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A feisty, yet reflective Gov. Ted Strickland said Monday that his biggest mistake in 2009 was deciding to rely on revenue from racetrack slot machines that were later sidelined by the Ohio Supreme Court.
Ohioans will pay more in 2009 taxes than expected because a budget compromise expected to clear the Legislature on Thursday delays the last in a series of tax cuts begun four years ago.
State lawmakers ended an impasse over a budget gap late Wednesday by agreeing to combine Gov. Ted Strickland's tax cut delay with a pilot project to test new construction rules, averting cuts to school districts and a working holiday.
A Republican state senator in Ohio wants to prohibit the nation's largest state-run injured worker insurance program from providing benefits to illegal immigrants, a change he said should lower business premiums.
A few moderate Ohio senators trying to craft a compromise to fix Ohio's budget gap are being thwarted by two opposing forces: the majority of Republican senators who adamantly oppose any portion of Gov. Ted Strickland's tax cut delay, and the Democratic governor's outright rejection of the compromise.
Ohio lawmakers were deadlocked once again on how to fix Ohio's budget, as a Senate Republican proposal blending most of Gov. Ted Strickland's tax cut delay with a slew of other funding sources met with swift Democratic opposition.
The future of a bipartisan, billion-dollar Ohio program that spurs technology jobs is in limbo because of a dispute between Republicans and Democrats over when lawmakers should go to voters to get more bonds approved.
After Richard Handy of Fairfield received an e-mail from a conservative group calling Gov. Ted Strickland's proposed delay of Ohio's income tax cuts a "retroactive tax increase," Handy fired off a few passionate words to some state senators.
Arguments for and against casinos bombarded Ohioans via the airwaves, phone lines and news media for weeks.
U.S. Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, said Friday he hoped the Holy Spirit would inspire voters to come out in droves against a plan to put casinos in the state's major cities. Separately, an organization opposing the casinos tried to draw more attention to a key casino backer's arrest on a gambling charge 27 years ago.
Consumers would no longer have to participate in an Ohio utility's program that effectively forced them to buy overpriced energy-efficient light bulbs, under a revamped proposal the company presented to state regulators Wednesday.
An Ohio utility criticized for passing on to customers the cost of a mandatory light bulb giveaway program on Wednesday proposed a voluntary program instead.
Some Ohio senators were curious Wednesday about the possibility of plugging the state's budget hole with money from casinos, should they be approved by voters next week.
Consumer groups banded together Friday to oppose Ohio legislation that would deregulate basic landline telephone service, saying it would increase rates, weaken consumer protections and decrease service quality.
The Ohio House is moving quickly toward approving a delay in planned income tax reductions, but the Senate plans to slow it down, study alternatives and possibly propose something else to fill a budget hole.
An Ohio congressional candidate defended statements he made about a state congresswoman, telling an election panel Thursday he had reason to believe she took money from Turkish government-sponsored interests in return for a denial that the country committed genocide against Armenians in 1915.
It has been a challenging month for all Democratic lawmakers returning from a congressional recess, and especially for one Ohioan who has been tangling with a conservative, New Jersey-sized district that turned Democratic only after scandal felled a six-term Republican.
Ohio's latest budget seeks to put solar power in the financial reach of Ohio residents by addressing the cost of installation, the biggest barrier to the renewable energy technology's large-scale deployment.
A man who burned a woman alive in the trunk of her car was executed on Wednesday in Ohio's first death by lethal injection since the state revised its protocol on the procedure.
Middle and high school students across the country are generally falling behind in life sciences, and the nation is at risk of producing a dearth of qualified workers for the fast-growing bioscience industry, according to a report released Monday.
The state Elections Commission agreed Thursday to hear a case far outside the typical realm of Ohio politics, one involving claims of genocide, Turkish history, U.S. foreign policy and a growing and personal political rivalry.
State lawmakers are responsible for your tax rates, your tax dollars and whether you have to wear your seat belt.
The Ohio Legislature has given final approval to borrowing $200 million to pay cash bonuses to veterans of the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
Two of Ohio's most prominent Democrats said Tuesday they intend to run in 2010 for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican Sen. George Voinovich.
Drivers better buckle up or pay the price: More cash-strapped states want to give law enforcement officers the authority to pull over motorists just for not wearing their seat belts.
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