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Valley residents protest Kasich in Steubenville

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com STEUBENVILLE Randy Younkin of Youngstown held an Ohio Turnpike

Dem leader states his party’s case ahead of Kasich’s address today

The head of the Ohio Democratic Party took a pre-emptive strike at Gov. John Kasich on the eve of his historic State of the State speech in eastern Ohio.

Ohio gets a new state holiday: John Glenn Friendship 7 Day

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS Ohioans will mark the 50th anniversary of John Glenn’s

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200 rally in Columbus against hydraulic fracturing

Protesters traveled to Columbus Tuesday hoping to persuade lawmakers and Gov. John Kasich to stop all horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in Ohio until studies are completed to ensure the oil and gas-production method is safe. A public meeting with ODNR officials is set for 5 p.m. today at the Covelli Centre.

Valley officials want answers about seismic events

Mahoning County Commissioner Anthony Traficanti was sitting in his office in North Lima on New Year’s Eve when the earth shook.

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Kasich opts not to name a favorite in Republican presidential primary

Gov. John Kasich apparently is done offering endorsements in the GOP presidential primary.

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Kasich: Voters sent SB 5 message

Senate Bill 5 dominated newspaper headlines in 2011, drawing thousands of protesters to the Ohio Statehouse and a heated election campaign that resulted in the defeat of a collective-bargaining reform package written by Republicans and supported by Gov. John Kasich.

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Kasich touts JobsOhio role

State lawmakers have not yet given JobsOhio the authority to administer the job-creating programs currently housed in the Ohio Department of Development.

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Kasich touts his first-year jobs record

Eighty-three thousand jobs. That’s what Gov. John Kasich is crediting his administration with either saving or creating since he took office in January.

Move of death row to be finished in Jan.

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS State prison officials expect to complete the

State ballot issue sought to reform Ohio redistricting

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS Groups unhappy with how state lawmakers drew Ohio’s new

We Are Ohio mulls plans for its future

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS The main opponent group against Senate Bill 5 is

Referendum on election reforms set for 2012 ballot

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS A group that wants to block Republican-backed changes to

Valley residents rally for stalled Nitro’s Law in Columbus

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS Liz Raab stood on a busy street corner near the

Ohio House OKs campaign-funding bill

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS The Ohio House approved legislation to increase

State will review rape kits

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS Local law enforcement will be asked to submit sexual-

Dog-breeding bill still awaiting compromise in Ohio Senate

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS The chairman of a state Senate committee considering

Ohio group wants ban on owning wild animals

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS A state group appointed by Gov. John Kasich wants the

Ohio bill increases criminal penalties for Internet scams

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS Scam artists who prey on unsuspecting grandparents would

Tuesday's results serve as springboard for 2012

Here what you should know about Tuesday’s election...

Tea party-supported Issue 3 attempts to block federal health-care mandates

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS The final issue on next month’s ballot is the one that

Groups rake in more than $30M in statewide fight over Senate Bill 5

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS Issue 2 campaigns raised more than $30 million in

Issue 1 would raise age limit for judges to 75

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS Senate Bill 5, Issue 2 on the November ballot, is

What’s next if SB 5 repeal is OK’d?

provisions on benefits, pay favored in surveys

Major polling has remained consistent in its conclusions on Senate Bill 5 since lawmakers passed the legislation earlier this year and opponents launched a petition drive to repeal it.

Which side in SB 5 argument has best pay deal?

Proponents of Senate Bill 5 point to examples of public-sector unions whose members are paying less than the new law’s proposed requirements for health insurance and pension contributions.

Ohio split on value of collective bargaining

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com Second in 5-day series UTICA Ask Gene Branstool to describe

Lawsuit over slots may slow horse racing plans for Ohio

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS The conservative American Policy Roundtable has filed

Track transfer closer to gate

horse-racing venues can apply to relocate

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS Gov. John Kasich signed an executive order and the Ohio

Study: Ohio could recoup $200M in sales tax

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS The state could recoup more than $200 million in annual

Study: Concessions saved taxpayers $1B

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS Public-employee unions have saved taxpayers more than $1

Video lottery terminals on a fast track

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS Gov. John Kasich has signed an executive order allowing

Dems issue ultimatum on redistricting

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS The Ohio Democratic Party has issued an ultimatum to the

Ohio Statehouse installs electric-vehicle chargers

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS It took Richard Finan, chairman of the Capitol Square

Team NEO awarded $4.1M in state funds

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS A lawmaker panel has released nearly $15 million in

Study: Fracking could create 200K Ohio jobs

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS Ohio’s oil and natural-gas industries and the emergence

Tributes, politics mix in capital on 9/11 memorial day

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS Gov. John Kasich used a morning memorial service to

Official proposes delay in fracking

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS A Democratic state lawmaker has proposed a moratorium

Health-care referendum opponents call Issue 3 'disaster'

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS A constitutional amendment to block federal health-care

SB 5 opponents snub invitation

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS With an empty table topped with place cards naming the

Union leaders: We will not negotiate on SB 5 repeal

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS Union leaders will not take Gov. John Kasich up on his

Kasich offers meeting on SB 5

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS Gov. John Kasich and GOP legislative leaders have

DeWine vows continued fight against human trafficking

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS With a vow to go after the “scum that are preying on

Health-care referendum stays on ballot

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS The Ohio Supreme Court has shot down a legal challenge

Fair Elections Ohio aims to overturn election-law changes

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS A coalition has resubmitted petition language it hopes

Kasich says Ohio State Fair is the best

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS Gov. John Kasich isn’t calling the Ohio State Fair one

Issue to block federal health care in Ohio cleared for November ballot

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS Secretary of State Jon Husted has signed off on a third

Ohioans will vote on SB 5 this fall

915,456 signatures OK’d for ballot issue on bargaining bill By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com

Kasich sinks lower in polls

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS Ohio voters still don’t approve of Gov. John Kasich or

Ohio Supreme Court sets execution dates

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS The Ohio Supreme Court has set a July 2012 execution

New Ohio law allows guns in bars, malls

By MARC KOVAC news@vindy.com COLUMBUS Ohio residents with concealed-carry permits soon will

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