Jennifer Merritt

Nov 5, 2024 | wvxu.org | Jennifer Merritt

What to knowDemocrats retained all but one seat across the county offices, and gained the Prosecutor's Office for the first time in nearly a century. The one seat Republicans retained was that of County Engineer Eric Beck, who ran unopposed. Results of Hamilton County courts of Appeals and Common Pleas are mixed party-wise. Hamilton County had a host of local races on the ballot this Nov. 5, including two commissioner terms, various judgeships, and two tax levies.

Oct 8, 2024 | wvxu.org | Jennifer Merritt

The Clerk of Courts Office in Hamilton County and across Ohio is responsible for a range of activities pertaining to the justice system in Hamilton County. That includes everything from automobile titles and passport applications to traffic tickets and evictions. Current Clerk of Courts Pavan Parikh, a Democrat, took over the office in 2021. He is being challenged this year by Republican Mary Hill and Libertarian Andrew Olding, both of whom did not respond to WVXU's survey request.

Aug 21, 2024 | wvxu.org | Jennifer Merritt

Cincinnati's Mayor, Aftab Pureval, is giving a brief speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago Wednesday — and by "brief" we mean Pureval will speak for all of two minutes. His short time on stage is slated for between 7-8 p.m., ET, according to a representative from Pureval's office. RELATED: Is Ohio still a swing state? At least one DNC delegate suggests a November surpriseHowever, you likely won't see Pureval on any of the major networks.

Jul 10, 2024 | wvxu.org | Jennifer Merritt

Hollywood A-lister and "lifelong Democrat" George Clooney called on President Joe Biden to end his presidential campaign Wednesday in an op-ed for The New York Times. Just last month, the actor co-hosted a fundraiser supporting Biden's re-election. "It's devastating to say it, but the Joe Biden I was with three weeks ago at the fund-raiser was not the Joe 'big F-ing deal' Biden of 2010," the Kentucky native writes. "He wasn't even the Joe Biden of 2020.

May 30, 2024 | ideastream.org | Jennifer Merritt

Former President Donald Trump has been found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. He is set to be sentenced July 11. The verdict by 12 jurors in New York is a historic one in many ways: it is the first time a former or sitting U.S. president has been convicted of criminal charges; and, as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, is currently campaigning to regain the White House.