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The Rise of the Unprotected
Peggy Noonan | Feb. 25, 2016 Why political professionals are struggling to make sense of the world they created. We’re in a funny moment. Those who do politics for a living, some of them quite brilliant, are struggling to comprehend the central fact of the Republican primary race, while regular people have already absorbed what…
Read MoreRoughly $646,449 has been spent…
County reject’s city’s request on lawyer The City of Marietta will not be able to retain a particular law firm if it ever decides to sue Washington County over a sewer dispute after county commissioners denied a waiver involving a conflict of interest. “It appears that from 2011 to the present date, roughly $646,449 has…
Read MoreOhio Gov. Kasich’s big spending upends his presidential platform
By Jason Hart Watchdog.org Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who has spent the past four years growing government, is trying to rebrand himself as a small-government reformer. The Kasich Action Plan, which his presidential campaign released Thursday, emphasizes balancing the federal budget. Kasich plans to accomplish this by shifting education, welfare and infrastructure programs to the…
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