Columbus
Dispatch… Kasich
again tackles
faculty load, By Ryan Clark
Saturday February 23, 2013 - Gov. John Kasich’s office has renewed a
2011 attempt to make Ohio’s public-college professors teach more
classes. Critics say it’s a one-size-fits-all solution to a
multifaceted issue. A little-noticed provision in the state budget bill
would revamp the way Ohio universities and community colleges can
change their employees’ workload. Boards of trustees currently have the
ability to modify faculty workload — even to subvert
collective-bargaining agreements... read
more. |
Supreme
Court To Hear Appeal of Public School Teacher Fired for Religious
Displays and Teaching
By Dennis Whalen - February 22, 2013 - The Ohio Supreme Court hears
oral arguments in nine cases on February 26 and 27. The Supreme Court
of Ohio will hear oral arguments in nine cases on February 26 and 27,
including the appeal of a Mt. Vernon middle school teacher who was
fired for refusing to stop presenting extracurricular materials to his
students that advocated the religious doctrine of creationism and
challenged the reliability of the district’s approved science
curriculum... read
more. |
Rasmussen…
What
They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s
Key Polls
All eyes are on Congress and the president as the countdown to the
March 1 spending cuts continues. Scott Rasmussen says in his latest
weekly newspaper column that “a panic is bubbling to the surface in
Washington, D.C.” as this sequester deadline approaches. The process
“will be further proof to voters that their elected officials are
incapable of doing their jobs. So incapable, in fact, that automatic,
arbitrary and thoughtless budget-cutting is a better option than
anything Congress and the president could... read
more. |
DeWine:
Ohioans
have received $280 Million in Mortgage relief
(COLUMBUS, Ohio)-Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced that
today's release of a monitor's report shows that more than 7,000
Ohioans have received more than $280 million in consumer relief from
the National Mortgage Settlement announced one year ago. "The two goals
of the National Mortgage Settlement were to compensate Ohioans for the
damage caused by robo-signing and to prevent future bad acts," said
Attorney General DeWine. "Today's monitor's report shows that Ohioans
are... read
more. |
The
Vindicator, Patriot
Water
claims ODNR attack on its business, By Jamison
Cocklin
WARREN - The face-off between the Ohio Department of Natural Resources
and Patriot Water continued Tuesday, as the company’s president, Andrew
Blocksom, had choice words for an agency he says is attacking his
business. Blocksom finds himself in yet another dispute with ODNR,
which he says has taken aim at his company because the agency views it
as a competitor in the drilling-waste-disposal business. Patriot
learned from a representative at D&L Energy last... read
more. |
Note
from a reader… Beware
Misleading Information
Regarding the recent article posted from the Dayton Business Journal
ranking schools by SAT scores: The information is truly
misleading. On average Arcanum-Butler High School only has
one to
three students who take the SAT. Editor: Arcanum was ranked No. 30
regarding “Best SAT Scores.”
|
DBJ…
Sequestration
to cost Ohio $111 million in
lost wages, by Joe Cogliano, Senior Reporter
Sequestration will suck more than $111 million from Ohio’s economy in
lost wages during the first six months after it kicks in and the vast
majority of that will come from workers at Wright-Patterson Air Force
Base, according to a U.S. Air Force document obtained by the Dayton
Business Journal.
The document outlines the state-by-state impact of furloughs of
civilian workers expected to start in the spring — and run... read
more. |
Cleveland
Plain Dealer… Gov.
