The Adobe Flash Player is required to view this multimedia interactive. Get it here.

William Hershey

E-mail William Hershey at whershey@daytondailynews.com
Call William Hershey at (614) 224-1608

Columbus Bureau Reporter

William Hershey has been with the Columbus Bureau for the Dayton Daily News since 1999, covering state government and politics. He grew up in Flint, Mich., graduated from Albion (Mich.) College and Columbia University and served in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia.

He lived in Dayton's Fair River Oaks neighborhood in the 1970s and is a former member of College Hill Community Church. He lives in Columbus with his wife Marcia and their two dogs, Sam and Sambuca

Blog: Ohio Politics

Articles by William Hershey

Sort by: Newest first | Oldest first

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 next page »

We Are Ohio donates $20,000 to Toys for Tots, foodbanks

11:12 PM Tuesday, December 20, 2011

COLUMBUS — The Marines’ Toys for Tots program and the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks each received checks for $10,000 on Tuesday from “We Are Ohio,” the union-backed coalition that defeated Issue 2 on Nov.

DeWine tries to transcend politics with foster care

7:37 PM Saturday, December 17, 2011

COLUMBUS — In Attorney General Mike DeWine’s office, there’s a 1997 photo of DeWine holding his daughter Anna, who was 5 at the time, at a White House bill-signing ceremony with President Bill Clinton.

Heartbeat bill 'postponed indefinitely'

12:32 AM Thursday, December 15, 2011

COLUMBUS — Senate action on the “Heartbeat” bill was “postponed indefinitely” by Senate President Tom Niehaus, R-New Richmond, on Wednesday after backers of the bill presented him with 20 proposed changes.

New U.S. House districts created; Ohioans to have 1 primary

11:45 PM Wednesday, December 14, 2011

After more than two months of political wrangling and voter confusion, legislators finally joined forces Wednesday to create 16 new U.

Committee hears from ‘Heartbeat’ opponents

12:09 AM Wednesday, December 14, 2011

COLUMBUS — Opponents of the “Heartbeat” bill had their say Tuesday before a Senate committee, including one witness whose plea for “peace” in the heated debate over abortion drew a challenge from Sen.

Coalition: Boehner, Republicans drew new districts in secret

9:34 PM Monday, December 12, 2011

COLUMBUS — U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-West Chester, and Republican leaders in the legislature shut out the public and Democrats from the process of drawing new U.

Political 'odd couple' to chair new bipartisan Children's Caucus

7:00 PM Saturday, December 10, 2011

COLUMBUS — Maybe there is some common ground at the Statehouse in this season of good will, glad tidings and hopes of big bucks’ Christmas shopping to wake up the economy.

Higher tax receipts aid state budget

8:44 PM Saturday, December 3, 2011

COLUMBUS — Against a backdrop of economic uncertainty, Ohio’s current state budget appears to be weathering the storm with tax receipts exceeding estimates and spending below the projections Gov.

Dayton unemployment rate drops for the third consecutive month

7:27 PM Tuesday, November 22, 2011

COLUMBUS — Unemployment rates dropped slightly in October for both Dayton and Montgomery County, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported Tuesday.

Right-to-work campaign begins amendment

1:15 AM Friday, November 11, 2011

COLUMBUS — Just two days after voters overwhelmingly killed legislation restricting collective bargaining for public employees, Tea Party activists and a nonunion trade group Thursday launched a campaign to put a broader crackdown on union rights on the statewide ballot in 2012 or 2013.