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Ohio House Passes Resolution to Support Innovative Energy Exploration
COLUMBUS—State Representative Barbara Sears (R-Monclova Twp.) has announced that the Ohio House of Representatives passed resolution to encourage investment in North American oil reserves to reduce Ohio’s dependence on foreign resources. House Resolution 97—which Rep. Sears proposed in May—urges the United States Congress to support [...]
Fedor Introduces “Safe Harbor for Exploited Children” Act
COLUMBUS – State Rep. Teresa Fedor (D-Toledo) today introduced legislation to protect children who are the victims of human trafficking. The “Safe Harbor for Exploited Children” act (House Bill 262) would help human trafficking victims return to society. “Under Ohio current law, minors who are victims of human trafficking are arrested [...]
ODP: Mandel mum on FEC complaint
“A spokesman for Mr. Mandel said he was not yet ready to respond.” “A Mandel spokesman said at midday that he just learned of the complaint and would respond with a statement later. He did not.” “Calls placed to Mandel’s office for comment on this story were not returned.” “Messages were left Monday seeking comment [...]
State Sen. Wagoner on biennium budget
COLUMBUS—The biennium budget measure passed today by the Ohio Senate successfully closed the $8.5 billion shortfall that threatened to further burden the financial stability and future of Ohio’s families. Highlighted in the bill is a combined $5.4 billion reduction in spending for Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013, the elimination of Ohio’s [...]
Sen. Brown on swipe fees
Protection Supported by Ohio Retailers Would Help Small Businesses by Reducing Swipe Fees they Pay on Debit Cards Nearly $17 Billion in “Swipe Fees” Were Collected in 2009 by Banks; Costs Often Passed Along to Consumers WASHINGTON D.C. –U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), chairman of the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Financial [...]
ODP on anti-abortion provisions
COLUMBUS – Yesterday, House Speaker Bill Batchelder said he had no idea that his Republican colleagues in the Senate added anti-choice provisions to the state budget in the 11th hour. Batchelder said, “That’s in the budget? Oh my! We never talked about that. They must have a special room where they go to cook these things up, and keep [...]
Pro-life legislation advances in Senate
June 7 the Ohio Senate accepted two pro-life amendments that will ban non-therapeutic abortions in publicly funded facilities and further protect taxpayer dollars from paying for abortion. The Senate Finance Committee voted to include the Ohio Right to Life amendments to House Bill 153 which is expected to advance this week. Designed to [...]
Raid Housing Program for the Poor and Give it to County Recorders?
COLUMBUS An amendment to the Senates version of the budget bill released yesterday would take millions from a fund that provides housing for poor, elderly and disabled Ohioans, and funnel it to county recorders offices for general purposes. Bill Faith, Executive Director of the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio (COHHIO) [...]
ODP files FEC complaint against Mandel
COLUMBUS, OH – A complaint with the Federal Elections Commission has been filed today by the Ohio Democratic Party after more evidence shows that GOP Senate candidate Josh Mandel is abusing the Treasurer’s office for campaign purposes. The complaint, which comes on the heels of a new reportthat found the newly-elected State Treasurer to be [...]
ODP on Coughlin’s Official Entrance Into The GOP Primary
COLUMBUS, OHIO. – Justin Barasky, Press Secretary for the Ohio Democratic Party, released the following statement today in response to reports that Kevin Coughlin has officially entered the GOP primary: “Kevin Coughlin unabashedly supports the Republican plan to end Medicare as we know it, and is a proud supporter of John Kasich’s [...]
