting for him to get it together.”

Less than a week later, reports have emerged that Kasich may team up with Colorado Governor John...

As Washington Examiner reporter Salena Zito tweeted, thank God he was carrying! A man opened fire on a judge outside of a courthouse in Steubenville, OH. The judge took out his gun and fired back. He killed the suspect.

The suspect was Nathaniel Richmond, the father of one of the Steubenville High...

Numerous stories about the dangerous MS-13 gang have come out of Long Island, but the murderous gang has also operated in the Midwest for over 10 years.

Authorities put a dent in the operation when they arrested 13 alleged MS-13 members in Ohio Tuesday.

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Anthem Inc, a prominent national health insurance company, has decided to leave Ohio’s health insurance exchange citing a volatile market.

It’s another example of Obamacare’s collapse, especially since Anthem became “a major player in the individual insurance market created by the federal health care law.” From The New York Times:

Ohio state insurance...

The 2018 midterms are going to be followed like nothing we’ve seen before, drawing more mainstream media coverage than did even the 2010 midterms.  Although they have lost two special elections (Kansas and Montana) and failed to avoid a runoff in Georgia, Democrats and their media allies really really want the...

Time for a lovely heartwarming story! Barbara Lowe, 90, has knitted over 2100 hats for newborns at Hillcrest Hospital in Mayfield Heights, OH, for the past eight years:

“I’m thinking back that the babies who got the hats that are gonna be 8 years old this year and I’m like oh my...

The left is obsessed with race. How does this contribute to learning and scholarship?

iOTW Report has the story:

Professor Lectures Ohio U Students about “Recovering from Whiteness”

Christa Preston Agiro, an associate professor at Wright State University, spoke to Ohio University this month in a speech titled, “Recovering from Overwhelming Whiteness: Learning and...

On Monday, Ohio State University student Abdul Razak Ali Artan, 18, plowed his car into a crowd of people. He exited the car and stabbed bystanders, injuring eleven people, before a cop shot and killed him.

Authorities have not found a specific motive, but they have started an investigation into Artan’s social...

I was off the grid traveling much of the day, so I didn’t follow in live time the apparent terror incident at Ohio State University where a Somali legal immigrant rammed his car into pedestrians on the sidewalk, then attacked with what is variously described as a butcher knife or machete.

As...

Media outlets & Ohio State reported an active shooter on campus, but it turns out the suspect mainly used a knife and a car. NBC has released the name of the attacker:

NBC News: Suspect in Ohio State attack is Abdul Razak Ali Artan multiple law enforcement sources tell Pete Williams...

Minutes ago Judge Megan Shanahan declared a mistrial in the case of University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing after the jury remained unable to come to a unanimous verdict in its fourth day and twenty-fifth hour of deliberations, as reported by WCPO in Cincinnati.

Tensing was being tried for murder and...

Today is the third day of deliberations in the murder/manslaughter trial of police officer Ray Tensing, and this afternoon Judge Megan Shanahan once again sent the jury back to deliberations after they told her that they were still unable to arrive at a unanimous verdict.

Ray Tensing, you may recall, is the Univesity...