Ohio Senate approves elections changes
WKYC Cleveland - 1 hour 9 minutes agoCOLUMBUS -- The Ohio Senate has approved wide-ranging changes to election laws designed to improve the voting process in time for the 2010 contests.
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COLUMBUS -- The Ohio Senate has approved wide-ranging changes to election laws designed to improve the voting process in time for the 2010 contests.
COLUMBUS -- Some school districts across Ohio are becoming increasingly concerned about the lack of a state budget fix, as they face potential deep cuts that would affect the classroom after Dec. 31.
COLUMBUS -- The Ohio Senate began hearings Wednesday on two bills and one resolution aimed at controlling casino locations approved by voters last month.
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.
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 ...
NEW YORK----As a part of its continuous surveillance effort, Fitch Ratings has affirmed the following rating on Berea City School District, Ohio :
Central Ohio lawmakers hope to persuade the would-be developer of a Columbus casino to move to a site out of the Arena District, state Sen. David Goodman said yesterday.
TERRACE PARK, Ohio (AP) - A Cincinnati area village that slipped up on putting a levy before voters will have to wait until next year to try to fix a budget gap.
COLUMBUS — Competing election reform bills are making their way through the Ohio General Assembly with the Senate voting 22-10 in favor of a GOP-backed plan Wednesday, Dec. 9.Both bills eliminate “Golden Week,” the five-day period when Ohioans may register to vote and cast a ballot at once, and expand the number of early voting centers in each county.
COLUMBUS — It appears likely that Cedarville’s Mike DeWine, a former two-term U.S. senator, will have to try to make his political comeback without a primary endorsement from the Ohio Republican Party.The party’s screening committee isn’t recommending — at least for now — between Mike DeWine and Delaware County Prosecutor Dave Yost in the May 2010 primary for attorney general, Ohio Republican ...
Two candidates seeking the appointment to Seneca County Sheriff and one candidate for the Ohio House of Representatives spoke to members of the Republican Central Committee during their luncheon Wednesday. Seneca County Sheriff Tom Steyer announced in November he is resigning in January from the position he has held for nine year.
By JULIE M. McKINNON BLADE STAFF WRITER Repeated expressions of thanks and praise - and occasional bouts of tears or laughter - were showered on Marge Brown as city employees, local residents, and others from throughout northwest Ohio threw the eight-year Oregon mayor a farewell party last week. Mrs. Brown, who lost a heated mayoral election last month to newly sworn-in Mayor Mike Seferian, was ...
Earlier this month, the board ruled the outcome a tie, which under Ohio law means the levy was defeated.
By JIM PROVANCE BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU CHIEF COLUMBUS - The residency of a Gillmor has again become a matter of debate, this time as a result of an ethics complaint accusing Ohio Sen. Karen Gillmor of accepting state mileage reimbursements for travel from a Tiffin condominium, when she actually lives in a Columbus suburb. Tony Bledsoe, executive director of the bipartisan Legislative Joint Ethics ...
MOUNT VERNON -- Scott Pullins, attorney for former Mount Vernon School Board candidate Robert Kirk, has asked Mount Vernon City Law Director William Smith to withdraw a complaint filed against Kirk with the Ohio Elections Commission.