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Critic of Ohio governor's school plan steps down
A critic of Gov. John Kasich's school funding plan is resigning as superintendent of a southwest Ohio school district. Franklin City Schools leader Arnol Elam told The Middletown Journal (http://bit.ly/17pVWyF ) he wants to spend time traveling with his wife, watching their grandson play sports, and doing other activities. The ...
Budget director: Ohio's unused surplus about $397M
The state should have almost $397 million in uncommitted funds leftover at end of the current budget year, Ohio's budget director said Tuesday before a legislative panel that's working to put the final touches on the next state spending plan. Lawmakers face a June 30 deadline to pass the $61.7 ...
Census data: Ohio may be stemming 'brain drain'
A better economy and job prospects appear to be helping stem Ohio's "brain drain" of young adults, according to a newspaper analysis of census data. Census numbers indicate that the state may finally have reversed the decades-long trend of losing young adults ages 20 to 34 to other states, The ...
New Ohio rules on puppy mills call for roomy cages
A new set of regulations meant to crack down on high-volume dog breeding operations in the state would ensure animals live in spacious, clean cages, receive veterinary care and are transported in safe enclosures. The rules bolster the standards for treatment of animals housed in puppy mills and force the ...
State: Health insurance costs to rise for Ohioans
Insurers who plan to participate in the new health insurance exchange are projecting their costs to cover Ohioans to be significantly higher, according to an analysis released Thursday by the Ohio Department of Insurance. That means individuals should also brace for potentially higher costs when purchasing coverage through the new ...
Abortion-related issues remain part of Ohio budget
A state budget that revamps Republican Gov. John Kasich's school funding proposal and restores his small business tax plan passed a GOP-led Ohio Senate panel on Wednesday, as the massive bill edges closer to clearing both chambers of the Legislature. The Senate Finance Committee voted along party lines to clear ...
Retiring Ohio State University chief draws praise
Ohio State University President Gordon Gee is retiring after coming under fire for mocking Notre Dame and Catholics and poking fun at the academic quality of other schools. Some reaction: "He's taken Ohio State to new heights, and I think he's done an outstanding job and consider him to be ...
Ohio St. president retires after Notre Dame jabs
Ohio State University President Gordon Gee abruptly announced his retirement Tuesday after he came under fire for jokingly referring to "those damn Catholics" at Notre Dame and poking fun at the academic quality of other schools. The remarks were first reported last week by The Associated Press, and Ohio State ...
Courts to report mental health info under OH bill
Ohio Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sik) has signed a bill requiring Ohio courts to report certain mental health information for inclusion in a law enforcement database. Courts would have to tell police or county sheriffs' departments when they order mental health treatment for a person convicted of a violent offense. Courts ...
Ohio governor signs 3rd-grade teacher pool bill
A bill making more teachers temporarily eligible to participate in meeting Ohio's new third-grade reading guarantee has been signed into law. Republican Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sik) signed the measure Tuesday. It revises teacher eligibility guidelines and makes other changes to address an anticipated shortage of educators. Ohio's program requires that ...
Ohio Senate proposes more changes to state budget
A proposal before a Republican-controlled Ohio Senate panel would give more money to schools in the state budget and keep a provision that would effectively defund Planned Parenthood by sending it to the back of the line for public family planning money. The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday released its ...
GOP governors endure early trials, gird for 2014
Republican governors took over statehouses across the country after the 2010 elections and immediately acted on promises to usher in a new era of budget cutting and conservative labor policies. Public backlash followed just as quickly; they watched their popularity drop while Democrats talked of political retribution. But now, as ...
AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
Fire at poultry plant in northeast China kills at least 119; workers trapped in buildings BEIJING (AP) — Fire raged through a poultry plant in northeastern China early Monday, trapping workers inside a cluttered slaughterhouse and killing at least 119 people, reports and officials said. Several dozen people also were ...
3 slain Ohio students remembered at graduation
Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sik) was among those remembering three 2013 class members killed in a teenage gunman's rampage on the day the slain would have graduated from high school in northeast Ohio. Kasich told Chardon High School students, faculty and families in commencement remarks Saturday that the tragedy has strengthened ...
Republican vs. Republican on covering uninsured
It's Republican versus Republican in the latest round of political battles over health care. Conservative Republican legislators in major states are trying to block efforts by more pragmatic governors of their own party to accept health insurance for more low-income residents under President Barack Obama's health care law. Unlike their ...
Ohio Senate pitches update to school funding plan
Majority Republicans in the Ohio Senate proposed an education funding plan on Thursday that they said spreads more money to more school districts, as they look to leave their mark on the spending blueprint. The Senate plan would increase state spending on K-12 education in the two-year budget by more ...
Senate removes state income tax cut from budget
State senators on Tuesday pulled what's left of Republican Gov. John Kasich's proposed income tax cut from the state budget in favor of tax relief targeted at small businesses. The move by the GOP-led Ohio Senate Finance Committee came as a political blow to Kasich, who pledged to reduce the ...
Ohio bill would extend Medicaid, add cost sharing
A Republican state lawmaker submitted a bill Wednesday to expand Medicaid to thousands more low-income Ohioans, with the hope that by adding changes such as copayments for some of the newly eligible that she could sway more of her GOP colleagues to back the idea. The plan from state Rep. ...
Senate Democrats offer slew of Ohio budget changes
Democrats in the Ohio Senate suggested Wednesday that budget writers take millions of dollars from a proposed income tax cut for higher wage earners and direct it to schools instead, as work intensified on the state's spending plan. The idea is among roughly 200 amendments that Democratic senators are offering ...
3rd-grade Ohio reading teacher pool approved
A bill making more teachers temporarily eligible to participate in meeting Ohio's new third-grade reading guarantee is on its way to Ohio's governor. The Senate agreed unanimously Wednesday to revised teacher eligibility guidelines and other changes adopted by the House to address an anticipated shortage. The state program requires that ...
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