Olentangy board votes tonight on teacher contract

The Olentangy School District could be the first public district in Delaware County to offer benefits to those in same-sex domestic partnerships.

The Olentangy School District could be the first public district in Delaware County to offer benefits to those in same-sex domestic partnerships.
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 — 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 — Wildly conflicting estimates make it difficult to determine how public and private pay compares in Ohio, and millions are flocking to new online salary tools to peek at the salaries of government-paid friends, neighbors and politicians.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Union leaders passed on meeting with Ohio Gov. John Kasich Friday to discuss a possible compromise over the state’s new collective bargaining law, rebuffing an effort intended to remove a question from the November ballot asking voters to repeal it.
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, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voters will get to decide in November whether to repeal the state’s new collective bargaining law, which would let public worker unions negotiate wages but not health care, sick time or pension benefits.