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Archive of Ohio on Tuesday June 30, 2009
OH: Slots debate holds up state budget
Acknowledging they would miss their deadline to pass a state budget for the first time in 18 years, state lawmakers opted instead to pass an emergency, seven-day budget. Read More
OH: Ohio set to OK temporary budget
Feuding over slot machines, lawmakers and Gov. Ted Strickland are poised to buy themselves a little time by enacting a temporary budget to keep state government afloat an extra week while talks on the next two-year spending plan go on. Read More
Furloughs cut into state services
With states facing a $121 billion shortfall in the next fiscal year, a growing number of them have turned to squeezing their workforce for savings, and effects both great and small will be felt. Read More
MO: Court rejects Mo. appeal on funeral protest law
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider Missouri's appeal of a court order barring the state from enforcing a law restricting protests near funerals. Read More
OH: Lawmakers butt heads on video slots, horse racing
What's the difference between video slot machines and video horse racing machines? Read More
OH: State park visitors asked to help with trash
There's a ray of hope for the litter-challenged who insist on not following the haul-as-you-go trash policy and befouling Ohio state parks. Read More
OH: State Highway Patrol offers free coffee for turnpike drivers who use seat belts
Turnpike drivers who violate traffic laws may be surprised by what they hear if a state trooper pulls them over: Read More
OH: Ohio Lottery switches to Greek operator Intralot
At 11:59 p.m. today, in an office park in Strongsville, state officials and a gaggle of computer technicians, some from Greece, will change how Ohioans get their lottery tickets. Read More
OH: Back to work at Toledo Jeep
Hourly workers leave Chrysler Group LLC's Toledo Jeep Assembly complex on their first day back making Jeep Wranglers since April 30. Read More
US: EPA lists sites where coal ash may pose threat
WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday made public a list of 26 communities in 10 states where residents are potentially threatened by coal ash storage ponds similar to one that flooded a neighborhood in Tennessee last year. Read More
US: Ten states race to finish budgets
Ten states were scrambling Monday to pass budgets before a Tuesday deadline, with a handful -- including Arizona, Indiana and Mississippi -- facing the possibility of partial shutdowns if their legislatures don't act in time. Read More
US: Ruling adds teeth to state oversight of banks
For years, state governments have had little power to enforce consumer-protection and lending rules at the country's biggest banks. No more. Read More
US: Obama steers health debate out of capital
WASHINGTON — With Democrats deeply divided over health legislation, President Obama is trying to enlist the nation's governors and his own army of grass-roots supporters in a bid to increase pressure on lawmakers without getting himself mired in the messy battle playing out on Capitol Hill. Read More
US: A green way to dump low-tech electronics
Since 2004, 18 states and New York City have approved laws that make manufacturers responsible for recycling electronics, and similar statutes were introduced in 13 other states this year. Read More |
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