State & Regional Govt & Politics
State accuses 14 daycares of fraud, pulls funding
An unprecedented fraud crackdown has led Ohio officials to cut off payments to 14 child care centers since October — including one in Dayton and five in the Cincinnati area — for allegedly charging the taxpayer-funded program for children not in their care. These centers are accused of overbilling the ...
States urged to lower DUI limit
A federal agency on Tuesday asked states to toughen the standard to declare when someone is legally too drunk to drive. Among a series of recommendations, the National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates traffic crashes, said states should reduce the DUI standard from 0.08 blood alcohol content to 0.05. While ...
IRS report details targeting of conservative groups
As the U.S. Attorney General ordered a criminal probe into how the IRS targeted more conservative groups, a newly released report detailed how one unit at the tax agency created a "Be On the Lookout" list for tea party type groups applying for tax exempt status. The Inspector General that ...
Auditor helping 1,400 small governments save money
Small government bodies such as libraries, planning commissions and tiny villages will save some of their public dollars under a new program that drastically cuts the costs of state-mandated audits.Since the program was launched in December, 11 governments in this region have cut the cost of their audits by an ...
Gee’s $1.9M salary 3rd among U.S. public colleges
Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee was knocked off the top spot on the list of highest paid public university presidents but is well positioned to regain the number one post in the coming year, according to a survey released Sunday by The Chronicle of Higher Education. Gee’s $1.9 ...
Lawmakers push to overhaul Ohio’s energy standards
A bill will be coming soon to overhaul Ohio’s standards for renewable energy and energy efficiency, according to a state lawmaker leading hearings on the issue. Hearings on Ohio’s 2008 energy law that requires power companies to produce 12.5 percent of their energy from renewable sources such as wind, hydroelectric ...
Kasich proposes $1 billion workers comp refund to businesses, governments
Ohio’s employers would receive $1 billion back from what they’ve paid into Ohio’s insurance system for injured workers, under a proposal announced by Gov. John Kasich on Thursday. The money would be divvied up among 210,000 businesses and governments that pay into Ohio’s worker’s compensation insurance system. The refund would ...
State trying to give away millions to protect Fernald site
The federal government spent $4.4 billion at the Cold War-era Feed Materials Production Center atomic plant to erase decades of pollution, making the environmentally befouled site so clean it’s now a nature preserve. Now the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is trying to keep new pollutants out of the site — ...
Cell phone, laptop, tablet theft could be felony offenses
Ohio lawmakers are considering legislation that would make stealing a cell phone, computer, laptop or tablet a felony offense.Many Ohioans carry laptops, tablets or smart phones that contain banking information, health data, extensive contact lists and other sensitive data that if stolen could wreak havoc in short order.This legislation comes ...
FBI posts photo of three from Benghazi
As the political battle over the deaths of four Americans last year in Benghazi, Libya was heating up again in Washington, D.C., the FBI on Wednesday released pictures of three men who were at the U.S. compound that was attacked on September 11, 2012, looking for clues on those responsible ...
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