The outcomes of November's Ohio Supreme Court races will decide the balance of the court and have major impacts on a wide variety of issues that affect the lives of Ohioans, from education and environmental issues to gerrymandering and elections to civil and reproductive rights.

Ohio, if you haven't heard of this, it's called coherence bias — writing to make a speech more coherent to readers than the speech actually was. It's a problem with Trump because he is often rambling in free-association and incoherent, but some reporters try to make it coherent.

American company, Russian propaganda: New Kremlin tactic reveals escalating effort to sway US vote apnews.com/article/russia…

Secretary of State Frank LaRose is fond of saying that "it's easy to vote and hard to cheat" in Ohio elections. But his recent — and not-so-recent — conduct seems to contradict both halves of that formulation, a watchdog says. By Marty Schladen ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/09/06/sec…

Inside Russia's plan to sway the the US election for Trump: — A 277-page indictment. unsealed this week, gives unprecedented insight into the goals, target audiences, tactics and resources the Kremlin is using. This is "Project Good Old USA" 1/11 wired.com/story/project-…

The Center for Election Innovation & Research is praising states for beefing up cybersecurity ahead of the 2024 Election, but they say some states like Ohio are undermining confidence and confusing voters with dubious audits and policy changes. By Nick Evans ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/09/06/ele…

FirstEnergy wants to double its increased rate and rider charges to Ohio utility customers, but regulatory cases relating to FirstEnergy's role in the House Bill 6 utility bailout and bribery scandal still haven’t been resolved. By Kathiann M. Kowalski ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/09/06/ohi…

Commentary: A systematic review into the potential health effects from radio wave exposure has shown mobile phones are not linked to brain cancer. The review was commissioned by the World Health Organization and looked at 28 years of research. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/09/06/mob…

Secretary of State Frank LaRose is fond of saying that "it's easy to vote and hard to cheat" in Ohio elections. But his recent — and not-so-recent — conduct seems to contradict both halves of that formulation, a watchdog says. By Marty Schladen ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/09/06/sec…

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan plans to move ahead with the case accusing former President Donald Trump of subverting the 2020 presidential election results, telling Trump’s attorneys that she is “not concerned with the electoral schedule. ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/judge-i…

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will take the stage Tuesday in the only planned debate between the respective Democratic and GOP presidential candidates between now and November. Here are five things to know. ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/5-thing…

“If President Biden’s age merited extensive, focused coverage…then surely Trump’s visible incoherence, cognitive impairment, inability to cogently discuss the simplest public matters & increasingly strange flights of fantasy deserve equivalent treatment.” Important Greg Sargent

The Center for Election Innovation & Research is praising states for beefing up cybersecurity ahead of the 2024 Election, but they say some states like Ohio are undermining confidence and confusing voters with dubious audits and policy changes. By Nick Evans ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/09/06/ele…

I wish this was better understood and appreciated. The recovery from COVID was the first time in recent memory when low-wage workers did better than high-wage workers. All wage groups are better off today than they were before the pandemic, even as wage inequality declined.

FirstEnergy wants to double its increased rate and rider charges to Ohio utility customers, but regulatory cases relating to FirstEnergy's role in the House Bill 6 utility bailout and bribery scandal still haven’t been resolved. By Kathiann M. Kowalski ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/09/06/ohi…

“That seems remarkably burdensome for someone who wants to just take their husband’s or wife’s ballot out to the drop box,” Becker said. “I don’t know if that’s going to have a suppressive impact. It’s just not a really strong idea, and it has no relation to election integrity.”

"DOJ: Russia Aimed Propaganda at Gamers, Minorities to Swing 2024 Election." By David Gilbert wired.com/story/project-…

Trump says the deficit is "hairible" and "nobody thought a number like that would be possible." His deficits and additions to the debt were nearly double Biden's.

Ohio's 9th U.S. Congressional District has been switched by Cook Political Report from "Toss Up" to "Lean Democratic." This is the race between incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Toledo vs. Republican state Rep. Derek Merrin.