The GOP-led court upheld some of the most controversial language.
The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld most of a Republican-authored ballot summary of the state’s proposed redistricting amendment, which includes the not-so-flattering title “To create an appointed redistricting commission not elected by or subject to removal by the voters of the state” and asserts that the reform measure would require gerrymandering instead of doing away with it.
- Republican Gov. Mike DeWine, answering a reporter’s question about the impact of a mass deportation promised by his party’s presidential candidate, Donald Trump, on the local economy in Springfield. DeWine said he has spoken to Springfield business leaders who told him that Haitian workers helped save their businesses when they struggled to hire after pandemic shutdowns.
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