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Archive of Ohio on Monday June 29, 2009
OH: Gambling issue holds up Ohio budget
Disagreement over who should approve slot machines at horse tracks - Ohio voters or state legislators - has pushed the General Assembly up against a Tuesday deadline to pass Gov. Ted Strickland's two-year budget or resort to emergency spending for the first time in 18 years. Read More
Tracking the recession: Budget deadline looms
Unlike the federal government, states have to balance their budgets. But several states still have not completed spending plans for the fiscal year that begins July 1. Read More
OH: Governor, lawmakers face budget backlash
Writing an interim state budget is simple. Calculating the political fallout is tougher. Read More
OH: Ohio budget deadline looms
As Ohio's top politicians inch closer to a deal on a two-year budget package worth more than $50 billion, there's a smorgasbord of unresolved arguments over how schools throughout the Buckeye State work. Read More
OH: Gov. Ted Strickland, Senate President Bill Harris remain at an impasse over state budget deficit, slot machines
Gov. Ted Strickland and Republican Senate President Bill Harris remained at an impasse Sunday over the Democratic governor's plan to help close a $3.2 billion budget deficit by legalizing slot machines at seven Ohio racetracks. Read More
OH: Legislators call off talks on bridging budget gap
Key players in Ohio's budget impasse remain far enough apart that they've canceled a meeting planned today to start sorting through nearly 600 areas of dispute while also wrestling with a $3.2 billion revenue shortfall. Read More
OH: Budget cuts threaten Ohio libraries
The future of Ohio's public libraries is at stake in a House-Senate conference committee meeting Sunday, librarians say. Read More
MO: Illegal drugs such as Ecstasy showing up as cartoon-shaped pills in KC
Drugs shaped like Snoopy, Transformers and President Barack Obama's head recently showed up on Kansas City area streets, adding to a trend that worries police and health experts. Read More
US: National sex offender registry delayed a year
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. has given states and American Indian tribes another year to feed a national Internet database set up to protect children by showing where possible predators live and work. Read More |
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