Greg Johnson, now the Democratic candidate for Portage County sheriff, speaks with LuAnne Kiefer of Kent at a League of...
Lorene McMahon and Rodney Fleshman prepare to vote after confirming their identities to a polling station worker inside the Portage...
Ravenna voters cast ballots at the polling station in Maplewood Christian Church on Tuesday. Michael Indriolo/The Portager. Portage County voters...
Portage County Commission incumbent Sabrina Christian-Bennett talks with friends during a Portage County Republicans watch party at the Kent American...
Waterloo needed to pass its levy to fix buses and upgrade educational materials. But voters rejected every school levy on...
Photo by ElevenPhotographs on Unsplash Portage County reacts to D.C. insurrection with shock, sorrow and conspiracy theories Commissioner Badalamenti falsely claims...
Kent City Councilwoman Heidi Shaffer Bish holds a sign during the protest organized by the United Universalist Church of Kent...
Legislators are proposing to amend the law to expand the offense of obstructing justice to include failure to follow a lawful order from a law enforcement officer or diverting a law enforcement officer's attention. There are laws on the books that address those issues; HB 22 is nothing but an overreach aimed at obstructing and silencing the voices of our people.
After a wave of anti-Asian hate crimes nationally, the Kent State University Asian, Asian American, Pacific Islander Faculty and Staff Alliance hosted a rally Wednesday on campus to show solidarity against racism.
Just over 11% of registered Portage County voters turned out to vote in Tuesday's election to decide on a school levies, a children's services levy and an open Streetsboro City Council seat. Here are the results of the most-watched ballot items.
Let’s be honest. Fear of the growing number of Black and brown people participating in American democracy is what’s behind a massive push by conservative lawmakers in 47 states (so far) to pass voter suppression bills, laws that would make it much more difficult to cast a ballot in elections.
We urge every member of Congress to take swift action in response to ongoing racist police killings and other violence against Black people across our country. Although much of the work to address police violence needs to be done at the local and state level, federal legislation is also urgently needed.
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