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Brandon Blackwell is a reporter in The Plain Dealer's Statehouse bureau in Columbus, Ohio.

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Ohio Democratic Party
stated on July 14, 2013 in an emailed statement:

Says proposed anti-abortion legislation "would force women facing the most personal of health decisions to endure a transvaginal ultrasound."

By Brandon Blackwell • July 12, 2013
Bill Seitz
stated on March 13, 2013 in testimony before a House committee:

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.

By Brandon Blackwell • April 1, 2013
Dan Ramos
stated on February 19, 2013 in a news release :

Under Gov. John Kasich’s budget proposal, "the top one percent in Ohio will pay $10,000 less in income tax each year, but Ohio’s working and middle class families will pay more."

By Brandon Blackwell • March 7, 2013