Marilou Johanek

3 weeks ago | ohiocapitaljournal.com | Marilou Johanek

by Marilou Johanek, Ohio Capital Journal June 3, 2025 “What is the problem trying to be solved with (Ohio) Senate Bill 153?” asked a speaker testifying before a senate committee last week on yet another Republican measure to make voting harder in the state. It was a rhetorical question. Kelly DuFour, the voting and elections manager at Common Cause Ohio, knew the proposed legislation wasn’t drafted as a solution to any glaring flaw in Ohio elections.

4 weeks ago | logandaily.com | Marilou Johanek

(Ohio Capital Journal) — A year and a half before the midterm elections, Ohio Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur is being slammed in right-wing attack ads running on targeted streaming services in the state. kAm%96 7=2E=J >:D=625:?8 25D 2C6 A2CE @7 2 ?2E:@?H:56 42>A2:8? AC@5F465 3J 2 52C< >@?6J 8C@FA W324<65 3J q:8 !92C>2 2?5 =:?<65 E@ 2 #6AF3=:42? DFA6C !prX 565:42E65 E@ 6=64E:?8 #6AF3=:42?D E@ E96 &]$] w@FD6]k^AmkAmp>6C:42? p4E:@? }6EH@C< =2F?4965 :ED Sf >:==:@? 25G6CE:D:?8 42>A2:8?

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Marilou Johanek

Stock photo from Getty Images. A year and a half before the midterm elections, Ohio Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur is being slammed in right-wing attack ads running on targeted streaming services in the state. The flatly misleading ads are part of a nationwide campaign produced by a dark money group (backed by Big Pharma and linked to a Republican super PAC) dedicated to electing Republicans to the U.S. House.

1 month ago | ohiocapitaljournal.com | Marilou Johanek

by Marilou Johanek, Ohio Capital Journal May 28, 2025 A year and a half before the midterm elections, Ohio Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur is being slammed in right-wing attack ads running on targeted streaming services in the state. The flatly misleading ads are part of a nationwide campaign produced by a dark money group (backed by Big Pharma and linked to a Republican super PAC) dedicated to electing Republicans to the U.S. House.

1 month ago | circlevilleherald.com | Marilou Johanek

(OHIO CAPITAL JOURNAL) - Just as Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was never really about improving government efficiency – quite the opposite, in fact – the 5,000-plus page biennial budget rewrite the Ohio House slapped together and sent to the Ohio Senate was never really about improving the common good of everyday Ohioans. kAmxE H2D 23@FE 25G2?4:?8 E96 92C5\C:89E AC:@C:E:6D @7 A@H6C7F= A@=:E:4:2?D H9@ 2?DH6C E@ 3:8 >@?6J – ?@E 4@?DE:EF6?ED :?