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Morgan Trau

Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus

Political Reporter at WEWS-TV (Cleveland, OH)

Award-winning & losing #Ohio Statehouse reporter @WEWS @WCPO, words in @OhioCapJournal. Newhouse. Described as "edgy" & "nosy." 🕵🏻‍♀️ [email protected].

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  • Ohio educators rally for school funding at Statehouse

    4 days ago | news5cleveland.com | Morgan Trau

    COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio educators held one last rally to urge the state Senate to fully fund public schools ahead of the chamber's budget proposal. Teaching at Jefferson Area High School in Ashtabula County was only supposed to be a temporary job while John Patterson finished graduate school. "I discovered that teaching was my calling, and it was my mission," Patterson, the retired teacher of 29 years, said. Like him, education is a passion for many teachers.

  • Attorneys for Householder, Borges 'hopeful' following pardon for Cincinnati politician • Ohio Capital Journal

    1 week ago | ohiocapitaljournal.com | Morgan Trau

    The attorneys for former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and former Republican leader Matt Borges are feeling “hopeful” after a Cincinnati politician convicted of bribery got a pardon from President Donald Trump. Once convicted of accepting $20,000 in bribes, former Cincinnati City Councilmember PG Sittenfeld’s slate has been wiped clean. President Donald Trump pardoned the Democrat, who was sentenced to more than a year in prison in 2023.

  • Attorneys for Householder, Borges ‘hopeful’ following pardon for Cincinnati politician

    1 week ago | yahoo.com | Morgan Trau

    Larry Householder, left, and Matt Borges, right. (Photos by WEWS/WCPO.)The attorneys for former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and former Republican leader Matt Borges are feeling “hopeful” after a Cincinnati politician convicted of bribery got a pardon from President Donald Trump. Once convicted of accepting $20,000 in bribes, former Cincinnati City Councilmember PG Sittenfeld’s slate has been wiped clean.

  • Meta, owner of Facebook, Instagram, testifies on Ohio's bill to require age verification • Ohio Capital Journal

    1 week ago | ohiocapitaljournal.com | Morgan Trau

    by Morgan Trau, Ohio Capital Journal May 30, 2025 Tech giant Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, testified on an Ohio bill to require age verification to download from app stores. Millions of kids use social media. “I’m a parent,” Jennifer Hanley, head of safety policy in North America at Meta, said.

  • Attorneys for Householder, Borges 'hopeful' following pardon for Cincinnati politician

    1 week ago | news5cleveland.com | Morgan Trau

    COLUMBUS, Ohio — The attorneys for former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and former Republican leader Matt Borges are feeling "hopeful" after a Cincinnati politician convicted of bribery got a pardon from President Donald Trump. Once convicted of accepting $20,000 in bribes, former Cincinnati City Councilmember PG Sittenfeld's slate has been wiped clean.

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