Local Govt & Politics
Wackiness abounds during 2013 Bay Area race
Officials say that over 30,000 runners participated in the 102nd Bay to Breakers Sunday morning and as of noon that day, San Francisco Police had yet to report any notable incidents.
Hamilton to lay off 6 firefighters
Six Hamilton firefighters will be told this week they no longer have a job as of June 5, according to union officials.The layoffs will mean the closure of Station 27 on Shuler Avenue in the Lindenwald neighborhood, according to Hamilton Fire Chief Steve Dawson.The news comes just days after city ...
Local governments plan to pay off debts with rebate
Paying down debt tops the list of what local government leaders say they will do with an anticipated windfall in the form of a rebate from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation.Butler County public employers are estimated to receive $2.9 million as part of a $1 billion rebate proposed last ...
Board of Elections approves precinct boundary changes
Thousands of Butler County voters will have a new precinct number when they head to the polls in November as a result of boundary changes made by the county board of elections this week.The board approved the changes Monday in West Chester, Liberty, St. Clair, Madison, Wayne and Milford townships, ...
Butler County governments get windfall from bureau of worker’s compensation
Butler County public employers are slated to receive $2.9 million from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation as part of a $1 billion rebate proposed last week by Gov. John Kasich and the agency’s Administrator/CEO Steve Buehrer.Under the proposal, the bureau would return $112.8 million to nearly 3,800 local governments ...
Council creates finance manager position
Hamilton is adding a new position to help it manage its financial present and prepare for any possible economic impact to come.City council recently voted to create a finance manager position. The city currently has one staff member dedicated to preparing forecasts, analyzing budget trends, performing fiscal policy analysis or ...
IRS admits to targeting tea party groups
The Internal Revenue Service Friday admitted to targeting tea party groups during the 2010 and 2012 elections for extra scrutiny, saying “mistakes were made” in the handling of those organizations’ applications for tax-exempt status.The IRS apology came after complaints from tea party organizations including the Ohio Liberty Council that they ...
Civil lawsuits cost local governments millions
More than 100 lawsuits against city, township and county governments in Butler and Warren counties have resulted in almost $10 million in payouts over the past five years, a Middletown Journal/Hamilton JournalNews analysis of city and court records found.But because the majority of those civil cases were settled by governments’ ...
VIDEO: Speaker Boehner shows reporter how to tie his tie properly
Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-West Chester Twp., is known on Capitol Hill for his dapper look and perfectly tied neckwear.Recently after an interview with Peter Cook of Bloomberg News, Boehner gave the reporter a lesson in how to tie the perfect knot.“You don’t have a dimple. You’ve got ...
Former councilman plans run for mayor
Former City Councilman Steve Miller has filed to run for the mayor of Fairfield, a position he once held for seven months.Miller served as a city councilman from 1997 to 2007, reaching his term limit after those 10 years.“Since then I’ve been biding my time until Ron hit his term ...
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