Monthly Archives: June 2011

Republicans Change Voting Rules To Require Picture ID — LWV Warns Of Voter Disenfranchisement — Ohio Senate To Discuss HB159 Tomorrow

Interesting that Republican controlled state legislatures around the nation this year are pushing the same themes. Nine Republican state legislatures have passed, or are considering passing, different versions of laws restricting collective bargaining for public workers. Thirty states are in … Continue reading

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Without Adequate Public Debate — Republican Assembly Rushes To Eliminate Ohio’s Long Standing Estate Tax

Republicans in the Ohio Senate, by a strict party line vote, 23-10, have concurred with The Republicans in the Ohio House (House Bill 153) to eliminate Ohio’s estate tax, effective in 2013. My search through Google this morning turned up … Continue reading

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Ohio’s System Of School Evaluation Will Become Part Of Debate To Repeal SB-5 — Has Collective Bargaining Hindered Educational Reform?

At Kettering’s Town Hall Meeting concerning Ohio’s SB-5 — the law constricting collective bargaining of public employees — I thought panelist Dave Parker, a union leader for Kettering firefighters, expressed the most compelling reason for repeal. As I report here, … Continue reading

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