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Bernie Moreno speaks speaks during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 16. | Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg/Getty Images/File via CNN Newsource

Moreno will defeat Brown in Ohio, CNN projects, in key pickup for GOP

Simone Pathe, CNN November 5, 2024

(CNN) — Republican Bernie Moreno will defeat Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, CNN projects, a key pickup for the GOP in a state that’s been trending its way and putting the GOP one step closer to security...

GOP candidates contend for Ohio’s U.S. Senate seat in first statewide debate

Anthony Zacharyasz, Managing Editor January 23, 2024

Values of trust and integrity, along with digging up litigation and accusations came to the forefront Monday night as Republican Senate hopefuls battled for the March primary GOP nomination.  In efforts...

What the new Ohio voting law means for young voters

April 10, 2023

House Bill 458 is now in effect in Ohio, and it requires all eligible voters to provide a state-issued ID. The law attempts to eliminate voter fraud but creates an extra barrier for young people to...

Administrator of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency visits East Palestine following train derailment

Alexandria Manthey, TV2 Reporter February 16, 2023

Michael Regan, administrator of the U.S. environmental protection agency, visited East Palestine, Ohio, Thursday to give an assessment of response efforts after a train holding toxic chemicals derailed...

Sen. Sherrod Brown discusses President Biden’s investment to Great Lakes restoration

February 28, 2022

Ohio senator Sherrod Brown visited Kent State University and sat down with KentWired to talk about President Biden's visit to Lorain. TV2 reporter Baylee Sweitzer spoke with Brown about the Biden's...

Sen. Sherrod Brown talks to KentWired about student loan forgiveness

Alton Northup Senior Reporter February 21, 2022

On the 2020 campaign trail, President Joe Biden promised young voters that his administration would cancel thousands in student debt. The rising number of college graduates facing financial struggle...

Freshman journalism major Alton Northup and junior journalism major Baylee Sweitzer interview Sen. Sherrod Brown Monday. President Joe Biden campaigned about forgiving student loan debt before entering presidency.

Sen. Sherrod Brown talks to KentWired about student loan forgiveness

Alton Northup, Senior Reporter February 21, 2022

On the 2020 campaign trail, President Joe Biden promised young voters that his administration would cancel thousands in student debt. The rising number of college graduates facing financial struggle played...

OPINION: Until leaders dismantle their own violent systems, we’ll keep burying hazing victims

Lyndsey Brennan Opinion Writer April 3, 2021

Some fraternities are dangerous places that harbor dangerous people. This isn’t a preposterous or malicious assertion. It is a fact.We were reminded of it again last month when 20-year-old BGSU sophomore...

Schultz listens as one of her students in her feature writing class pitches a profile story in class Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019.

Kent State’s Pulitzer Prize-winning professional-in-residence may be the next First Lady

Valerie Royzman March 4, 2019

Editor’s note: A little more than three years ago, Connie Schultz came to Kent State to teach journalism. In that time, no profiles focusing on her work here were written. I didn’t know Connie, but...

Kent Read, Kent Write, Kent Stop Talking…About Politics!

Hello and welcome to this week’s episode of Kent Read, Kent Write, Kent Stop Talking! This week, special guest and TV2 producer and host of All Systems Go, Mitch Felan, joins columnist Scott Rainey and...

Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown speaks to a group of students in Connie Schultz’s "Writing Across Platforms" class on Wednesday, March 30, 2016. KentWired Files.

Sen. Sherrod Brown says he doesn’t want to be VP

Skye McEowen March 30, 2016

Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown talked to Kent State students Wednesday about the climate in the Senate, the possible outcomes of the election and his stance on potentially becoming vice president.“I’ve...

Free Application for Federal Student Aid 

Sen. Brown pushes to simplify FAFSA process

Sarah Matthews September 22, 2015

President Obama announced plans to simplify the Free Application For Federal Student Aid process on Monday, Sept. 14 after U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and 30 of his Senate colleagues urged the administration...