House passes animal cruelty bill
The Ohio House passed an animal cruelty bill today that makes it a felony crime to torture, torment, beat, poison or commit any act of cruelty against a cat or dog. House Bill 70 was approved by a vote...
View ArticleState budget study commission snoozing
Statehouse reporter Aaron Marshall of Cleveland’s Plain Dealer had this story Sunday about the bipartisan, legislative commission created seven months ago to study the state budget and its expected...
View ArticleSchneider ‘false claims’ against Jones probed
A unanimous four-member panel of the Ohio Elections Commission found probable cause Thursday that former state Rep. Michelle Schneider made false campaign statements in her May 4 primary race against...
View ArticleKearney gets “Voice of Medicine” award
The Ohio State Medical Association gave Sen. Eric H. Kearney, a Democrat from North Avondale, the “Voice of Medicine” award Saturday. The award is given each year to people outside the health care...
View ArticleRedfern on TP: ‘Never-ending theatrics’
Ohio Democratic Chairman Chris Redfern offered his analysis of the Tea Party movement — or lack of it — after Tuesday’s primary election. Redfern, a former state legislator from Port Clinton, said...
View ArticleBrinkman, COAST get attorneys’ fees
The Ohio Controlling Board agreed without comment Monday to pay court-ordered attorneys’ fees and costs totaling $134,418 in a federal lawsuit that struck down a rule preventing former Ohio House and...
View ArticleCasino applicants bet on new commission jobs
If you thought landing a $60,000-a-year job on the new Ohio Casino Control Commission would not get political, think again. It’s a part-time job that includes generous state health and pension...
View ArticleSB 5: Did the Speaker really say that?
UPDATE: This evening, Matt McClellan, spokesman for Ohio Secretary of State Jon A. Husted, said their office received Senate Bill 5, as signed by Gov. John Kasich Wednesday night. It becomes state law...
View ArticleOhio Senate leaders seek to change tuition-voting link
Ohio Senate leaders are discussing ways to change a House budget provision that would force universities to grant in-state tuition to students from other states who use university documentation to vote...
View ArticleLawmakers looking at scaled-back tax cuts
Update 4:48 p.m. Rep. Ron Amstutz, R-Wooster, confirmed that smaller versions of both the House and Senate tax cuts are likely to make their way into the final General Assembly budget. The budget...
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