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Ohio’s budget surplus grows to $2 billion
State lawmakers will have a little more to spend while making final deliberations on the state’s two-year budget, according to state revenue projections unveiled Tuesday afternoon. Both the Legislative Service Commission and state Office of the Budget and Management project greater revenues than previously estimated for the fiscal year ending ...
Nearly $2 million may be spent to increase security at Ohio Statehouse
Nearly $2 million may be spent to improve security at the Ohio Statehouse which currently leaves its doors open during normal business hours, allowing lawmakers, lobbyists and visitors including hundreds of schoolchildren to freely enter and leave the building under the watch of the State Highway Patrol. The Capitol Square ...
Ohio gamblers’ photos may be on file
Photos of Ohio gamblers could be snapped and stored for five years, if one lawmaker’s idea gains steam with casino regulators.A budget bill amendment sponsored by Sen. Bill Coley, R-Liberty Twp., would authorize facial recognition technology at Ohio’s four casinos, racinos and Internet cafe sweepstakes parlors. Images would be collected ...
Ohio schools told to tighten security
The Ohio Attorney General’s Office on Friday said 58 Ohio schools have not submitted school safety plans and 189 others are not in compliance with a state law requiring they update their plans every three years. Attorney General Mike DeWine formed a task force to evaluate safety in schools after ...
4 Butler County schools have no updated safety plans
The Ohio Attorney General’s Office said Friday that 58 Ohio schools have not submitted a school safety plan and 189 others are not in compliance with state law requiring they update their plans every three years, according to state documents.Only two public Butler County schools — charter school Fairfield Educational ...
Ohio Senate approves $62B state budget
The Ohio Senate approved along party lines on Thursday a $62 billion state budget bill that proposes major changes to Ohio’s school funding method and a $1.4 billion tax cut for small businesses and investors.Few changes were made during debate Thursday, but the Senate made hundreds of changes during the ...
Senate passes $62 billion budget for Ohio
The Ohio Senate approved along party lines on Thursday a $62 billion state budget bill that proposes major changes to Ohio’s school funding method and a $1.4 billion tax cut for small businesses and investors.Few changes were made during debate Thursday, but the Senate made hundreds of changes over the ...
Senate to vote on $61B Ohio budget today
The Ohio Senate plans to vote today on a more than $61 billion two-year state budget after making hundreds of changes this week to the version passed by the House in April.The Senate Finance Committee made a few more changes on Wednesday before approving it without the support of the ...
Ohio lawmakers push voucher expansion
Ohio GOP senators proposed several changes to state education funding in the latest round of revisions to the state two-year budget bill, directing more dollars to education than previous plans.Republican amendments offered Tuesday include revising eligibility for the voucher program proposed earlier this year by Gov. John Kasich. The program ...
Senate unveils plan to fund Ohio schools
Ohio’s 612 public school districts would receive $717 million in the next two years more than this year under the state Senate’s education plan unveiled Thursday. The plan adds $142 million to the basic state aid formula proposed by Gov. John Kasich and revised by the House of Representatives earlier ...
Ohio considering higher taxes on some tobacco products
Taxes on most non-cigarette tobacco products would go up under a plan being considered by Ohio lawmakers. Health advocates are calling on lawmakers to raise taxes on tobacco products to fund prevention and cessation programs as they consider other health care reforms. The Ohio House scrapped Gov. John Kasich’s plan ...
Ohio moves forward with crackdown on Internet sweepstakes cafes
Ohio’s Internet sweepstakes cafes must submit documents confirming their existence and operation by June 27 in accordance with a bill signed by Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine sent letters to more than 600 establishments on Wednesday asking them to submit new affidavits under the new ...
Act to protect police officers named after slain Clark County deputy
The Deputy Suzanne Hopper Act to better inform law enforcement officers of suspects’ past mental illness is on its way to Gov. John Kasich, who has indicated he will sign the bill. The Ohio House on Wednesday unanimously passed the bill, named after the Clark County sheriff’s deputy killed in ...
Ohio House passes bill to require mental health reporting
The Deputy Suzanne Hopper Act to better inform law enforcement officers of suspects’ past mental illness is on its way to Gov. John Kasich, who has indicated he will sign the bill.The Ohio House on Wednesday unanimously passed the bill, named after the Clark County sheriff’s deputy killed in the ...
Senate removes online hotel tax
Ohio senators on Tuesday removed a tax change tucked into the massive state budget bill that would give local governments a small revenue boost. The provision, added by the House before it passed the bill in April, aimed to even the playing field between hotel chains and online travel companies ...
Bill would block Ohio driver’s licenses for immigrants
A battle over driver’s licenses for young immigrants has brought a national debate to the Ohio Statehouse. The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles decided in March, after months of confusion at local offices, to begin issuing temporary driver’s licenses to youth accepted into the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. ...
Governor could decide fate of Internet cafes soon
A bill to effectively ban Internet cafe sweepstakes parlors cleared the final hurdle Wednesday and is on its way to Gov. John Kasich’s desk. The Miami Valley is home to an estimated 100 of the parlors also known as Internet cafes. The Ohio Senate approved House Bill 7 in a ...
Bills targeting Internet cafes advance
State lawmakers moved closer Tuesday to shutting down hundreds of Internet sweepstakes cafes operating in Ohio. Two bills are headed to floor votes as early as today: One would essentially ban the storefront gaming centers and one would extend the moratorium on new cafes and strengthen reporting requirements. Both bills ...
Ohio shaping up to become battleground in gay marriage debate
Ohio is shaping up to become a possible battleground — this time over gay marriage — after Minnesota became the 12th state to legalize same-sex marriage last week and voters here could face the issue as early as November. But, Ohio is in a much different position than Minnesota and ...
Ohio may ban indoor tanning for kids under 18
Ohio would become the third state to prohibit minors younger than 18 from using indoor tanning salons, if one of two bipartisan bills being considered by state lawmakers passes. Attempts at smiliar legislation failed several times in the past, but state lawmakers feel they have enough support to pass it ...
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