Peter Kusnic is a writer and editor based in Cleveland, OH.
Like much of the Columbus metro area, Upper Arlington is growing fast, and the city is making major decisions that will affect new development for years…
Attorney Keara Dever had a desire to get involved in local politics for years. Then the opportunity to run for Clerk of Kettering Municipal Court arose…
Dayton is poised to elect their first out LGBTQ+ Black woman to public office this November, when lifelong Daytonian, local lawyer, and organizer Chrisondra Goodwine will…
Kerry McCormack wants to keep building “a more vibrant Cleveland.” “That’s really been the overarching theme of the past five years,” he says. Seeking reelection, McCormack,…
Malia Lewis had thought about running for school board for years. Active in the PTA since her two children (now in college) were in preschool, she…
In May, Youngstown resident and city planner Tom Hetrick won the Democratic primary for President of City Council, becoming the first out gay male candidate to…
This November, voters in the Cleveland Heights-University Heights district will elect three members to the school board; one of the candidates, educator Mario Clopton-Zymler, could become…
Last year, Cleveland Heights resident Al Snodgrass was lying in the ER with COVID-19. He had lost his brother just months prior, and thought this could…
Home to the Ohio state capital of Columbus, Franklin County has been a forerunner in terms of LGBTQ+ representation in local politics, with a number of…
Jeremy Blake became Newark, Ohio’s first out city councilmember in 2014, when he was first elected to represent the city’s second ward. “Newark is my hometown;…