It’s no secret that since Niki Frenchko took over as Trumbull County commissioner in January 2021 the board of commissioners’ meetings are often heated and hostile. Frenchko was not interested in making friends and she’s met with great success. While some commissioner meetings have ...

Gov. Mike DeWine is cautious when it comes to vetoing bills approved by the state Legislature, which is controlled by fellow Republicans. That’s why legislators have rarely voted to override his vetoes during his five years as governor. But when DeWine vetoed legislation on Dec. 29 to ban ...

The initial plan for U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson was to resign from Congress in February or early March and start March 15 as Youngstown State University president. But ever since Johnson’s controversial hiring Nov. 21 by the YSU board of trustees, Michael Peterson, the board’s president, has ...

State legislative redistricting likely removed the competitiveness in most of the Ohio House and Senate races in the Mahoning Valley for the November 2024 election. But the Valley will have two contested Republican primaries March 19, including one that pits two incumbents against each ...

There were a number of interesting filings in Mahoning and Trumbull counties for the March 19, 2024, primary as well as some noted races in which a political party opted not to field a candidate. An open congressional seat usually attracts a lot of candidates. But, only three Republicans and ...

Despite opposition from police chiefs and county prosecutors organizations, a bill sponsored by state Rep. Mike Loychik to prohibit local and state law enforcement from enforcing federal firearms laws or regulations looked like it was going to pass the Ohio House this month. That was the ...