CELINA - Mercer County officials are preparing to take the first step toward establishing a county public defenders office.
Moving from the county s decades-old assigned counsel system to a county-run .
Ohio governor sees growing criticism from fellow Republicans
By JOHN SEEWER and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINSNovember 23, 2020 GMT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) For months, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine steered cleared of second-guessing President Donald Trump, a fellow Republican, despite their polar-opposite responses to the pandemic.
The governor’s reward? A suggestion by the president that another Republican should challenge him in Ohio’s 2022 election.
Trump’s warning came after DeWine said it was time to realize Joe Biden had won the presidential race. That was just the start of a rough few days last week for the Ohio governor, who is dealing with a state he says “is on fire” with skyrocketing coronavirus cases, and now finds himself fending off questions about his political future.