The Cleveland metropolitan area,or Greater Cleveland as it is more commonly known,is the metropolitan area surrounding the city of Cleveland in Northeast Ohio,United States. According to the 2020 census results,the six-county Cleveland,OH Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) consists of Cuyahoga County,Ashtabula County,Geauga County,Lake County,Lorain County,and Medina County,and has a population of 2,088,251,making it the 34th-most populous metropolitan area in the United States and the third largest metropolitan area in Ohio. The metro area is also part of the larger Cleveland–Akron–Canton Combined Statistical Area with a population of over 3.6 million people,the most populous statistical area in Ohio and the 17th most populous in the United States.
Thomas Charles Sawyer was an American politician of the Democratic Party. During a career that spanned five decades,he represented his hometown of Akron,Ohio,across multiple levels of government. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1977 to 1983,the Mayor of Akron from 1984 to 1986,a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 2003,and a member of the Ohio Senate from 2007 to 2016.
The government of the U.S. state of Ohio consists of the executive,judicial,and legislative branches. Its basic structure is set forth in the Constitution and law of Ohio.
Capital University Law School is an ABA-accredited private law school located in downtown Columbus,Ohio. The law school is affiliated with Capital University,the oldest university in Central Ohio and one of the oldest and largest Lutheran-affiliated universities in North America.
Ohio's 6th congressional district is represented by Representative Bill Johnson (R-OH). This district runs along the eastern side of the state,bordering West Virginia,and Pennsylvania. It stretches from Marietta through several Ohio River industrial towns all the way to the city of Youngstown.
Mary Jo Kilroy is an American attorney and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Ohio's 15th congressional district from 2009 until 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party from Ohio. She was defeated in her November 2,2010 re-election bid. In 2012,she ran in the newly redrawn,Columbus-based 3rd congressional district but lost in the primary.
Concord Township is one of the five townships of Lake County,Ohio,United States. As of the 2020 census,the population was 19,254. Lake County is part of the Cleveland-Elyria,OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Painesville Township is one of the five townships of Lake County,Ohio,United States. The population was 20,453 at the 2020 census. It is part of Greater Cleveland in the Northeast Ohio Region,the 15th largest combined statistical area in the United States.
Timothy J. Grendell is a Republican politician who serves as judge on the Geauga County Court of Common Pleas. He was a member of the Ohio Senate from 2005 to 2011,and of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2000 until 2004. Timothy Grendell was appointed to the Geauga County Court of Common Pleas as the Juvenile and Probate judge in 2011 by then Governor John Kasich after leaving Columbus,OH. After seeking election again,running unopposed in 2020,he is currently Geauga Counties elected judge.
Marguerite B. Lehner is the current Mayor of Kettering,Ohio. Formerly,she also served in the Ohio Senate,Ohio House of Representatives,and on the Kettering City Council. Her Senate district was located entirely in Montgomery County and included Vandalia,Riverside,Kettering,Centerville,Miamisburg and Germantown. Lehner is a Republican.
Diane Veronica Grendell is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives,representing the 76th Ohio House District from 2019 until 2023. A Republican,previously,Grendell served as a judge on the Ohio Eleventh District Court of Appeals. She was elected to this position in 2000,2006,and 2012,and served until 2019. She previously served in the Ohio House of Representatives in a similar seat from 1993 to 2000. She is married to former state legislator and Geauga County Court of Common Pleas Probate and Juvenile Judge Tim Grendell.
The Ohio Department of Youth Services (DYS) is the administrative department of the Ohio state government responsible for juvenile corrections. It has its headquarters in Columbus.
Michael Stinziano Jr. is an American politician serving as the auditor of Franklin County,Ohio. He took office on March 11,2019,after winning the election in November 2018. Stinziano previously a member of the Columbus City Council from 2016 to 2019 and the Ohio House of Representatives from 2013 to 2016.
Andrew O. Brenner is a U.S. Republican party politician and member of the Ohio Senate,currently serving his second term for the 19th Senate District.
Jay Hottinger is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate for the 31st district. A longtime member of the Ohio General Assembly,Hottinger has served in both the Ohio House of Representatives and the Senate since 1995. His current district includes Coshocton,New Lexington,New Philadelphia,and Newark. Hottinger serves as the President pro tempore of the Ohio Senate.
Theresa Gavarone is an American attorney,politician,and businesswoman serving as a member of the Ohio Senate for the 2nd district. A Republican,Gavarone was first appointed to the Senate in 2019 after serving in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2016 to 2019.
Donald Jones is a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives,representing the 95th district since January 2019. Jones's district includes all of Carroll,Harrison,and Noble counties and portions of Belmont and Washington counties. Prior to elected office,Jones served as an agricultural education teacher at Harrison Central High School. He also serves as a volunteer firefighter and EMT.
The Ohio nuclear bribery scandal (2020) is a political scandal in Ohio involving allegations that electric utility company FirstEnergy paid roughly $60 million to Generation Now,a 501(c)(4) organization purportedly controlled by Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives Larry Householder in exchange for passing a $1.3 billion bailout for the nuclear power operator. It was described as "likely the largest bribery,money laundering scheme ever perpetrated against the people of the state of Ohio" by U.S. Attorney David M. DeVillers,who charged Householder and four others with racketeering on July 21,2020. According to prosecutors,FirstEnergy poured millions into the campaigns of 21 candidates during the 2018 Ohio House of Representatives election,which ultimately helped Householder replace Ryan Smith as Republican House speaker.
The Ohio Fair School Funding Plan is bipartisan legislation introduced in the Ohio House of Representatives as House Bill 1 by Republican Rep. Jamie Callender and Democratic Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney. The bill creates a new school financing system for K-12 education in the State of Ohio,overhauling the state's school funding system that the Ohio Supreme Court found unconstitutional four times beginning with the original DeRolph decision in 1997. HB 1 was signed into law on July 1,2021 as a part of the biennial state operating budget.
