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2011 - BIGGEST BUDGET GAP IN HISTORY PASSES LEGISLATURE
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State budget clears House, heads to governor
By Elizabeth Misson, newsnet5
Click below for comments from Sen. Faber, Rep. Buchy and Rep. Adams
COLUMBUS, Ohio - On Wednesday, the Ohio House passed a nearly $56
billion two-year state budget bill that contains an overhaul of
Medicaid and a new merit-based pay system for teachers. The bill passed
by a vote of 59-40. The bill had passed the GOP-controlled... Read More. More News.
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VET DOESN'T HAVE TO BE OHIO RESIDENT
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Dayton Business Journal...
Ohio bill to help military vets find jobs
by Joe Cogliano
All military veterans — not just Ohio residents — will get a boost on
civil service examinations under a new state law in the works. On
Thursday, the Ohio House of Representatives unanimously passed House
Bill 162 that eliminates the requirement that veterans be a state
resident to get a special preference, and boost some professional
licensing and... Read More. More News.
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| OFRW WOMENT IN BUSINESS CHAIR
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Howdieshell appointed to OFRW Board
The Ohio Federation of Republican Women (OFRW) recently appointed Dori
Howdieshell, Greenville, to its Board of Directors. Howdieshell will
fill the Women in Business Chair. Part of Howdieshell’s duties in this
position will be to aid in assembling a directory of businesses owned
and/or operated by members of the Ohio Federation. The OFRW is
comprised of six Ohio districts with a total of 79 clubs statewide... Read More. More Community. |
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DARKE COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER
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Coloring Contest Winners chosen at Open House
The winners of the kids coloring contest at the Open House of the Darke
County Animal Shelter were chosen. All kids did a great job and it was
hard for the jury to determine the winners in the 3 classes (up to 5
years old, 6 - 7 years old, 8+ years old). Finally the judges
chose 5-year... Read More. More Community. |
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| THE GATHERING AT GARST
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Story Time for Children by Fort GreeneVille DAR
The Fort GreeneVille Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution is
sponsoring a story time at the Gathering at Garst Event on Saturday
July 30, 1:30 take p.m. It will place at the Primitive Tent. The
featured colonial storytellers will be DAR chapter member Lady Karen
Washington Burkett and husband John. Children... Read More. More Events. |
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A COLLECTION OF FATAL MISTAKES
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Townhall...
Another Texas Republican for President?
By Steve Chapman
The Republican presidential field looks less like an assemblage of
candidates than a collection of fatal mistakes and irreparable flaws,
with occasional embodiments of one or more of the Seven Deadly Sins.
Mitt Romney? A flip-flopper who inspired Obamacare. Tim Pawlenty? A
too-bashful critic of Romneycare, with a...
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DEFICIT AT 8.8% GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
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Townhall...
Who’ll Volunteer to Save the Socialists?
By Rachel Marsden
As a free-market, limited-government conservative, I find the total
implosion of the Greek economy to be the most stunning example of
everything I’ve ever tried to warn about in regard to socialism.
Despite the rest of Europe and the International Monetary Fund
promising last year to give Greece 110 billion euros over three years,
the country...
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| NOTES
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EDITOR - TODAY IS THURSDAY, JUNE 30,
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The
deadline is June 30 for Ohio’s $56 billion biannual budget. The
historic budget-cutting bill was passed by the Senate Tuesday and the
House earlier Wednesday… Kasich will likely sign it today. Also in News:
Special Budget Edition, Part 2; District-shopping Rep. Dennis Kucinich
to visit Seattle again; Medicaid cuts could cost Ohio billions; As debt
talks break down, clock ticks toward crisis; and Sherrod Brown blasts
Republicans for ‘cuts’ -- the same ones President Obama wanted. Events: West Ohio Grazing School and Ag. Breakfast Meeting. Blogs:
The Brave New World of Media; School districts are wise to start
planning for merit-based teacher pay; Meet in the middle; and
Half-cocked. Obituaries: Carroll A. Seman. For
Yesterday's Home Page Click Here.
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