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On one side: Republicans, repealing an elections-law overhaul they crafted last year and still defend as good legislation.
On the other side: Democrats, fighting the repeal even though they dislike the law so much that they and their allies worked to get it on the November ballot where it could be overturned.
Ohio is one step closer to becoming the 38th state to ban texting while driving and the first to prevent its youngest drivers from talking or typing on any hand-held electronic device.
The bill says drivers younger than 18 cannot use any hand-held electronic device — such as cellphones, tablets and GPS direction-finders — and makes it a primary offense.
Thousands of poor youngsters start kindergarten unprepared to learn and behind their peers, delays that can cause them to struggle throughout their school years.
A proposal being considered by Ohio lawmakers aims to reduce those learning gaps by requiring all tax-funded preschool and childcare programs to participate in a rating system to help guide parents and ensure high standards.
Ohio House Democrats want to funnel tax dollars back to schools and local governments handed a whopping cut in Republican Gov. John Kasich's state budget passed last year. State Republicans say they are soundly against the idea.
A bill moving through the Ohio General Assembly would relieve phone companies from their responsibility to provide basic phone service for all residents even when unprofitable. Senate Bill 271 would allow companies to discontinue basic landline service beginning in 2013 if the area is deemed “competitive” by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.
State Representatives Jeff McClain (R-Upper Sandusky) and Dorothy Pelanda (R-Marysville) have announced the passage of House Bill 482, the capital budget bill. Universities statewide will be benefitting from the capital budget bill, including those in Marion County.
A new law went into effect last week eliminating restrictions on the number of manufacturing licenses that can be issued for micro-distilleries in Ohio. House Bill 243, signed into law by Governor John R. Kasich, allows more businesses to operate, expand and create jobs in Ohio.
Thomas Edison is a step closer to Washington. A panel of state lawmakers voted Thursday to recommend that the inventor born in northern Ohio be the subject of a new Ohio statue in the U.S. Capitol.
New motorcoaches would for the first time be required to have lap-shoulder seat belts under a proposal announced Monday by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.
The plan affects large, tour-style buses, not city buses or school buses, which are state-regulated.
An Ohio U.S. senator known for bucking the Republican party line is recommending an increase in the federal fuel tax as a way to help balance the federal budget and put Americans back to work.
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