Articles from Columbus Dispatch - politics

The impact could be muted compared with the $1,200-per-person stimulus checks that were sent out earlier this year. But there’s a chance those who still have jobs and fit the criteria will see slightly bigger paychecks for a few months.

As new coronavirus cases rose, the state’s positive test rate remained steady. But, new hospitalizations and deaths also rose Wednesday.

Ohioans will be able to cast absentee ballots in drop boxes at their county boards of elections, but Secretary of State Frank LaRose warned voters against waiting to request their ballots.Ballots requested at the last minute are “highly unlikely” to be counted, LaRose said during a Wednesday news conference.LaRose previously has said he was unsure if he had the authority to mandate drop boxes, as the Ohio General Assembly did for the 2020 primary, conducted mostly by […]

A Franklin County judge who had to be restrained to allow attendants to draw blood for testing after her drunken-driving arrest in Pickerington was reprimanded Wednesday by the Ohio Supreme Court.Judge Monica Hawkins committed professional misconduct by failing to comply with the law and failing to act in a manner that promotes public confidence in the judiciary, the justices found in a unanimous ruling.”Operating a vehicle while intoxicated imperils public safety and […]