Kasich focuses on Medicaid, job creation, tax reforms in State of the
State
By Robert Higgs - February 19, 2013 - LIMA, Ohio - Gov. John Kasich
used his State of the State address Tuesday to tout proposals in his
budget plan he says will drive Ohio forward, saying now is not the time
to ease up on the gas. "Keep your eyes on the mountaintop," the
first-term Republican governor implored the audience at the Veterans
Memorial Civic & Convention Center. The plan, billed as Ohio's
Jobs
Budget 2.0, includes a bold overhaul of the state's taxing system
intended to bolster... read
more. |
Aurora
Advocate… Transcript
of Gov. Kasich's State of State Speech
February 20, 2013 - A transcript of the State of the State speech
delivered by Ohio Gov. John Kasich in Lima on Tuesday night: Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, members
and colleagues from the General Assembly, members of my cabinet, the
great people of Lima. We love the way you welcomed all of us here
today. Am I right, members of the General Assembly? And, of course, my
wife, Karen Kasich. Sweetie... read
more. |
Rasmussen…
What
They Told
Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
Saturday, February 16, 2013 - Voters must sometimes wonder what part of
the phrase “spending cuts” their elected officials don’t seem to
understand. In this weekend’s edition of What America Thinks, Scott
Rasmussen and his guests, former DNC Chairman Howard Dean and
Republican Senator Bob Corker, discuss spending and other
issues
raised by President Obama in his latest State of the Union address.
What America Thinks airs on 61 TV stations nationwide. Find a station
in your area... read
more. |
Dayton
Daily News… Medicaid
expansion
in Ohio would avoid a $404M budget gap, By
Jackie Borchardt
COLUMBUS — State officials told lawmakers Thursday that rejecting Gov.
John Kasich’s proposal to expand Medicaid to Ohio’s working poor would
cause a $400 million hole in the state budget that would need to be
patched with money dedicated for schools, law enforcement and local
governments. Greg Moody, director of the Governor’s Office of Health
Transformation, said extending Medicaid will actually save Ohio
taxpayers $404 million over two years for several reasons such as
decreasing state... read
more. |
Senator
Sherrod Brown… Promoting
UAS
Research & Development in the Miami Valley
During a meeting with the nominee for secretary of defense, former
Senator Chuck Hagel, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown urged for support in
expanding the research, training, and development of unmanned aircraft
systems (UAS) in Ohio. Sen. Brown discussed a number of his Ohio
priorities with Hagel during a meeting in Sen. Brown’s office this
week. UAS will play a critical role in border security measures,
wildfire suppression, and search and rescue... read
more. |
The
Hill… Republicans:
Obama
State of the Union dims hopes for deficit-reduction deal
By Alexander Bolton - 02/13/13 - Republican lawmakers say a deal to
reduce the deficit and replace $85 billion in automatic spending cuts
set to take effect on March 1 is even less likely after President
Obama's State of the Union address. While Obama tackled the deficit
head-on in his speech, mentioning the word "deficit" 10 times at the
top of his address, Republicans accused him of paying lip service to
the debt in a speech that called for a higher minimum wage and new
spending on programs... read
more. |
Dayton
Business Journal… More
than 7,000 new jobs in works for Dayton region,
By Joe
Cogliano
Economic development groups in the region are reporting more than 7,100
potential jobs in the pipeline, according to Dayton Business Journal
research. The numbers come from 19 groups that are reporting more than
100 total projects in the planning stages so far this year. The Dayton
Development Coalition has the largest number of new jobs in the works
with 3,000. Some of the total jobs listed as in the works could be
duplicates because the DDC handles any projects up for state
incentives... read
more. |
Beagle
Legislation Provides Funds for Job Training, Workforce Development
Also, Lehner & Beagle seek to modernize state Jobs support -
COLUMBUS– State Senator Bill Beagle (R–Tipp City) today introduced the
first piece of legislation for the new General Assembly. The
legislation is aimed at helping Ohio’s unemployed and underemployed
find work through continued education and job training. Senate Bill 1,
which Beagle jointly introduced with State Senator Troy Balderson
(R–Zanesville)... read
more. |
$29
Million
Toyota Settlement over Unintended Acceleration
Ohio to receive $1.7 Million - (COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Attorney General Mike
DeWine today joined 29 other states in announcing a $29 million
settlement with Toyota Motor Corporation and its related North American
entities over allegations Toyota concealed safety issues related to
unintended acceleration. Ohio, a lead state in the investigation, will
receive just over $1.7 million as a result of this settlement. "When
it... read
more. |
CNS
News… GAO:
35% of Major Federal
Regulations Were Issued Without Public Notice
February 8, 2013 - By Matt Cover - (CNSNews.com) – According to the
Government Accountability Office (GAO), 35 percent of major federal
regulations – those with at least $100 billion in annual economic
impact – were issued without a public notice from 2003 to 2010. The GAO
also said that 44 percent of non-major regulations were issued without
a public notice, which is referred to as a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (NPRM). “During calendar years 2003 through 2010, agencies
published... read
more. |
Columbus
Dispatch...Solar-power
developers putting together Plan B
New proposal to address PUCO concern about need for energy - By Dan
Gearino
- February 8, 2013
- Developers of what has been called the largest solar-power project in
the Midwest say it will get built, despite a setback dealt them last
month by utility regulators.
