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 — The deadline for removing a repeal question on Ohio’s contentious collective bargaining law from the fall ballot passed Monday without fanfare, positioning voters to decide the fate of the law in November. Passing the deadline doesn’t prevent Republican leaders and opponents of the law from reaching a deal later to change or toss out the legislation, though that’s seen as unlikely.
COLUMBUS — Opponents of the federal health care overhaul championed by President Barack Obama scored a key legal victory on Friday that should clear a proposed ballot measure for a fall vote in a pivotal state.
COLUMBUS — Parts of a new election law in Ohio are being targeted for a ballot repeal effort about two weeks after the governor of this traditionally presidential swing state signed the overhaul measure. A coalition of lawmakers, progressive groups and state’s ex-elections chief said Thursday that they have started collecting signatures in an effort to stop pieces of the law from taking effect Sept 30.
COLUMBUS — With his budget now passed, Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich blasted Democrats and their allies on Friday for pursuing a partisan agenda while fighting his efforts to fix the state’s economy.
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.