State & Regional politics
Oakwood tax levy passes
Oakwood residents are supporting a 3.75-mill additional property tax, according to unofficial election results.With 100 percent of precincts reporting, the vote is 55 percent to 45 percent in favor of the tax levy.The issue is the first tax increase request for city government services in 22 years.Administrators and elected officials ...
Trammell’s daughter pleads guilty to stealing $70K in funds for battered women
Angela Goodwine, 53, of Dayton pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to stealing $70,000 in taxpayer money that was supposed to help battered women. The conviction was the second related to social services programs operated by the Dayton chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Montgomery County. Goodwine’s ...
Judge rescinds order banning prosecutor from court
Vandalia Municipal Judge Cindy Heck rescinded her order barring Vandalia Municipal Prosecutor Claudia Turrell from practicing in the court, according to a order Heck issued Thursday afternoon.The controversial April 18 decision to ban Turrell from court for allegedly repeating a rumor about Heck led to Turrell being placed on paid ...
State of Dayton positive, mayor says
Dayton Mayor Gary Leitzell delivered a list of positives Thursday evening in his State of the City speech, making mention of two years of budget surpluses and development projects in the GE EPISCenter and Dayton racino among other successes made during his tenure.The address, given from the Ahiska American Turkish ...
Riverside rejects liquor renewal for Hank’s
City Council on Thursday evening unanimously voted to object to a renewal of the liquor license for Hank’s Hideout.The vote occurred at a time when the owner is preparing to open the establishment at a new location.Council in late April unanimously voted to object to a renewal of the permit. ...
Cell phone, laptop, tablet theft could be felony offenses
Ohio lawmakers are considering legislation that would make stealing a cell phone, computer, laptop or tablet a felony offense.Many Ohioans carry laptops, tablets or smart phones that contain banking information, health data, extensive contact lists and other sensitive data that if stolen could wreak havoc in short order.This legislation comes ...
Ohio lawmakers to push right-to-work legislation
Ohio could follow in the footsteps of neighboring Michigan and Indiana to enact right-to-work legislation.Republican state Reps. Ron Maag of Lebanon and Kristina Roegner of Hudson plan to introduce two bills — one for the public sector and one for the private sector — that would end mandatory membership and ...
Wright-Patt employees want greater say on when to take furloughs
Air Force Materiel Command employees want a greater say in when and how they take mandatory unpaid furlough days, union leaders said Friday. The American Federation of Government Employees Council 214 and the AFMC, headquartered at Wright-Patterson, were back in contract negotiations over 14-day furloughs after an agreement on 22-day ...
City remains knee-deep in more than 7,000 abandoned properties
Like many urban cities in recent years, Dayton still finds itself knee-deep in abandoned, dilapidated properties as the result of the foreclosure crisis and economic downturn five years ago. Boarded up buildings that appear to be on their last legs litter the city as it attempts to recover. Kevin Powell, ...
State representative says he’ll take on Portman in 2016 over gun vote
and Joe HallettThe Columbus DispatchWASHINGTON - Sen. Rob Portman’s vote opposing a bipartisan amendment to expand background checks for gun purchases drew him his first opponent for 2016 – a state senator who said Portman’s vote reflected a lack of “courage.”State Rep. Bob Hagan, a Youngstown Democrat and 26-year member ...
What if there were a mass casualty event in the Miami Valley?
If an emergency like the explosion in West, Texas happened in the Miami Valley, how would emergency crews respond?
Local firefighters talk about hazardous chemical facilities in this area
We looked into how many facilities around Montgomery County store dangerous chemicals and how local fire fighters plan to respond to fires at these facilities.
Schools could face fines for teaching ‘gateway sexual activity’ in Ohio
Ohio may become the second state in the nation to adopt regulations that prohibit teaching comprehensive sex education to public school students, under an amendment added to the state budget bill on Tuesday. The Ohio House GOP-backed idea would subject teachers and organizations that violate the ban to possible lawsuits ...
Former Hamilton County commissioner to run for attorney general
Ohio Democrats have their first statewide candidate for 2014. David Pepper of Cincinnati announced Monday he will challenge Republican Attorney General Mike DeWine for his position. Pepper, a former Hamilton County commissioner and Cincinnati city councilman, ran unsuccessfully against David Yost for Ohio auditor in 2010. Pepper had about $6,000 ...
Thousands in cash, jewelry missing from Dayton home
Thousands of dollars were reported stolen Friday from a residence on Hart Street.Dayton police responded to the 700 block of Hart Street at about 4 p.m. Officers met with a woman who said she was only away for about an hour but returned to find a door had been forced ...
Ohio GOP director’s tax bill reduced, still owes $168,161
Ohio Republican Party Executive Director Matt Borges learned Friday that his federal tax bill was reduced to $168,161, down from $493,624. Bob Onda, Borges’ newly retained tax attorney, said the IRS adjusted the bill in October but Borges’ old attorney did not deliver the news to him. Onda said he ...
Ohio lawmakers debating funding cut for Planned Parenthood
For the third time in a year, Ohio lawmakers are debating legislation to decrease federal funding to Planned Parenthood in Ohio and centers that perform or counsel about abortive services. House Republicans revived the push this week in revisions to Gov. John Kasich’s state budget bill. The provisions added to ...
Ohio Sen. Brown introduces bill to raise minimum wage to $10.10
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, has introduced a bill that would raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour in three steps.The bill would provide the first minimum wage increase to tipped employees in more than 20 years.“Working full-time in a minimum wage job in Ohio pays about $16,000 per ...
Fallout continues over Hawaii trip for school retirement board trustees
There is mounting concern that some trustees of the School Employees Retirement System are preparing to remove SERS Executive Director Lisa Morris, who publicly advised them not to attend a pension conference in Hawaii next month. SERS is expected to foot the bill for the trip. Our Columbus bureau first ...
Ohio House set to strip Medicaid expansion from Kasich budget
By Ann Sanner and Julie Carr Smyth Associated Press COLUMBUS - A state house committee will unveil its version of the Ohio two-year budget on Tuesday, and Gov. John Kasich’s plans to expand Medicaid under the federal health law won’t be included, The Associated Press has learned. A person with ...
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