Ken Lanci

A Clevelander by any other name?

Ken Lanci is a lifelong Clevelander

Marcy Kaptur

Social security claims often on insecure ground

"The Social Security trust fund is sound. Without anything being done, it would function well into 2038; and even after that time with no changes, we could pay 80 percent of the benefits that people have earned."

Mike Foley

Loss leader

Ohio’s lost more jobs in March than any other state in the nation.

Ron Maag

Other research shows the opposite

Employees in "workplace freedom" states make more money

Chris Redfern

No proof of cause and effect

"Six out of 10 of the highest unemployment rates are also in so-called right to work states."

Ed FitzGerald

More work, less buying power

"Just about everyone everywhere is spending more hours on the job, less time with their families, bringing home smaller and smaller paychecks, while they're paying more and more at the gas pump and the grocery stores."

Ed FitzGerald

Label doesn't fit

"Ohioans want an end to pay-to-play politics."

Republican Governors Association

A KO for the P.O. 14 claim

Accuses Ed FitzGerald of "pay-to-play and corruption politics."

Ohio Oil and Gas Association

One exaggeration after another

"Nearly 40,000 new jobs have been created in the last year due to the new wells . . . right here in Ohio."

Promise: Oppose restrictions on gun rights

Update: Gov. John Kasich shows willingness to expand gun rights

Promise: Offer college scholarships to county residents

Update: Cuyahoga County Council approves college savings program

Marcia Fudge

Studies differ on size of the gap

"Women in Ohio earn on average 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man."

Ohio Public Defender's Office

Research bears it out

"The sex-offender registry has been around for a long time, and the research that's out there says that it has no positive impact on the public safety."

Rob Portman

Doomsday? No, but he’s right

"The Social Security disability fund is going belly up in 2016."

Michele Walsh

Alarming statistics

"Within the three miles surrounding the University Circle area, infant mortality exceeds some Third World countries."

John Kasich

He's not just gushing

"Right now, Texas doesn’t have an income tax and Oklahoma’s lowering their income tax rates, and guess what their severance tax is? Sky high."

John Kasich

A better deal? Perhaps. Lower tolls? No

Says that his transportation budget and Ohio Turnpike plan "would make sure we have lower tolls than we’ve had through the history of the turnpike."

Bloggers

Tax deadbeats are everywhere, even in presidential administrations

Forty aides who serve President Barack Obama "owe $333,485 in back taxes."

Progress Ohio

No protection

"It is legal in Ohio to fire an employee or evict a tenant just for being gay."

Bill Seitz

One secretary not on board

Says that Secretary of State Jon Husted and former secretary Jennifer Brunner both have supported a provision in Senate Bill 47 that would limit the days organizers have to collect signatures for initiative and referendum petitions.