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DeWine study: Ramaswamy’s tax promise could mean new taxes on groceries and health care
The DeWine budget office warns replacing Ohio's $24 billion in local property-tax revenue could require a 15% to 18% sales tax, among the nation's highest.
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Democrats aim to emulate Republicans in building state power
GOP lawmakers still hold nearly 55% of state seats, and experts say Democrats lack decades of coordinated infrastructure that groups like ALEC built.
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Ramaswamy sells a public school origin story. His campaign bio airbrushes out years of elite private school.
St. Xavier, the unnamed private school in his bio, currently costs $19,500 a year and can accept the same EdChoice vouchers Ramaswamy wants expanded statewide.
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Fact check: What Amy Acton actually said about ICE and immigration enforcement
Headlines portrayed Acton as embracing ICE and breaking with Democrats. Her actual remarks — and statements dating back to January — show a consistent position on lawful enforcement, public safety and professional standards for law enforcement.
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As he worked to advance the Intel project, Jon Husted’s wife was invested in it
Husted also took campaign cash from Intel lobbyist Josh Rubin, whom DeWine named JobsOhio chairman while it steered millions to the company.
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Family asks National Republican Senatorial Committee to remove pro-Husted ad showing deadly crash
The photographer never authorized its use either, and FactCheck.org found the ad draws weak ties between Brown's 1996 vote and the driver who caused the crash.
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‘Ohio’s become incredibly expensive.’ Democratic lawmakers blame One Big Beautiful Bill for prices
Landsman's GOP opponent calls the affordability claims hypocritical, as marketplace premiums nearly double and 100,000 Ohioans lose SNAP benefits.
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Ramaswamy’s property tax plan could trigger layoffs of over 50,000 teachers, 32,000 first responders
Fiscal officials warn income or sales taxes would need to nearly triple to replace lost revenue.
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Who is Linda Caudill? The Republican insider Ramaswamy chose to blame Amy Acton for her mother’s death
The woman blaming Amy Acton for her mother’s death has spent a decade in Republican politics — chairing Donald Trump’s Hamilton County campaign, organizing conservative activists and winning a seat on the Ohio GOP’s State Central Committee.
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Ramaswamy breaks silence on Max Miller, supports him fully: Preserving GOP control is ‘most important’
Two GOP senators on the same endorsement page as Ramaswamy have called for Miller to resign, but his name still isn't going anywhere.
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Amy Acton promotes plan to make Ohio government more ethical
The Democratic gubernatorial candidate says she would establish anti-corruption task forces to prevent future malfeasance in state government.
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Fact check: Ramaswamy ad blames Acton for death of woman who lived and died in Kentucky, not Ohio
DeWine has repeatedly said pandemic decisions were his alone, and the ad's spokeswoman was cut from a 2017 GOP campaign over a violent meme targeting Jon Husted.