Turning Point Solar partner David Wilhelm said, “Reports of our demise
are exaggerated. Plan B is coming together."
The project calls for construction of a 49.9-megawatt plant on a site
near Zanesville.
The plan to save it likely will involve.
... read
more. |
Ohio Job & Family Services...New
Report Details Growth of Shale Industry
COLUMBUS, OHIO - A new quarterly report from the Ohio Department of Job
and Family Services (ODJFS) will track changes in Ohio’s oil and gas
industry and give policy makers, workforce development professionals
and the public insight into how the shale industry is impacting Ohio’s
economy. “The growing oil and gas industry holds great economic
potential for Ohio,” said ODJFS Director Michael Colbert. “This report
provides... read
more. |
Speaker
Boehner Statement on the State of the Union
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) released this
statement following tonight’s State of the Union address and Republican
address to the nation: “Four years after the president first addressed
a joint session of Congress, Americans are still asking, ‘where are the
jobs?’ Tonight, he offered them little more than
more of
the same ‘stimulus’ policies that have failed to fix our economy and
put Americans back to work. We cannot grow the middle class
and
foster job creation by growing... read
more. |
Fox
News.com… Fact
check on Obama's State of the Union address
February 13, 2013 - WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama did
some
cherry-picking Tuesday night in defense of his record on jobs and laid
out a conditional path to citizenship for illegal immigrants that may
be less onerous than he made it sound. A look at some of the claims in
his State of the Union speech, a glance at the Republican
counterargument and how they fit with the facts: OBAMA: "After years of
grueling recession, our businesses have created over 6 million new
jobs." THE... read
more. |
Midmark
President and CEO to Attend State of the Union Address
VERSAILLES, Ohio – (February 11, 2013) – Dr. Anne Eiting Klamar,
president and CEO of Midmark Corporation, will attend President Barack
Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, Feb.12 as a guest of
House Speaker John Boehner. Midmark is represented by Boehner as part
of Ohio’s 8th Congressional District. “I’m honored to attend my first
State of the Union address as a guest of House Speaker John Boehner,”
said Klamar. “As part of the healthcare industry, we must
continuously... read
more. |
Marco
Rubio's Republican response, Posted by CNN
Political Unit
(CNN) - Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida delivered the Republican response
to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday. The
full text of his remarks, as released by his office... Good evening.
I’m Marco Rubio. I’m blessed to represent Florida in the United States
Senate. Let me begin by congratulating President Obama on the start of
his second term. Tonight, I have the honor of responding to his
State... read
more. |
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Washington Post… State of
the Union 2013:
President Obama’s address to Congress (Transcript)
- February 12, 2013 - Here is a full transcript of President Obama’s
2013 State of the Union address as delivered. PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank
you. Please, everybody, have a seat. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President,
members of Congress, fellow Americans, 51 years ago, John F. Kennedy
declared to this chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for
power, but partners for progress.” (APPLAUSE... read
more. |
New
York Times… Congress
to See Memo
Backing Drone Attacks on Americans
By Michael D. Shear and Scott Shane - February 6, 2013 - WASHINGTON —
The White House on Wednesday directed the Justice Department to release
to the two Congressional Intelligence Committees classified documents
discussing the legal justification for killing, by drone strikes and
other means, American citizens abroad who are considered terrorists.
