Do protection orders really protect? The answer isn’t clear

Sherrod Brown

A SNAP judgment that's spot on

"Some of these members of the House of Representatives get hundreds of thousands of dollars in farm subsidies" but want to cut food stamps.

Chain email

Don't get reeled in by this one

A hidden provision in Obamacare taxes sporting goods as medical devices.

Dave Joyce

This claim on solid ground

"47 - New provisions ObamaCare charges the IRS with implementing, according to the Government Accountability Office."

Bob Gibbs

Yes, but many more will be covered

"If Obamacare is fully implemented, 30 million people will still be without health insurance."

Tom Letson

Comp claim falls down on the job

Says Gov. John Kasich implied that a portion of workers’ compensation rebates to employers "should be directed back to him in the form of campaign cash."

Keith Faber

Buckeye State played a huge role

"During the Civil War, more than 300,000 Ohioans served in the Union Army -- more per capita than any other state."

Ed FitzGerald

Public, private and parochial kids all included

Cuyahoga County "passed a program to guarantee a college savings account for every single child who enters kindergarten in this county -- the first county in the United States to do so."

Rob Portman

His stats check out

The Obama administration has put out "more of these major rules than the Clinton administration or the Bush administration during comparable times."

Ron Maag

Wrong on several fronts

 "Forty-six cents of every dollar" Ohio could get for Medicaid expansion "is going to come from China or some other country that doesn’t like us very much."

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