Turnout for nonpresidential elections is usually poor, but those who come out for August special elections take that percentage to a new level of bad. Last year’s August special primary election for state legislative seats became necessary after the Ohio Supreme Court ruled the Ohio ...

As a U.S. senator for less than five months, Republican J.D. Vance is hardly in a position to be a kingmaker. But he's giving it a try, endorsing Westlake businessman Bernie Moreno in next year's Republican primary for Ohio's other Senate seat held by Democrat Sherrod Brown. In his Moreno ...

Paul Dutton was one of the first people who helped me better understand the Mahoning Valley when I moved here in 1995. Sadly, Dutton died May 7 at the age of 76. It was hard to not be impressed by Dutton, though he was a humble and modest person who never bragged about his many ...

When it comes to his bill to increase rail safety after the East Palestine train derailment disaster, criticizing fellow Republicans who oppose it doesn’t concern U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance. The freshman Republican senator from Cincinnati responded to criticism from U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, to ...

Turnout in odd-year primaries is typically bad, and this was no exception. It was 9.76 percent in Mahoning County and 15.32 percent in Trumbull County. Those aren’t percentages of county residents or even all registered voters. That’s just those who were eligible to vote. In Mahoning ...

Turnout in odd-year primaries is typically bad, and this was no exception. It was 9.76 percent in Mahoning County and 15.32 percent in Trumbull County. Those aren't percentages of county residents or even all registered voters. That's just those who were eligible to vote. In Mahoning County, ...