The White House announcement appears to refer to a long, detailed 2010
memo from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel justifying
the... read
more. |
Dayton
Business Journal… Top
high
schools with best SAT scores in Dayton region
Darke County Schools, by ranking: Versailles 9, Arcanum 30, Franklin
Monroe 37, Greenville 63 and Ansonia 64. If you ever wondered which
high schools in the Dayton region have the smartest students, you're
not alone. The high school is among the most important of all the
school levels for preparing a student for college; and knowing which
schools have students that are the best prepared for higher education
is critical for parents... read
more. |
Attorney
General Mike DeWine… Synthetic
Drug Search Warrants issued, Arrests Made
Store Inside Ohio Shopping Mall Among Locations Targeted - (ASHTABULA,
Ohio) – Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced that authorities in
Ashtabula and Seneca counties executed search warrants at area
businesses today as part of an ongoing effort to fight the illegal sale
of synthetic drugs. In Ashtabula, agents with the Attorney General's
Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) assisted officers with the TAG
Law Enforcement Task Force, Ashtabula County Sheriff's Office... read
more. |
Bloomberg…
Republican
Governors Finding Sense in Medicaid Expansion,
By Alex
Wayne
Feb 7, 2013 - Six Republican governors have agreed to expand Medicaid,
the second-largest piece of President Barack Obama’s U.S. health-care
overhaul, accepting federal money to ensure their state’s residents
have access to medical coverage. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, an
Affordable Care Act opponent, said yesterday it makes sense for the
“physical and fiscal health” of his state to participate in the law’s
expansion of Medicaid, the state-federal health plan for the poor. He
became the... read
more. |
WHIO.com…
Dead
woman at
gas station was Ansonia resident
GREENVILLE — The woman found Thursday in the restroom of a
Sunoco
gas station dead of an apparent gunshot wound was a 58-year-old Ansonia
resident. Foul play is not suspected in the death of Carol Kramer, the
Greenville Police Department said Friday afternoon. The Darke County
Coroner’s Office was not ready to release a preliminary ruling on
Kramer’s cause of death, police Detective Eric Kiryluk said Friday
afternoon... read
more. |
Darke
County Courts… Common
Pleas
Court Monthly Report
Greenville, Ohio- Jonathan P. Hein, Judge of the Darke County
Court of Common Pleas, reported on the following actions undertaken by
the Court for the month of January, 2013: 29 new civil cases filed or
reopened; 39 civil cases completed; 135 total civil cases remain
pending. There were 26 new criminal (felony) cases filed; 20 criminal
cases completed; 64 criminal cases remain pending. Regarding domestic
relations cases, 36 new cases or... read
more. |
WHIO-TV… Social
media post
getting public officials in trouble, By Andrew
J. Tobias
COLUMBUS — A high-ranking state official is in hot water over a recent
posting she made on Facebook, illustrating the tightrope public
officials must walk while using the relatively new technology. Ohio
School Board President Debe Terhar drew fire last week after she
re-published on her personal Facebook page a friend’s picture that
seemed to equate gun control efforts with the views of Adolf Hitler... read
more. |
WHIO-TV Video… Lottery
Targets
Retailers Who Steal Winning Tickets
By Jim Otte - Dayton -For some people working at Ohio Lottery outlets,
the lure of easy money is too much to resist. In the last two years, 24
workers at gas stations and carryouts statewide have been caught
stealing winning tickets from unsuspecting lottery players. The stolen
prize money ranged from $5 to $10,000. How were they found out? The
lottery's own investigative unit not only... read
more. |
DeWine
Takes
Criminal, Civil Action Against Synthetic Drug Crimes
(SPRINGFIELD, Ohio) – Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today
that state and local law enforcement served five search warrants in
three counties this morning as part of an intensified effort to stop
the sale of synthetic drugs. The warrants, served in Clark, Montgomery,
and Guernsey counties, came as a result of a series of investigations
that uncovered synthetic cannabinoids, also known as synthetic... read
more. |
Kasich
Communication Department… What
They're Saying About Kasich Tax Cut Plan
Richard K. Vedder, Professor of Economics at Ohio University and Former
Senior Economist at the U.S. Joint Economic Committee: “Governor
Kasich's tax proposals are welcome, because they address Ohio's biggest
long term problem, sluggish growth in job opportunities and incomes.
