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Nan Whaley announced Wednesday she's selected Cheryl Stephens to join her ticket in the race for the Democratic nomination in the Ohio governor's race.

Lawmakers are set to meet Wednesday to hammer out their differences over a bill to legalize sports gambling in Ohio. The two Democrats running for governor said they’re concerned about not only what the bill will include, but also the process they say Republicans are using to get that bill passed.

If politics is, in part, entertainment where the stakes are rather high, the contest between Whaley and Cranley – two political allies and personal friends – may be great fun for political junkies to watch. Or not.

Community leaders around Ohio are weighing whether to sign on to the $26 billion opioid settlement with three drug distributors and a manufacturer. They’re going over the specifics as they consider their final decisions, which could bring big money but some fear could also be costly.

FirstEnergy will pay a $230 million fine in a plea deal with federal prosecutors in the federal investigation into the $1.6 billion bailout for Ohio’s two nuclear energy plants. But some argue state leaders have not done enough to prevent back room dealing that can lead to scandals like this.

Members from the U.S. Conference of Mayors met in Columbus Tuesday to discuss the future of the organization, including the support of the federal bipartisan infrastructure plan.

Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley and Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley are vying to unseat Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine in 2022. Today on our Weekly Reporter Roundtable, we consider DeWine’s challenges for re-election in 2022.

The election for governor is more than a year away but the Democrat who plans to challenge Mike DeWine is blasting him now for failing to rein in the nuclear power plant bailout scandal that has rocked the Statehouse since last July.

In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown talk with Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley about her run for governor.

In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown talk with Congressman Steve Stivers about why he is leaving public office.