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.
Tammy O’Brien, District 7 representative for the Ohio Board of Education, presented Woodridge Local Schools with a banner commemorating their Excellent With Distinction rating on the 2008-09 Ohio local report card.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A group of central Ohio lawmakers is advancing a plan to beef up cities' righ...
Two state senators and a representative want the Ohio cities that are slated to get a casino to have the option to opt out.
The official tally of the Nov. 3 election has turned a losing northeast Ohio school issue into a winner. Euclid schools' $40.3 million construction bond issue won by 75 votes. On election night, it appeared to have lost by 44 votes, but that didn't include some provisional and absentee ballots. The money will be used to build four new elementary schools. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports.
MAYFIELD HEIGHTS -- City Council passed a resolution Monday urging the state to place a moratorium on oil and gas well drilling in heavily populated residential areas. Council unanimously approved the measure, effective until any amendments to the Ohio Revised Code regarding drilling have been made that restore local control and remove mandatory pooling.
Nov. 20: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves to the crowd during a book signing appearance for, "Going Rogue," at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in in Norwood, Ohio (AP).
Columbus' top two elected leaders said yesterday that they don't want a casino in the Arena District, even though the location was set in a constitutional amendment approved this month by Ohio voters.
All over the country, a battle is going on for the heart and soul of the Republican Party. Ohio might be the next battleground, and in a somewhat unlikely arena -- the two-man race for the GOP nomination for Ohio attorney general.
State Rep. Todd Book of Scioto County, who is a favorite of Gov. Ted Strickland and Ohio Democratic Party leaders, has dropped out of the Democratic primary in the 2nd Congressional District.
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, Ohio (AP) - Casino supporters in Ohio spent $47 million in their successful ballot campaign to get casinos approved in the state's four biggest cities.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Senate has approved wide-ranging changes to election laws designed to improve the voting process in time for the 2010 contests.
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, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio Senate has approved wide-ranging changes to election laws designed to improve the voting process in time for the 2010 contests.