Reginald FieldsBureau chief, Plain Dealer statehouse bureau
Reginald Fields joined The Plain Dealer in November 2004 as a state government reporter and was promoted to Columbus Bureau Chief in November 2008. He previously worked at The Baltimore Sun and The Akron Beacon Journal.
The latest Truth-O-Meter items from Reginald Fields
Since 2009, the Ohio Republican Party has made more contacts with voters — nearly 6.6 million — than any other GOP state organization in the nation.
"99.97 percent of the kids live in poverty that attend Cleveland public schools."
"The fact is 90-percent of Down Syndrome children were aborted in this country."
Says Ohio has 77 job training programs spread across 13 state agencies.
"We have had some significant accomplishments on a bipartisan basis."
"One-third of our college grads leave Ohio within three years."
"We’re. . . keeping and creating jobs in our state. From American Greetings, to Wendy’s, to Diebold, we’ve gone to their doorsteps to keep jobs right here in Ohio."
On how money from a possible lease of the Ohio Turnpike would be used
"Believe it or not, consumer spending is up over the last eight months."
"Voting in the wrong precinct led to over 14,000 registered voters statewide to lose their vote in 2008."
Recent stories from Reginald Fields
Claim of foul deeds false, but a favorite from 2011Demonstrations outside the Ohio Statehouse provided lasting images from the debate over Senate Bill 5, a proposal to restrict collective bargaining rights for organized labor. But did they do the particularly foul act that Senate President Tom Niehaus cited?
A new meter to track a new governor's promisesNew Ohio Gov. John Kasich wasn't shy about setting the bar high for himself during the campaign. In a webcast he hosted he made it clear that success requires results. "Let’s think of the campaign as one part of a movement. If you win the campaign and you fail to carry out what you want to do, you failed." PolitiFact Ohio decided to take him at his word, and introduces the Kasich-O-Meter to track his performance.
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