Despite some meaningful improvements in the past three years, Ohio
still has income levels below the national average, and too many of our
best and brightest youth are leaving the Buckeye State for greener
pastures... read
more. |
Washington
Examiner… Portman:
Abortion
clinics marketing to minors, By Michal Conger
February 6, 2013 - Abortion clinics are marketing their services to
minors in states with parental consent laws, drawing them to states
where they can get an abortion without their parents’ permission,
according to Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio. “Ohio and the majority of other
states require parents’ involvement if their minor children have an
abortion,” Portman said in a Jan. 24 statement. “Yet, 13 states and the
District of Columbia do not have such laws on the books.
Minors
who live in the states... read
more. |
The U.S. can't be complacent on
job creation,
By John Kasich
John Kasich, Governor of Ohio, on the steps his state has taken to
create jobs and fuel economic growth. Countries in eastern Asia and
Europe have, in recent decades, developed highly effective training
systems that help their citizens prepare for success in a competitive,
global economy. Key to this has been the ability of policy-makers to
listen to job creators and respond with training programs that meet
their needs. The United States... read
more. |
Darke
County Sheriff’s Office… Clandestine
Lab Unit responds to two Drug Labs
On February 7, 2013 at approximately 1:05 am Darke County Sheriff’s
Deputies along with the Ansonia Fire Department responded to the 10,400
block of Beisner Road in reference to a ditch fire. Upon
arrival
deputies discovered the materials burning appeared to be items used in
the manufacturing of Methamphetamine. The Darke County
Sheriff’s
Office Clandestine Drug Lab team responded to the scene to neutralize
and removed all hazardous... read
more. |
State
Rep. Buchy… Buchy
Seeks
Constituent Input on Proposed Reforms in the State Budget
COLUMBUS— Jim Buchy (R-Greenville) today announced an effort to gain
public input on the possible reforms in Governor John R. Kasich’s state
budget proposal. Opinions are being collected in an online
survey
below. Recently, Governor Kasich released his plans for reform as part
of the proposed state budget for the 2014-2015 fiscal years.
Representative Buchy remains in the process of reviewing Governor
Kasich’s reform package which... read
more. |
WHIO-TV…
Police
investigate death at Greenville gas station
GREENVILLE — Police are investigating a death after the body of a woman
was found in a Greenville gas station restroom.
Police responded to the Sunoco gas station in the 800 block of Martin
Street this morning. The store owner, Kasey Obed, said a female walked
into the gas station and asked to use the restroom. A couple minutes
later, the cashier heard a noise, and when they went back to the
restroom, the woman was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted
gunshot wound.
Police are... read
more. |
Kentucky.com…
Postal
Service
wants to cut Saturday mail delivery
By Beena Raghavendran — McClatchy Newspapers - February 6, 2013
-
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service plans to end Saturday mail
delivery beginning in August, a sign that the long-suffering agency may
finally be succumbing to e-commerce.
Postmaster General and CEO Patrick R. Donahoe said at a press
conference Wednesday that moving to a five-day delivery week starting
the week of Aug. 5 is a necessary
... read
more. |
Speaker
Boehner Press Office… House
Action taken to Force a Balanced Budget
February 5, 2013
- In this story: Politico report on Boehner statement; Explanation
“What is Sequestration”
WASHINGTON, DC – At a press conference with Republican leaders today,
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) discussed President Obama and Senate
Democrats’ failure to offer a serious budget or plan to replace the
president’s sequester, and highlighted the action House Republicans are
taking to hold them accountable.... read
more. |
Chicago
Tribune… More
911 calls won't
get in-person response, By Hal Dardick and
Jeremy Gorner
February 3, 2013 - The Chicago Police Department hopes to free up the
equivalent of 44 officers a day by no longer dispatching cops for
certain crimes, like burglaries and car thefts in which the offender is
no longer at the scene and no one is in immediate danger.
