Incumbent State Representative Andrew Brenner said he is proud of what he has accomplished his first term, and is running again to continue his progress.
COLUMBUS — Campaign records due to the state on Friday will reveal how much both sides spent in a fall ballot fight that ended with the defeat of Ohio’s sweeping new collective bargaining law.
COLUMBUS — After a childhood spent moving around, Patti Gorcheff vowed that she’d never uproot her daughter. But she says wastewater disposal in her area from an oil and gas drilling frenzy that’s hit Ohio and other states has forced her to change her mind.
The state’s new collective bargaining law was defeated Tuesday after an expensive union-backed campaign that pitted firefighters, police officers and teachers against the Republican establishment.
COLUMBUS — As Ohio faced Monday’s deadline to expand unemployment benefits and receive $176 million in federal stimulus money, state officials had not applied for the money and the General Assembly had not scheduled any sessions to take any action. The federal government set aside $7 billion for unemployment compensation for states that broaden their unemployment programs. The provision is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Chamber of Commerce pledged Wednesday to put money and the political clout of its 6,000 business members behind the state’s new collective bargaining law. Voters in November will consider a ballot question seeking a repeal of the law, which would let public worker unions negotiate on wages but not health care, sick time or pension benefits. The board members of the state’s largest business advocacy group voted in a Wednesday meeting to defend the law and to also back an effort to keep Ohioans from being required to buy health insurance.
COLUMBUS — Budget negotiators in the Ohio Legislature were expected to hear Wednesday how much money the state will have to spend in its next two-year budget, as the scramble begins over whether more money should be stashed away or shifted to other priorities.