M.L. Schultze

Gov. Mike DeWine launched the Expedited Pardon Process three years ago. With the help of law schools and streamlined screening, it’s designed to shave years off the normal pardon process. The bar to qualify is high, but for those who do, it offers a speedier path to a new start.

Like the cicadas -- only a lot noisier -- political ads are about to blanket Ohio and other swing states. And what’s coming is likely to be more...

Clarification: The list of options for you to check on political ads was incomplete on the earlier version of this story. The complete list is below....

It's easy enough for people who live in cities to hail a ride, either from a taxi or a service like Uber or Lyft . There's plenty of demand, and plenty...

For preschool education, the pluses of the pandemic are hard to find. Enrollment dropped, some schools closed for good, and measures of kindergarten preparedness tailed off. But Ohio fared better than some states and took steps that could make it easier not only to recover but to move ahead.

With the number cast at almost 160,000, sorting through provisionals is a time consuming endeavor.

Voters in Northeast Ohio are receiving texts telling them to challenge people at the polls they believe shouldn't be voting.

There can be a lot of gray when it comes to what qualifies as voter intimidation and what does not.

Cuyahoga County charged Jacob Wohl and John Burkman of engineering a robocall scam targeting Black voters.

Lines snaked outside the Franklin County Board of Elections during the first weekend of early voting. More than 1 million Ohioans have already cast early…