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 — State senators voted Tuesday to approve Ohio’s nearly $56 billion, two-year state budget bill, a far-reaching collection of policy changes that would privatize state operations, overhaul Medicaid, limit unions, ban most abortions at public hospitals and provide tax breaks on investments, income and estates.
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.