midterm election

The major party candidates for governor are spending this last full day of campaigning pushing for votes in what is coming down to be a close race.…

A new poll released Tuesday by Baldwin Wallace University suggests nearly 59 percent of Ohioans who plan to vote this November say the upcoming midterms are more important than previous ones. There is some evidence of that sentiment in Northeast Ohio voter rolls. Although the final tally won't be known for a week or so, elections officials in Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Lake, Geauga and Portage counties report that, as of Tuesday, the last day to register to vote, voter rolls are slightly higher than they were during the 2014 midterm election.

Here are your morning headlines for Monday, October 8:Officer who fatally shot Tamir Rice gets new police job;Trump to campaign in Ohio ahead of…

Voter registrations are up in Ohio since November 2016. And that pleases a non-partisan group that encourages increased voter participation. Jen Miller…