Ohio budget debate mired in gridlock
AP - Fri Dec 11, 5:26 pm ETOhio's budget is immobilized as the year's end approaches, suffering from a gaping $850 million hole and a messy mix of competing policy and political forces.
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Ohio's budget is immobilized as the year's end approaches, suffering from a gaping $850 million hole and a messy mix of competing policy and political forces.
Casino supporters in Ohio raised $48 million and spent $28 million in their successful ballot campaign to get casinos approved in the state's four biggest cities.
COLUMBUS -- Casino supporters in Ohio spent $47 million in their successful ballot campaign to get casinos approved in the state's four biggest cities.
COLUMBUS (AP) -- Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner has removed the head of a county elections board who was convicted in July on ethics charges.
News and notes from the day in MedCity, Ohio: The Ohio Third Frontier program has attracted $3.2 billion in private investment since it began seven years ago, according to the Columbus Dispatch said . The report was sponsored by the Ohio Business Roundtable , a group of the state's largest companies that is renewal of the program through a May ballot initiative. "The Third Frontier has emerged ...
COLUMBUS -- The Ohio Senate has approved wide-ranging changes to election laws designed to improve the voting process in time for the 2010 contests.
Some school districts across Ohio are becoming increasingly concerned over the lack of a state budget fix, as they face potential deep cuts that would affect the classroom after Dec. 31.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Thousands have no power in central and eastern Ohio on a chilly morning following a major wind storm.
COLUMBUS -- The Ohio Senate began hearings Wednesday on two bills and one resolution aimed at controlling casino locations approved by voters last month.
Casino developers spent more than $47 million to win Ohio voters' approval for four urban casinos, including one at Cincinnati's Broadway Commons, according to campaign finance reports filed Friday.
Summit County Republicans will meet Wednesday to pick a new member of the county Board of Elections. Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner removed Jack Morrison Jr. from the board this week following his conviction on ethics violations for not disclosing the extent of his financial interests in his son's business. His son sold property to the University of Akron, on whose board Morrison sits ...
The Ohio Democratic Party brought its “Knockout” road show to Cleveland Monday night, the last stop on a tour of the state to generate enthusiasm for the 2010 campaign.
Changes could be coming to how Ohioans vote. Get the details.
While the goal is to eventually make the Campus Martius and Ohio River Museums self-sustaining entities, it will take more than $100,000 annually to keep the institutions running over the next three years, according to Jean Yost, chairman of the Friends of the Museums management committee.
Election proposal Highlights of the Ohio Senate's election-law bill:
By JIM PROVANCE BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU CHIEF COLUMBUS - A dark cloud hangs over Ohio's 613 school districts as a Statehouse showdown over how to plug an $851 million hole in education funding drags on. "We're in our ninth year as an excellent district with distinction. We've done what we thought the Department of Education and Ohio wanted, but that's slowly being dismantled because of funding ...