Police confirmed the change, which takes effect Sunday. Police
Superintendent Garry McCarthy told aldermen last year he was
considering a move in that direction.
The change is not related to plans by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and
McCarthy... read
more. |
Zanesville
Times Recorder… Republicans
more likely than Democrats to own firearms
Feb 5, 2013 - Written by Paul Singer and Gregory Korte - Members of
Congress were asked whether they owned firearms. Here is how they
responded, including support from pro-gun groups. WASHINGTON — Ohio’s
congressional Republicans are much better armed than their Democratic
counterparts — a fact that helps explain the deep partisan divide as
Congress gears up for its first major votes on gun control in a decade.
Among Ohio lawmakers, eight Republicans said they owned guns, while
only... read
more. |
Attorney
General Mike DeWine… Synthetic
Drug Training Begins
(PERRYSBURG, Ohio) – Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced that
75 law enforcement officers and prosecutors attended the first
Investigating Synthetic Drugs training course offered through the Ohio
Peace Officer Training Academy (OPOTA). Today's training took place
this morning at Owens Community College just outside of
Toledo.
Instructors include members of the Attorney General's special
prosecutions unit as well as a... read
more. |
Fox
News… Record-setting
asteroid to shave past Earth this month
An asteroid about half the size of a football field will zoom past
Earth on Feb. 15, closer than the man-made satellites that power GPS,
says NASA. "This is a record-setting close approach," Don Yeomans of
NASA's Near Earth Object Program at JPL said in a video released by
NASA this week. Yeomans, however, emphasized that the asteroid,
designated 2012DA14, won't hit Earth. "It will come interestingly
close, closer than many... read
more. |
Fox
News… Earth
Warming, Sun Heat to
Blame?
Feb 02, 2013 - The Earth has been getting warmer -- but how much of
that heat is due to greenhouse gas emissions and how much is due to
natural causes? A leaked report by a United Nations' group dedicated to
climate studies says that heat from the sun may play a larger role than
previously thought. "[Results] do suggest the possibility of a much
larger impact of solar variations on the stratosphere than previously
thought, and some studies have suggested that this may lead to
significant regional... read
more. |
New
York Times… Birth
Control Rule
Altered to Allay Religious Objections, By
Rober Pear
February 1, 2013 - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday
proposed yet another compromise to address strenuous objections from
religious organizations about a policy requiring health insurance plans
to provide free contraceptives, but the change did not end the
political furor or legal fight over the issue. The proposal could
expand the number of groups that do not need to pay directly for birth
control coverage, encompassing not only churches and other religious
organizations, but also some... read
more. |
Columbus
Dispatch… Kasich’s
school-funding plan greeted with relief
Ohio school superintendents were relieved yesterday when Gov. John
Kasich told them his two-year school-funding plan would not cut their
current levels of state aid. In fact, the $15.1 billion education plan
would increase state funding to schools by 6 percent in the coming
school year and 3.2 percent the next. “This is not hard to figure out:
If you are poor, you’re going to get more. If you are rich, you’re
going to get less. If you have gifted students, you’re going... read
more. |
Dayton
Police Cold Case… Ohio
Unsolved
Homicides: Officer Kevin Brame
(DAYTON, Ohio) – As part of his Ohio Unsolved Homicides Initiative,
Attorney General Mike DeWine is hoping to help the Dayton Police
Department gather new evidence in a cold case that has directly
impacted their department. Officer Kevin Brame joined the Dayton Police
Department in 1993 and was shot to death while he was off-duty in
November 1999. He was only 31-years-old. "Kevin's ultimate
goal
in life was to be a good officer and contribute to... read
more. |
Toledo
Blade… Sen.
