Glass City Jungle (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
This in via e-mail as a guest post to share with readers of GCJ by Ohio House Representative Barbara Sears: Welcome to Short Notes from the November 18, 2009 Session of the 128th General Assembly. This is a summary of what happened on the floor of the House in Columbus. This is not [...]
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio House Democrats are moving ahead with a plan to put a bond issue on the May 2010 ballot to expand a technology jobs program.
Plunderbund (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
The weekend editorial coverage of the Senate GOP’s inability to produce a package that would get the support of 17 State Senators (even though the GOP has 22 in its ranks) was universally negative. The Columbus Dispatch (R-Columbus) strongly condemned the lack of leadership in the State Senate Republicans: “Do the leaders of the Ohio Senate feel [...]
Third Base Politics (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
In light of the budget mess I mentioned this morning, word from an inside source is that 14-15 GOP members of the Ohio Senate have agreed in principle to a comprehensive plan that would address not only the current budget shortfall, but also work to solve the $7 billion budgetary tidal wave coming in 2011. The plan restructures state government, increases privatization of state services,...
Collecting my Thoughts (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Late Wednesday, Ohio Senate Democrats rejected the latest Republican amendments to HB 318. The bill will attempt to fill the $851 million gap in the FY10-11 budget. The Senate Finance Committee has adjourned indefinitely--for time to enjoy a Thanksgiving Holiday while thinking this through. Too bad our federal Senators didn’t do the same--they could have used the T-holiday...
Glass City Jungle (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
This in via e-mail: McNamara Will Explore Senate Run Toledo City Council President says middle class families need a strong voice in Columbus Toledo, OH – Democrat Joe McNamara announces today that he will form a committee to explore a campaign for the 11th District seat in the Ohio State Senate being vacated by Teresa Fedor. The [...]
Naugblog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Kyle Sisk beat me to this. A handful of Ohio Republican Senators, will support a compromise version of HB 318 that would include apprixmately 2/3rds of Ted Strickland’s propose tax increase (a freeze on planned income tax reductions) and a handful of “cash management maneuvers” (accounting tricks') to fill budget deficits. Three months ago, I was told (on the record) by Senator...
Plunderbund (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Look, I’ve been really hard on the Ohio Senate Democratic Caucus, its leaders, and particularly Ohio Senate Minority Leader Capri Cafaro. It’s hard when you are so outnumbered by the Senate Republicans to be politically relevant, or to convince Democratic donors to donate to your caucus in your campaign to chip away and eventually take over [...]
Plunderbund (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The Cleveland Plain Dealer is strongly suggesting that the Ohio Democratic Senate Caucus has rejected the Ohio Senate GOP’s ideological plan. Sen. Dale MIller, a Cleveland Democrat on sits on the Senate’s Finance Committee, said he can’t support the Republican offer. “This is not a real fix,” he said. “This package is not going...
Plunderbund (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Despite their best efforts, the Senate GOP Caucus could not unite behind an alternative plan to Governor Strickland’s proposal to freeze the implementation of the final phase of the state income tax cuts begun in 2005. Therefore, they have resigned themselves to giving the Democrats the five votes necessary to pass their modified version of [...]
ABC News (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Ohio Senate Republicans offer budget fix alternative, but rejected by Democrats Democratic - United States - Society and Culture - Organizations - Economic
Plunderbund (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
So, the Columbus Dispatch, has more details on exactly how the Senate GOP would fill the gap with less than a full freeze of the final income tax cut: Raids $30 million from the Housing Trust Fund Removing the requirement that schools provide all-day kindergarten starting next school year, and the requirement that they meet class size [...]
Mark Byron (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
After giving Kindred Healthcare the once over yesterday, I was looking at Ohio's senate race, where former Congressman and OMB director Rob Portman is the favorite on the Republican side and LG Lee Fisher is holding down the Democratic side....
Perspective Journal: News and Polit (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Filed under: Senate, Barack Obama, Health Care, Polls, Poll Watch, 2010 Elections Those wondering if Republican victories in the gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey were harbingers of things to come in other states where Democrats did well in 2006 and 2008 might look to Ohio where former Rep. Rob Portman now holds slight leads [...]
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T* today announced that AT&T U-verse(SM) TV is now available to more than 25% of households in AT&T Ohio's traditional wireline service area. In the past two years, AT&T U-verse TV has redefined the television experience for Ohio consumers by using a 100 percent digital platform that enables new, innovative features...
