Volume #77, Report
#91--Friday, May 9, 2008
LEGISLATURE SETS STAGE FOR INSPECTOR GENERAL PROBE OF DANN; STATE AUDITOR BROADENS FINANCIAL REVIEW
Stating they were "appalled" over new revelations involving the upheaval in Attorney General Marc Dann's office, Republican legislative leaders announced Friday they would expedite a law change to give the inspector general broad purview to investigate the beleaguered official.
GOVERNOR OPPOSES HUMAN CLONING BILL AS THREAT TO STEM CELL RESEARCH IN OHIO
Gov. Ted Strickland does not support a disputed bill in the Senate to prohibit human cloning but is willing to talk with legislators in search of a reasonable compromise, a spokesman for the governor said Friday.
SCHOOL CHOICE PAC FILES NOTICES TO APPEAL ELECTION PANEL'S HUGE FINES
A political action committee hit with more than $5.2 million in fines for violating state campaign finance laws filed notices to appeal the sanction with the Franklin County Common Pleas court on Friday.
STRICKLAND'S POLICY PRIORITIES WOULD LIKELY REQUIRE TAX HIKE OR PROGRAM CUTS IN NEXT BIENNIUM, BUDGET EXPERT SAYS
Without a tax hike next biennium, Gov. Ted Strickland's plans to reform education, increase health care coverage, and make universities more affordable will become extremely difficult, according to one veteran state budget guru.
ETHICS OPINION: SCHOOL EMPLOYEE CANNOT ACCEPT FREE TRIP FROM FOUNDATION FUNDRAISING RAFFLE
A foundation that raises money for student scholarships and professional staff grants in a northern Ohio school district has been told that while it can hold a raffle to support the system, it cannot award a district employee a free trip.
APPLICATION PERIOD TO FILL BARRETT SEAT EXTENDED THROUGH THURSDAY
Democrats have extended the application period for potential appointees to the vacant 58th House District seat after the first handful of submittals came from people who don't live in the northern Ohio district, a caucus spokesman said Friday.
PUCO ASKS FERC TO HALT DUKE GENERATING ASSET TRANSFER CASE
State utility regulators asked their federal counterparts Friday to suspend a proceeding through which Duke Energy Ohio could secure the ability to transfer its in-state generating facilities to affiliated entities.
NATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION PICKS OHIO FOR FOSTER CARE INITIATIVE
Ohio is one of six states the National Governors Association chose to participate in an effort to reduce the number of children living in foster care, the group announced this week.
GOV. RHODES' FORMER STATE PRISON DIRECTOR DIES AT AGE 84
George Denton, who served as the Department of Rehabilitation & Correction's second director, died Thursday at age 84, the agency announced.
AGENCY BRIEFS: SCHOOL HEALTH CARE 'BEST PRACTICES' TO ADVANCE; PRIMARY ELECTION TURNOUT SETS RECORD; TREASURER NOTES RECORD FOR BUSINESS LOANS; SMOKE TAXES SOUGHT
The School Employees Health Care Board is set to endorse next week its first four best practices for local school districts to follow in the provision of healthy care coverage.
