At just 11 years old, Dotty Robe witnessed the death of her 14-year-old sister. It was the early 1930s. She died of complications from an appendectomy. Fever and pneumonia took her life. “That was ...

The Buckeye State may be the most progressive in the union when it comes to youth prison reform. You might not guess it from the Republican governor or GOP-dominated legislature, but Ohio is ...

And so farewell, ex-state Sen. Dean Tran, convicted welfare chiseler and income-tax evader, another hack Massachusetts politician who retired due to ill health – the voters got sick of him.

The areas of state government that will be cut will be the battle during the next five months, as the General Assembly ...

Another controversial part of the Cleveland Plan was eliminating seniority when it came to teacher layoffs and having the ...

Matt Huffman often appears the model of restraint — composed, reasoned, serious in tone. The former Ohio Senate president and ...

The third son of Patriots owner Robert Kraft, Josh Kraft has had a long career of nonprofit leadership in Boston — work that ...

Ohio Democrats won't have a future in the Statehouse if they don't find candidates to run. They should worry less about Trump ...

After a false start last year, a state board is slated to vote Monday on extending JobsOhio’s lease of state liquor profits for an additional 15 years. JobsOhio, a nonprofit created by then-Gov. John ...

Ramaswamy announced his departure from the Trump's new nongovernmental entity, the "Department of Government Efficiency" ...

This weekend marks the end of Roy Green’s weekend talk shows on Corus Radio, as Roy attends to his health issues. For most of the Bay Observer’s 12 years as a monthly print publication, Roy was one of ...

President Trump said today that he may “get rid” of FEMA while visiting areas of North Carolina devastated by Hurricane Helene. Former Ohio Governor John Kasich and former senior FEMA official Lars ...