COLUMBUS — The well-funded campaign behind the 2011 repeal of Ohio’s collective bargaining law is throwing its might behind a constitutional amendment that would take away elected officials’ power to draw legislative and congressional districts.
COLUMBUS — Ohio Gov. John Kasich plans to unveil a new energy policy this week that could deliver a personal income-tax cut by taxing certain resources extracted through a new form of oil and gas drilling, according to published reports.
COLUMBUS — Public documents released Monday by voter advocates show representatives of U.S. House Speaker John Boehner and operatives at the National Republican Congressional Committee were central in drawing the state’s disputed congressional map.
COLUMBUS — Unionized teachers and retirees, local government officials, and veterans are among public workers running for office in an effort by Ohio Democrats to take control of the state House after a successful fall campaign to repeal a collective bargaining overhaul championed by Gov. John Kasich and fellow Republicans.
COLUMBUS (AP) –Longtime Toledo lawmaker Teresa Fedor has moved to a new home across town to avoid a primary faceoff with a fellow Democrat in the Ohio House. It’s just one of many examples of state legislators and congressional representatives thrown into limbo by a pair of redrawn district maps.
COLUMBUS — Ohio’s Democratic Party chairman wants to know by the end of the week whether the state’s ruling Republicans are willing to compromise on a new congressional district map. The current map, drawn by the GOP and signed into law in September, is on hold after the Ohio Supreme Court ruled on Friday that it is subject to possible repeal by voters. Senate Republicans had appropriated money to local elections boards in the bill in a move they hoped would make it effective immediately and shield it from repeal.
A hacker breached the Ohio House speaker’s Twitter account and sent out tweets that made it appear the Republican was supporting liberal causes, a spokesman for the House Republican Caucus said Thursday.
COLUMBUS — A key Ohio House committee was preparing Tuesday to put finishing touches on its version of the state operating budget, including the possible removal of an earlier provision that would have cost casinos tens of millions in additional taxes.