State & Regional Govt & Politics
Democrat takes step toward running for Ohio governor in 2014
Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald on Monday took another step toward running for governor next year, forming an exploratory committee and the structure needed to start raising money. The committee formation and FitzGerald’s scheduled speaking engagements — 25 county party dinners over the next several months — indicate that he ...
Ohio lawmakers propose higher speed limit for freeways
Ohio’s speed limit could go up to 70 miles per hour on some freeways under a bill being considered in the Ohio Senate.Members of the Senate Transportation Committee proposed the change on Monday morning through an amendment added to the transportation budget bill. The committee plans to vote on the ...
Redistricting reform stalling in Ohio House
Despite calls for urgency from fellow Republicans, the Ohio House and its leader are pumping the breaks on the latest round of legislation that would overhaul how Ohio draws its election maps.Senate President Keith Faber, R-Celina, said passing a plan that would require both Republicans and Democrats to sign off ...
Republican legislative leaders side with Kasich over JobsOhio audit
Republican leadership in the General Assembly is presenting a united front against fellow Republican Ohio Auditor Dave Yost’s decision to subpoena financial records for the state’s semi-private economic development agency. Senate President Keith Faber, of Celina, and House Speaker William Batchelder, of Medina, issued a joint statement Friday that sides ...
Court rules against traffic cameras; Ohio considering ban
The days of red light and speed cameras at Ohio intersections could be numbered. A Hamilton County Court judge ruled Thursday that a traffic camera ordinance in a small village near Cincinnati is invalid and unenforceable. Lawmakers are also proposing a state law banning all traffic cameras in Ohio. Only ...
Republican auditor, Democrats call on Kasich to release JobsOhio info
Gov. John Kasich is under pressure from Republican Auditor Dave Yost and Democrats to open up JobsOhio’s books amid criticism that the private economic development agency Kasich set up lacks transparency and accountability to the public.State Rep. John Patrick Carney, D-Columbus, called on Kasich to allow Yost to audit JobsOhio ...
Proposed law would help Ohio companies avoid layoffs, supporters say
Ohio businesses would able to prevent layoffs and instead temporarily reduce their employees’ hours while letting them keep benefits and collect unemployment, under a bill proposed in the House.The program — SharedWork Ohio — is similar to initiatives in 25 other states, including two nearby: Michigan passed its version of ...
3 Ohio school pension board members to take $11.2K trip to Hawaii
Even after being warned about the potential for negative publicity, three members of the public pension board representing school bus drivers, custodians and cafeteria workers voted to send themselves to a conference at an ocean-front resort in Hawaii. School Employees Retirement System board members Mary Ann Howell, Catherine Moss and ...
Sequestration cuts: Wright-Patt staff ‘in this together’
Those at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are readying for the effects of sequestration. Base commanders said they are planning for a 10- to 15-percent reduction in their operations. The Pentagon has not released specific numbers, so anticipated cuts in services and furloughs for employees will not start just yet. Employees ...
Ohio Sen. Brown goes to Cuba to meet Castro
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, joined a small group of lawmakers from both parties earlier this month to meet Cuban leader Raul Castro, urging the brother of Fidel Castro to release Alan Gross, an American serving 15 years in prison in Cuba after being accused of bringing communications equipment into ...
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