Ohio lawmakers approve ‘stand your ground’ bill: The Wake Up for Monday, Dec. 21, 2020 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com
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Stand your ground: Ohio lawmakers gave final approval Friday to a controversial “stand your ground” bill that would eliminate any “duty to retreat” before using force in self-defense, despite sharp criticism from Democrats and some Republicans. Jeremy Pelzer reports that the Republican-sponsored bill now heads to Gov. Mike DeWine, who said earlier this week that lawmakers shouldn’t send him any bills loosening gun restrictions until they first pass a package of gun reforms he proposed in
Gov. Mike DeWine talks about death penalty, U.S. presidential election in year-end interview: Capitol Letter
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
Posted Dec 17, 2020
Gov. Mike DeWine discussed the death penalty, the recent presidential election, and filling two Public Utilities Commission of Ohio seats during an interview with cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer. (Ohio Governor s Office)
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What’s on the governor’s mind: Gov. Mike DeWine conducted his year-end interview with cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer on Wednesday. As Andrew Tobias reports, DeWine explained his rationale behind not taking a firmer public stance on the death penalty, expressed his opinion that the recent presidential election was a successful stress test of American institutions, and described his administration’s approach to filling one, if not two, seats on the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.