‘Ohio’ Archives
Newspaper printing outsourced
Following an industry trend, the Record-Courier will begin outsourcing the printing of the newspaper with the July 5 edition. Printing will occur at a newer, high-speed production facility in Wooster, Ohio, that is owned by Dix Communications, the parent company of the Record-Courier. Delivery deadlines will not be significantly affected, David [...]
Late-Term abortion ban passes Ohio Senate
The Ohio Senate passed H.B. 78, the Late-Term Abortion Ban, which was described as similar to Senate Bill 72 which the Ohio Senate passed. Analyses of the bill. The vote in the Senate was 22 yeas - 7 nays.
Penn National on Agreement with Ohio
Penn National Gaming, Inc. (Nasdaq: PENN) President and Chief Operating Officer Timothy Wilmott commented today on the agreement in principle reached with the State of Ohio regarding gaming operations: “Reaching an agreement with the Administration allows us to meet our primary goal of keeping our Ohio projects moving forward. While we [...]
Kasich agreement with one casino group
A release sent out by Governor John R. Kasich announced that an agreement in principle has been reached with Ohio casino developer Rock Ohio Caesars LLC (ROC) that will allow ROC to resume work in the coming weeks on its Cincinnati and Cleveland casino projects. Details of the agreement, which includes additional payments to the state of Ohio, [...]
No pistol-packing bean counters
The line in The Columbus Dispatch article I used for the title made it noteworthy enough. Alan Johnson deserved some attention for that tidbit of creative writing. The topic is however a bit more serious, the four staff members of the auditor's office are reportedly certified law enforcement officers, which made me wonder why they were not [...]
DEP on fracking
What's taking place in Pennsylvania should be pointed out to members of the Ohio General Assembly that are supporting the idea of increased drilling, that includes fracking, here in Ohio. The most recent article in a series on the topic in the June 3 Times Tribune reports that the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued [...]
Welfare- to-work faltering in Ohio
Ohio was among six states failing to meet work requirements in 2009, the most recent state-by-state comparison available, and one of only three to miss the mark for three consecutive years, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The two others were California and Maine. From 1999 to 2006, Ohio surpassed the federal [...]
Ohio poised to approve concealed-carry law
The bill is part of a nationwide strategy by the National Rifle Association to expand concealed carry laws in every state. The NRA didn't consider Kasich a Second Amendment fan when it ripped his gun-rights record in Congress during last year's gubernatorial campaign. And locally, the Buckeye Firearms Association followed the NRA's lead by running [...]
EMS Awards Ceremony
COLUMBUS – The Ohio Department of Public Safety’s Division of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) held its second annual Ohio EMS Awards ceremony today in conjunction with the Ohio Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians (Ohio ACEP) 13th annual EMS Star of Life Awards ceremony. “Each day in Ohio, EMS providers save lives and [...]
Drilling profits may not be gusher
Environmentalists first raised concern, now it appears that the dollars may not be gushing in the way the Kasich administration hoped for when they first talked about opening up our state parks to drilling -- Sunday's Columbus Dispatch has more. Of the 115,300 acres of state parks, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources estimates that it owns [...]