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Ohio’s laws on sex and labor trafficking, once among the weakest in the nation, are expected to take a leap forward today.
House Bill 262, after swift approval by a legislative committee and the Ohio Senate yesterday, is scheduled for a final concurrence vote in the House today. If it passes, Gov. John Kasich is expected to sign it into law.
In cooperation with Marion Technical College, State Senator Dave Burke is hosting a two-hour town hall panel discussion on Thursday, June 14th from 10:00am to Noon at the college. The panel will discuss the $50 million dollar incumbent workforce training voucher program that is planned for implementation by the State of Ohio.
State Representatives Jeff McClain (R-Upper Sandusky), who represents Marion, and Brian Hill (R-Zanesville) Tuesday attended Governor Kasich’s bill signing of House Bill 326, which imposes a criminal penalty on public officials who knowingly use public funds for political purposes.
Ohioans with criminal records will find it easier to get jobs, become licensed in construction trades and get a driver’s license under legislation passed yesterday by both houses of the General Assembly.
Gov. John Kasich will sign the “collateral sanctions” bill when it reaches his desk, spokesman Rob Nichols said.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine praised the unanimous Ohio Supreme Court ruling issued today that upheld both the constitutionality and the state's enforcement of the citizen-initiated and voter-approved law restricting workplace smoking. Zeno's bar in Columbus, which owes more than $40,000 as a repeat violator of the smoking ban, had challenged the law.
Ohio Senate Republicans dodged one fight Wednesday as they pulled back for now on a controversial proposal to drug test welfare applicants that had advocates for the poor and Democrats ready to rumble.
After nearly three years of stalemate and delay, public pension system boards, retiree groups, worker unions and state senators grudgingly swallowed a bitter pill: generous benefits are no longer sustainable in the face of retirees living longer and stock market gains lagging.
A test program requiring some Ohio welfare recipients to pass drug tests before getting cash assistance is among the changes Senate Republicans are expected to make today to a wide-ranging bill known as the mid-biennium review.
Ohio is on its way to becoming the 39th state to ban texting while driving, and the first state to ban minors from using hand-held electronic devices behind the wheel. The Ohio House approved the revised version of H.B. 99, Tuesday, May 15, 82-12. The bill will now go to Governor Kasich who is expected to sign it into law.
Again at odds with fellow Republicans, Gov. John Kasich blasted Senate leaders yesterday for altering his third-grade reading guarantee, arguing the changes “weaken efforts to improve education for Ohio’s children.”
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