Andrew Tobias

3 days ago | signalcleveland.org | Andrew Tobias

A group of Youngstown State University professors who oppose Ohio Senate Bill 1, the controversial higher education law, has turned in paperwork that’s the first required step toward trying to repeal it with a statewide vote. The group said they turned in more than 4,500 voter signatures on Monday alongside a summary of SB1, which contains sweeping changes meant to combat what its Republican sponsors view as a liberal bias at the state’s colleges and universities. Gov.

1 week ago | signalcleveland.org | Andrew Tobias

Ohio is becoming an increasingly popular destination for ambitious out-of-state Democrats. And as we all know, it’s not because of the weather. U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna of California, whose district includes Silicon Valley,spoke Monday at the City Club of Cleveland. His speech, which his aides touted as a “major economic address,” compared the country’s current state of political affairs to the “Gilded Age” of the late 19th century, when businesses had a large role in government policy.

1 week ago | signalcleveland.org | Andrew Tobias

Democrats with national ambitions are trying different approaches to reconnect with voters following November’s crushing election losses. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz ticked off a few of them last Monday while speaking in a cramped basement of a United Steelworkers union hall in Martins Ferry, a small town along the Ohio River across from Wheeling, West Virginia. Some are giving speeches, Walz said. Some are going on TV. Some have started podcasts.

2 weeks ago | signalcleveland.org | Andrew Tobias

A newly passed House budget bill includes a provision to sell $600 million in state bonds for a proposed domed stadium in Brook Park for the Browns. But the floor of the Statehouse wasn’t without fourth-quarter drama on Wednesday. Republican State Rep. Ron Ferguson, of Wintersville, teamed up with Democrats in an underdog effort to defeat the deal. Republican leaders who control the House majority, including state Rep.

2 weeks ago | signalcleveland.org | Andrew Tobias

The ball now is in the Ohio Senate’s court when it comes to the state budget bill. Ohio House Republicans voted Wednesday to approve a two-year, $61 billion bill that funds all state operations.