May 16--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.
State accuses 14 daycares of fraud, pulls funding
- Thursday, 16 May 2013 16:41
- By Josh Sweigart Dayton Daily News, Ohio (MCT)
- Hits: 38
Judicial appointments by Kasich criticized
- Thursday, 16 May 2013 16:40
- By John Futty The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio (MCT)
- Hits: 25
May 16--As the Franklin County legal community gathers today for a seminar on attracting qualified candidates for judgeships, a local Democratic leader is questioning the qualifications of the Republican governor's two latest judicial appointments.
More money is urged for Lake Erie
- Thursday, 16 May 2013 16:35
- By Jim Provance The Blade, Toledo, Ohio (MCT)
- Hits: 30
May 16--COLUMBUS -- Ohio's battle to suppress Lake Erie's harmful algae has government and farmer buy-in.
But it needs more money and regulation, a panel told state budget crafters Wednesday.
House revises reading plan for Ohio schools
- Thursday, 16 May 2013 16:34
- By Jim Siegel The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio (MCT)
- Hits: 17
May 16--Gov. John Kasich and state legislators last spring created a new reading guarantee designed to identify young students with reading problems, get them help and keep them in the third grade if they do meet certain standards.
State public-safety chief rejects arming teachers
- Thursday, 16 May 2013 16:33
- By Joe Vardon The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio (MCT)
- Hits: 28
May 16--Ohio Public Safety Director Tom Charles said he "would not give guns to teachers in school," possibly blunting any momentum behind proposals to arm teachers.
"We're making a gun too easily accessible," Charles told The Dispatch yesterday about arming teachers. He made similar statements in a comprehensive safety presentation on Tuesday to the Ohio Board of Education, a follow-up to a deadly shooting in 2012 at Chardon High School and the massacre in December in Newtown, Conn.
Senator proposes safer Ohio dams in bill
- Thursday, 16 May 2013 16:31
- By Kate Malongowski The Lima News, Ohio (MCT)
- Hits: 12
May 15--COLUMBUS -- With nearly 1,000 significant or high hazard dams across the state, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown hopes to pass legislation to establish emergency action and flood plans in those areas.
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND SCHOOLS TO RECEIVE $112.8 MILLION WORKERS’ COMPENSATION REBATE
- Monday, 13 May 2013 13:21
- Stefanie Wessell
- Hits: 44
COLUMBUS – The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) would return $112.8 million to nearly 3,800 local governments and schools under the $1 billion rebate proposed by Governor John Kasich and BWC Administrator/CEO Steve Buehrer last week. The proposal also includes a tripling of safety grantsand a 4 percent rate reduction for public employers. The rebates and reforms are made possible by larger-than-expected fund balances at BWC generated by strong investment management.