Brunner Won’t Need to Change Voter Lists

Brunner Won’t Need to Change Voter Lists Originally published by: Mark Niquette and the Columbus Dispatch October 11, 2008 A federal appeals court ruled 2-1 last night in favor of Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner to put on hold an order sought by the Ohio...

Four GOP Candidates Will Return Brennan Contributions

Originally published by: Jim Siegel and the Columbus Dispatch July 1, 2008 Four Republican candidates, including state Auditor Mary Taylor, will refund nearly $30,000 in contributions received from political action committees run by charter-school operator and Akron...

Brunner to Defend Election Proposals

Originally published by: Mark Niquette and the Columbus Dispatch January 12, 2008 As some counties question her plan to overhaul state elections in the wake of a study critical of voting equipment, Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner plans to clear the air with...

Prosecutors Want Lie-Detector Results Out of Trial

Originally published by: Alan Johnson and the Columbus Dispatch April 10, 2007 Before he was released from prison, Gary Lamar James had to pass a lie-detector test to prove once and for all that he didn’t commit a 1976 bank robbery and murder. Franklin County...

Extra Cash to Aid Food Banks

Originally published by: Mark Niquette and the Columbus Dispatch April 5, 2007 Gov. Ted Strickland donated the remaining money from his inaugural committee to charity yesterday, writing a $300,000 check to the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks. “I...

Wrongfully Jailed Man Offered Lower Settlement

Originally published by: Alan Johnson and the Columbus Dispatch April 2, 2007 They each spent 26 years wrongfully imprisoned for the same crime, but prosecutors want to give Gary James less than half the $2.5 million settlement awarded to Timothy Howard. The two East...