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Report: 6 Ohio congressmen sleep in their offices

June 20, 2011

Associated Press COLUMBUS: Six U.S. House members from Ohio are among the lawmakers whose offices in the nation's capital double as their living quarters. The Columbus Dispatch reports it took a quick poll that found Republicans Steve Chabot, Jim Jordan, Bob Latta, Bill Johnson, Steve Austria and Steve Stivers all sleep in their Capitol Hill [...]

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Akron City Council candidates

June 16, 2011

Candidates who filed petitions to run for Akron City Council, listed in alphabetical order. The petitions must be certified by the Summit County elections board. The board has posted the full list of area candidates for the Sept. 13 primary at http://www.summitcountyboe.com. • Ward 1: Jim Hurley*, Democrat; Mark Lavoie, Republican; Kurtis Liston, Libertarian; Charly [...]

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Senate budget plan strips new Ohio union law wording

May 31, 2011

Ann Sanner Associated Press COLUMBUS: Ohio senators want to strip wording from the state budget that closely mirrors provisions affecting teachers' pay already contained in the state's contentious new collective bargaining law. The revision is among a host of proposed adjustments to the budget that Senate leadership announced Tuesday. The House-passed budget bill would base [...]

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Akron battle for mayor heats up

May 22, 2011

Stephanie WarsmithBeacon Journal staff writer Both sides in the political showdown between longtime adversaries Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic and Akron Councilman Mike Williams are ready to rumble. The Akron mayoral candidates have launched websites, opened campaign headquarters and assembled their teams. It's fitting that both have a political heavyweight in their corner. Williams hired Jerry [...]

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Poll: Most Ohio voters would repeal union law

May 18, 2011

Associated Press COLUMBUS: A new poll finds most Ohio voters would dump the state's new law that limits bargaining by public employees and bars them from striking. In the Quinnipiac University survey released Wednesday, 54 percent say the law should be repealed, 36 percent say it should be kept. Also, 58 percent oppose banning all [...]

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Barberton mayor faces challenger

May 14, 2011

Marilyn MillerBeacon Journal staff writer BARBERTON: At-large City Councilman Bill Judge has announced he will run for mayor. The Barberton native and Democrat is in his eighth year on council. He is a former Ward 2 councilman. Judge, 35, said he has several goals for the city and wants to see the community go in [...]

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Kasich wants metal detectors for Ohio Statehouse

May 6, 2011

Associated Press COLUMBUS: Gov. John Kasich says the Ohio Statehouse should have more security, including metal detectors for visitors to pass through. The governor told reporters on Thursday that families, kids and school groups visit the Capitol in Columbus and he wouldn't want "something to happen." He was responding to a question about whether state [...]

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Police and library levies approved in north Summit

May 4, 2011

By Paula Schleis Beacon Journal staff writer Northern Summit County voters were feeling generous Tuesday. In a primary election dominated by school levies, there were four nonschool tax questions on Summit County ballots, and all four passed. Voters in Cuyahoga Falls and Hudson approved new funding for their libraries, while residents of Twinsburg Township and [...]

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Ohio House panel set to further alter budget bill

May 3, 2011

Ann Sanner Associated Press COLUMBUS: An Ohio House panel is poised to make additional changes to its $55.6 billion state budget proposal, and then likely vote to send it to the full Republican-led House. The House Finance and Appropriations Committee planned to meet Tuesday to debate changes to the two-year spending plan. Gov. John Kasich's [...]

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Mayor sues Cincinnati for ruling on his benefits

May 3, 2011

Associated Press CINCINNATI: Cincinnati's mayor is suing the city to determine whether he's legally entitled to his health benefits and $500-a-month car allowance. That's after an anti-tax group called COAST threatened to file suit to stop the car money. COAST claims the payments are an illegal addition to Mayor Mark Mallory's $121,000 salary. The Cincinnati [...]

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Ohio politicians praise killing of Osama bin Laden

May 2, 2011

Associated Press COLUMBUS: Ohio politicians are hailing the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. forces in Pakistan. The state's senior U.S. senator calls the death of the al-Qaida leader a victory for all Americans. Democrat Sherrod Brown says in a statement that the world's most wanted terrorist and architect of the Sept. 11 attacks [...]

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GOP changes in budget aid young, elderly

April 29, 2011

By Ann Sanner and Julie Carr Smyth Associated Press COLUMBUS: Republicans who lead the Ohio House on Thursday unveiled a host of changes to Gov. John Kasich's budget proposal that they hope will attract residents young and old, and reduce the impact of painful cuts on local communities and schools. Graduates of Ohio high schools [...]

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Officials in Summit County share budget fears

April 29, 2011

By Stephanie Warsmith Beacon Journal staff writer About one in four sex offenders in Summit County has been caught out-of-compliance with registration requirements during checks by sheriff's deputies. These sweeps might stop if the cuts to local government funds proposed in the state budget stand, Summit County Sheriff Drew Alexander said Thursday. Alexander said the [...]

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GOP changes in budget aid young, elderly

April 29, 2011

By Ann Sanner and Julie Carr Smyth Associated Press COLUMBUS: Republicans who lead the Ohio House on Thursday unveiled a host of changes to Gov. John Kasich's budget proposal that they hope will attract residents young and old, and reduce the impact of painful cuts on local communities and schools. Graduates of Ohio high schools [...]

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How to fill vacancies in elected offices may change in Tallmadge

April 29, 2011

By Paula Schleis Beacon Journal staff writer TALLMADGE: Hoping to avoid a repeat of the bizarre political twists that occurred after the city's mayor resigned last year, a Charter Review Commission has proposed changes on how elected officials are replaced. The 11-member commission — formed once a decade to identify problems in the city charter [...]

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