Portman to
introduce proposals to cut U.S. deficit, By
Tom Troy
U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R., Ohio) said Wednesday he plans to introduce a
couple of amendments that will push Congress and the administration to
take action to reduce the size of the federal budget in return for
increasing the long-term debt limit. Meanwhile, a group of about 25
people saying they represent workers and the elderly demonstrated
Wednesday outside the Social Security Administration office at 4906
Monroe St., one of several public events organized by the AFL-CIO... read
more. |
Dayton
Business Journal… Top
25 Oddball
Interview Questions for 2013
The most challenging — and bizarre — questions that job candidates will
face as they interview this year have been compiled by California-based
Glassdoor.com in the Top 25 Oddball Interview Questions for 2013.
Included in the list are several companies with operations in the
Dayton area. Questions were shared by tens of thousands of job
candidates during the past year. Human resources... read
more. |
Columbus
Dispatch… Plan
to replace
license plates blows a flat, By Ryan Clark
Friday February 1, 2013 - Put down the screwdriver. It looks like Ohio
drivers can keep their license plates. The Ohio Department of Public
Safety requested a budget item requiring drivers to replace their
license plates every seven years for a fee of $10, which would add up
to an estimated $5 million a year. But Rep. Rex Damschroder, chairman
of the House Transportation, Public Safety and Homeland Security
Committee, said public-safety officials told him the request will not
become reality. Earlier this... read
more. |
Ohio
JFS… Statewide
Phone Number
Makes it Easy to Report Child Abuse
COLUMBUS, OHIO - Ohioans who suspect child abuse or neglect now only
need to remember one phone number. The Ohio Department of Job and
Family Services (ODJFS) has launched 855-O-H-CHILD (855-642-4453) an
automated telephone directory that will link callers directly to a
child welfare or law enforcement office in their county. Reports can be
anonymous. “It is important that Ohioans be able to report suspected
child abuse quickly, easily and anonymously. This one, easy... read
more. |
Toledo
Blade… Kasich
reveals school
funding plan expanding charter school funding
By Jim Provance - COLUMBUS — Gov. John Kasich’s school funding proposal
rolled out today targets more aid for poorer school districts, expands
funding for charter schools and access to vouchers to attend private
schools, and dangles $300 million in one-time carrots before schools to
innovatively break the public education mold. Basic aid to schools
would increase 6 percent in the first year of the two-year budget... read
more. |
10
TV.com… Top
Operative Says
Cordray Will Return To Ohio
Cordray to challenge Kasich in 2014 - Wednesday January 30, 2013 -
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Democratic operative close to former Ohio Attorney
General Richard Cordray predicts "he will be back home in a month."
Cordray is currently the director of the Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau in Washington. Cordray took the helm of the agency
through
a recess appointment by President Obama. His term... read
more. |
Darke
County Sheriff’s Office… Injury
accident on SR 49 North
On January 31, 2013 at approximately 4:30 pm Darke County Deputies
along with Greenville Township Fire, Greenville Township Rescue and
CareFlight were dispatched to the 8000 block of State Route 49 north in
reference to a single vehicle injury accident. Preliminary
investigation revealed a white 2003 Chevy Venture van driven by Heather
L. Knowles, 35, of Greenville, Ohio was northbound on state route 49,
north of Horatio-Harris Creek Road. Knowles lost control of the mini
van on the ... read
more. |
Cincinnati
Enquirer Exclusive… Kasich
says 2-year budget has $1B
surplus,
Written by Paul E. Kostyu
Expect
fight on whether to spend or save doubled 'rainy day fund' - Jan 30,
2013 - COLUMBUS — When the governor publicly releases his proposed
two-year operating budget on Monday, it will show a $1 billion surplus,
he says.
But until then, no one will know just how Gov. John R. Kasich and his
staff arrived at that figure. That’s because they’re not telling anyone
about the two-year budget proposal – including legislators and their
leaders in either party.
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