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Biden tells gay audience in Ohio: LGBTQ rights is my top priority

Associated Press COLUMBUS Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden declared Saturday that the


With Biden absent, rivals pounce at Calif. gathering

Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO Democratic presidential hopefuls took rival Joe Biden’s absence


Blair selected to replace Holmes in Ohio House

He was among six Democrats who applied for the vacancy


COLUMBUS Ohio exhibition draws attention to First Amendment-themed cartoons

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS The First Amendment right to free speech


Aviation companies want Ohio tax exemption restored

Associated Press COLUMBUS Aviation companies are asking the Ohio Senate to restore tax


Impeach Trump? Most of 2020’s Democrats tiptoe past question

Associated Press WASHINGTON Democratic leaders in Congress have argued that impeaching


Six seek to succeed Holmes in the state House

The person appointed would fill an unexpired term through Dec. 31, 2020


Interim Mahoning Democratic leader is first to file for the position

Kale-Pesta is now interested in filling the rest of the unexpired term


virginia governor Results of probe into racist photo expected today

Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. A law firm has completed its investigation into how a racist photo


Trump’s farmers follow him into a trade war

Associated Press MADRID, Iowa Iowa farmer Tim Bardole survived years of low crop prices and


Female lawmakers speak out about their rapes

Associated Press COLUMBUS For more than two decades, Nancy Mace did not speak publicly about


Biden rejects Democrats’ anger in call for national unity

Joe Biden’s party may be enraged by Donald Trump’s presidency, but the Democratic presidential candidate is insisting that Democrats will not defeat the Republican president in 2020 if they pick an angry nominee


Mo. lawmakers pass 8-week abortion ban

Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Missouri’s Republican-led House on Friday passed sweeping


Democrats grapple with fully embracing Medicare for All

A half-dozen presidential candidates back “Medicare for All,” a proposal that would put the government in charge of most health benefits


NYC Mayor de Blasio announces candidacy

Associated Press NEW YORK He’s deeply unpopular among fellow New Yorkers, often savaged by the