For the third time in two years, a GOP judge in Franklin County has become a Democrat. Domestic Relations Judge Kim Browne is the latest to switch parties.
COLUMBUS, Ohio A top Republican lawmaker is seeking to remove the Franklin County prosecutor’s exclusive authority to try Ohio public corruption cases, just months after a Democrat was elected to the position for the first time in nearly 60 years. An amendment, slipped Tuesday into House Bill 286 by the House Civil Justice Committee, would allow lawmakers, candidates, and political groups .
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio Officials placed Noble Elementary School on lockdown Wednesdsy after a reported shooting near the school, according to a school employee. No children have been hurt at the school on Ardoon Street near Noble Road, the school official said. School resumed as usual once the lockdown was lifted, she further said. Cleveland Heights police have still not released any .
Editorial: Widespread 2020 fraud in Ohio jobless claims highlights need for accountability, reforms
Cleveland.com
The acting head of Ohio’s unemployment compensation program said last week the state had paid out more than $2.1 billion in mistaken or fraudulent benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
That eye-popping revelation, by Matthew Damschroder, acting director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, was troubling enough.
But it came on top of recent allegations by Ohio Auditor Keith Faber, in a cleveland.com interview, that ODJFS under prior leadership repeatedly misled his office, from last May to December, about the extent of jobless claim fraud and was slow to institute additional anti-fraud measures.