Ohio Politics
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Ohio lawmakers offer 2 bills to change Medicaid
Proposed changes to the Medicaid program in Ohio are unlikely to clear the Legislature before lawmakers break at the end of the month, the Republican leader of the House said Tuesday. Ohio legislators have been trying to find common ground on the federal-state health program for the poor and disabled ...
IRS worker: No political bias against tea party
An Internal Revenue Service manager and self-described conservative Republican said the close scrutiny of tea party groups' tax forms originated in his Cincinnati IRS office and not in Washington, according to a full transcript of his interview by congressional investigators released Tuesday. John Shafer, who oversaw a small group of ...
Budget director: Ohio's unused surplus about $397M
The state should have almost $397 million in uncommitted funds leftover at end of the current budget year, Ohio's budget director said Tuesday before a legislative panel that's working to put the final touches on the next state spending plan. Lawmakers face a June 30 deadline to pass the $61.7 ...
3 more plead guilty in probe of Pilot Flying J
Three more employees of the truck stop chain owned by the Cleveland Browns' owner and Tennessee's governor pleaded guilty Tuesday in what authorities call a scheme to cheat trucking firms out of rebates. Regional sales manager Kevin Clark pleaded guilty to mail fraud in federal court in Knoxville. Local media ...
Ex-sheriff named liaison for Ohio attorney general
A former central Ohio sheriff labeled the nation's longest-serving sheriff is the state attorney general's new liaison with Ohio's local law enforcement officials. Attorney General Mike DeWine said Tuesday that former Pickaway County Sheriff Dwight Radcliff is now his office's senior law enforcement liaison. Radcliff will travel across Ohio to ...
US audit says Ohio city didn't oversee program
An audit says Toledo officials failed to properly oversee a program that gave out federal taxpayer money for home repairs. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's audit says Toledo should be forced to give back at least $82,000 in grant funding. The findings say officials with the Toledo ...
US Supreme Court suspends OH class-action attorney
The U.S. Supreme Court has suspended prominent Cincinnati class-action attorney Stanley Chesley from practicing law before the court after his Kentucky disbarment. The Supreme Court order Monday said Chesley has 40 days to prove why he shouldn't be disbarred from appearing before the justices. The Kentucky Supreme Court disbarred Chesley ...
AP-USDA-Eastern Cornbelt Hog Report,324
LM—HG209 Des Moines, Iowa Tue, Jun 18, 2013 USDA Market News EASTERN CORNBELT DAILY DIRECT MORNING HOG REPORT BASED ON STATE OF ORIGIN PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Tuesday, June 18, 2013 (As of 9:30 AM) CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE BARROWS & GILTS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Estimated Actual ...
November retrial in 9 arson deaths in Cleveland
A November retrial has been set for the man suspected in the 2005 arson deaths of a woman and eight children at a birthday sleepover in Cleveland. Federal Judge Solomon Oliver set the Nov. 1 trial date Tuesday for 29-year-old Antun Lewis. Lewis had asked for a July date to ...
AP-USDA-Midwest Regional Eggs
NW—PY018 Des Moines, IA Tue. Jun 18, 2013 USDA Market News SHELL EGGS: Daily Midwest Regional Eggs Prices are steady. The undertone is firm on the larger sizes. Retail and food service demand is fairly good. Offerings are light to moderate and held with confidence. Supplies are light to moderate. ...
Ohio police chief takes criminals to task online
If you're up to no good in this pocket of northeast Ohio, especially in a witless way, you're risking not only jail time or a fine but a swifter repercussion with a much larger audience: You're in for a social media scolding from police Chief David Oliver and some of ...
GOP-backed bill expands Ohio's abortion rules
Women seeking an abortion in Ohio would have to wait longer, submit to an ultrasound and listen to their doctors describe features of the fetus under a Republican-backed bill that will have its first hearing this week. The bill would also require doctors to tell women that the procedure increases ...
Former Coast Guard cutter Storis up for auction
The federal government is putting a former Coast Guard cutter up for auction after efforts to send it to a museum in Juneau failed. The cutter Storis was listed for auction last week on the General Services Commission website at an opening bid of $60,000, KMXT reported (http://is.gd/dZIdmj ). "Well ...
AP-USDA-Eastern Cornbelt Hog Report,644
LM—HG209 Des Moines, Iowa Mon, Jun 17, 2013 USDA Market News EASTERN CORNBELT DAILY DIRECT MORNING HOG REPORT BASED ON STATE OF ORIGIN PLANT DELIVERED PURCHASE DATA FOR Monday, June 17, 2013 (As of 9:30 AM) CURRENT VOLUME BY PURCHASE TYPE BARROWS & GILTS LIVE AND CARCASS BASIS Estimated Actual ...
Editorials from around Ohio
Excerpts of recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Ohio newspapers: The (Toledo) Blade, June 17 There's good and bad news in college Republicans' report to GOP leaders on the party's shellacking in the 2012 election. Trying to understand how President Obama amassed a 5-million-vote margin over Mitt Romney ...
Northeast Ohio officer wounds suspect
Authorities say a police officer in suburban Cleveland shot and wounded a man who was wanted for felony domestic violence. Police in Beachwood, east of Cleveland, said it happened when officers went to an apartment at about 11 a.m. Sunday to arrest a man wanted in an earlier domestic violence ...
IRS supervisor in DC scrutinized tea party cases
An Internal Revenue Service supervisor in Washington says she was personally involved in scrutinizing some of the earliest applications from tea party groups seeking tax-exempt status, including some requests that languished for more than a year without action. Holly Paz, who until recently was a top deputy in the division ...
Facts on Ohio veterans bonus benefits, rules
Some facts on Ohio bonuses for veterans for service during eras of Persian Gulf, Iraq and Afghanistan wars. — Eligible veterans may receive $100 for each month spent on active duty in the compensated periods up to a maximum $1,000 for service in specified war zones. — Eligible veterans on ...
Ohio veterans running out of time for bonuses
Time is running out for eligible military veterans to claim Ohio bonuses of up to $1,500, and officials are worried that thousands of veterans may miss out by not applying. Navy veteran Robert Erb III describes his bonus for service in the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan war eras as a ...
Ohio House OKs bill changing dog capture procedure
A new set of guidelines is being proposed to regulate how loose dogs can be captured and how canines are euthanized. The legislative measure sets training and licensing requirements for dog wardens and other officers who would use a drug to capture a companion or stray dog. It allows certified ...
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