The Department of Government Efficiency, also known as DOGE, could be coming to Ohio.
The state certainly will be affected by President Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China. And all eyes are on Sherrod Brown, certainly all Democratic eyes are on the former senator, to see if he will run for anything next year.
That's the agenda for a roundtable discussion with a panel of experts: Republican strategist Mark Weaver, Democratic strategist Brian Rothenberg, and Statehouse reporters Andrew Tobias of Signal Statewide and Jessie Balmert of The USA Today Ohio Bureau.
Snollygoster of the week
Republican members of Congress have had some not-so-pleasant experiences at town hall meetings with their constituents recently. This is not new. Democratic Congressmembers faced Tea Party protesters during the Obama administration, and Republicans faced angry crowds during the first Trump administration.
Protesters are back, and like they did then, members of Congress are learning to avoid those angry and uncomfortable scenes, they are starting to hold "tele-town halls."
Republican Congressman Max Miller of suburban Cleveland has announced a telephone town hall meeting on Monday. In a statement, he says it will allow him to reach the maximum number of constituents in a timely and efficient manner, citing threats of violence against members of Congress as the reason for not holding an in-person meeting.
Of course, telephone town halls allow the organizers to pick the constituents who participate and the questions they ask. They can mute anything they don't like. These are very controlled. Again, this is not new, as Democrats did the same thing 15 years ago.
For pivoting to a telephone town meeting, Congressman Max Miller gets our Snollygoster of the Week award.