Maureen Corcoran, the Ohio Department of Medicaid director, told Gov. Mike DeWine in a 2019 year-end memo that the Medicaid program she inherited from the John Kasich administration was a “mess.”
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Making JobsOhio Transparent Is Like Making Sausage: It’s Not Pretty
JobsOhio has operated as a privatized, independent economic development agency for the State of Ohio since 2011. In all that time, a few concerned officials have tried to peel back the curtain obscuring its inner workings, too little success.
Read MoreOhio Gov. Kasich Signs a Bill Outlawing Abortion Method That Dismembers Unborn Babies
by Grace Carr Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed a bill Friday banning dilation and evacuation abortions, common second-trimester abortion methods. Senate Bill 145 prohibits doctors from performing dilation and evacuation abortions, an abortion method used when women are between 13 and 24 weeks pregnant. Dilation abortion involves tearing the…
Read MoreKasich Vows to Veto Pro-Life Heartbeat Bill as Senate Leaders Round Up Votes
Ohio Gov. John Kasich has threatened to veto pro-life legislation that overwhelmingly passed the State House last week with the goal of protecting almost all unborn babies in the state from being aborted. Last Thursday, the Ohio House voted 60 to 35 to pass House Bill 258, which bans doctors from aborting any…
Read MoreGov. John Kasich Sees Opening for Independent in 2020 Presidential Race
Ohio Gov. John Kasich made another trip to New Hampshire this week and is sounding more and more like a 2020 presidential candidate. He has not officially said one way or the other on whether he will run again, but after eyeballing the midterm election results Kasich says he sees an…
Read MoreOhio State House Passes Pro-Life Heartbeat Bill as Measure Heads to Senate
The Ohio House of Representatives voted Thursday to pass a bill that would ban almost all abortions upon detection of a heartbeat in the unborn baby. But the bill did not pass by a big enough margin to make it veto-proof, and Gov. John Kasich has staunchly opposed it, arguing…
Read More‘Heartbeat Bill’ Scheduled for Floor Vote in Ohio State House
A pro-family organization has issued an action alert to pro-life Ohioans informing them that the Ohio State House of Representatives has scheduled a floor vote Thursday on a bill that would ban abortions after the point at which an unborn baby develops a detectable heartbeat. House Bill 258, also known as…
Read MoreRed-Hot Battle Over Gun-Control Laws Expected in Ohio’s Lame-Duck Session
Ohio’s lame-duck session appears primed for a battle over gun legislation with several bills vying for attention on both sides of the gun-rights issue. One bill that has the backing of lame-duck Gov. John Kasich is the so-called Red Flag Bill, or SB 278, which would allow law enforcement or…
Read MoreOhio Gov. Kasich: ‘The Lord’ Doesn’t Want Americans to Oppose Migrant Caravan
Ohio Gov. John Kasich told CNN Thursday that “the Lord” doesn’t want Americans to build walls and oppose the migrant caravan heading to the United States from Central America. “We’ve got to start putting ourselves in the shoes of other people,” Kasich told CNN’s Newsroom. Kasich, the grandson of Catholic…
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