AltWeeklies Wire
Mo' Money, Mo' Justicenew
Justice Maureen O'Connor says campaign money doesn't affect her rulings. Her record says otherwise.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
03-21-2008 |
Politics
Dennis Kucinich, the King of Spinnew

How he remade himself from race-baiting bomb-thrower to liberal sweetheart.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
12-07-2007 |
Politics
A Renegade Reformer Lets Power Go to His Headnew
As soon as Judge John Plough took his seat on the Kent Municipal Court, he began making massive changes -- changes that would quickly earn him national headlines.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
11-09-2007 |
Politics
A 'Hundred Years War' Over Age Discriminationnew
A former video technician has won an age-discrimination suit against Ohio's Summit County for the fifth time, but the county refuses to concede its case.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
11-17-2005 |
Politics
Tags: Human Services, John Eldridge
Bush Appointee Made Fortune With Questionable Lendingnew

Bush's appointee to be ambassador to the Netherlands, Roland Arnall, is the founder of Ameriquest, whose lending tactics have prompted investigations by attorneys general in no fewer than 30 states.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
10-20-2005 |
Politics
The Voting Story Ohio's Secretary of State Didn't Want You to Readnew

In the months leading up to the Nov. 2 election, Ken Blackwell, Ohio's Republican secretary of state, did all he could to suppress the vote, ensure chaos and limit media scrutiny. Four Scene reporters covered the weirdness in Cleveland and Akron.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus, Kevin Hoffman, Chris Maag and Rebecca Meiser |
11-11-2004 |
Politics