With elections around the corner on Nov. 6, voters will be presented with the only statewide issue on the ballot: Issue 1.Issue 1, the proposed constitutional amendment, is oriented around the opioid crisis...
Brett Kavanaugh, our newest Supreme Court justice, is a huge beer fanatic. He likes beer now, and he liked beer back in 1983. Many people cite his love of beer, multiple sexual assault allegations, his...
Two hundred thirty abortions for women in Portage County were published by the Ohio Department of Health in September 2017.Of the 230, 158 were women 18-29 years old and eight were adolescents 17 years...
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's sort of a coordinated dance, but the performers are an organized group of protesters and a dozen or so uniformed Capitol Police officers. And the stage is this week's Senate confirmation...
On Monday, March 20, hearings began in the Senate Committee on the Judiciary regarding the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to fill the vacant seat of the United States Supreme Court.Judge Gorsuch is a judge...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohioans on both sides of the abortion issue were focused Wednesday on the U.S. Supreme Court as it weighed Texas’ restrictions on clinics that are similar to some laws in this...
Most of our political issues today, sadly, revolve around the battle of Republicans vs. Democrats; the right and left battling for a position to gain the upper hand on one another. It’s also an election...
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead in a hunting resort in West Texas Saturday morning.Scalia served as a member of the Supreme Court since 1986 after being appointed by Ronald Reagan....
Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia passed away this past weekend. He died of natural causes on Feb. 12 at his Texas ranch, at the age of 79.Scalia, appointed by former President Ronald Reagan...
WASHINGTON The Supreme Court on Monday kicked off its 2015 term with an argument over a Northern California woman who lost both legs in an Austrian railroad accident.And with that gruesome set of facts,...
On June 26, the Supreme Court determined marriage equality was the law of the land in a 5-4 ruling, and Portage County Public Records subsequently made changes to marriage licenses. The license, previously...
An estimated 1.2 million drug-addicted people are currently involved in the justice system. “Drug courts” provide effective intervention, save money and significantly reduce drug use and crime through...
