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State withholds records detailing what Leftwich did for $114K job
The state Development Services Agency refuses to disclose what Jim Leftwich did as an intermittent state employee, saying the entire balance of his work is a “trade secret” that can be legally withheld from public disclosure. Leftwich, the former director of the Dayton Development Coalition, was paid $114,850 over 13 ...
Ohio Sen. Brown to co-chair Air Force Caucus
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown has been appointed co-chairman of the Senate Air Force Caucus, a group of bipartisan lawmakers from across the nation who represent the interests of Air Force bases in their states. Brown, D-Ohio, will join Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyoming, in the top leadership spot of a caucus ...
White supremacist gangs becoming increased threat in and outside of prisons
White supremacist prison gangs, such as those under suspicion in the recent murders of Colorado’s prisons chief and two district attorneys in Texas, “increasingly threaten our communities” as their members finish their sentences and continue gang activity in the outside world, a national expert on the organizations told the Dayton ...
APS cheating scandal as the AJC reported it
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's investigative reporters broke the story about widespread cheating on tests in Atlanta Public Schools in December, 2008, and we've continued digging ever since.
Agreement reached in Ohio AMVETS case
The misappropriation of millions of dollars raised by the AMVETS Department of Ohio, Ohio AMVETS Career Center and AMVETS Department of Ohio Service Foundation has led to an agreement between the organizations to protect charitable assets for veterans, state Attorney General Mike DeWine’s office announced Tuesday. The Ohio AMVETS Career ...
70-mph limit clears another hurdle
Faster speed limits on most Ohio highways advanced one step on Wednesday when the Ohio Senate gave its approval to the final compromise version of the transportation budget bill. The House is expected to do the same Thursday. Motorists would be allowed to drive 70 miles per hour on interstates ...
Bill to limit referendum process passes House panel
An elections reform bill met opposition Tuesday over a provision that could slow down ballot initiative campaigns before receiving approval from a panel of state lawmakers. Members of the League of Women Voters, former Democratic Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner and others told lawmakers on the House Policy and Oversight ...
JobsOhio to refund more than $1 million to state; GOP rift continues
JobsOhio agreed Tuesday to turn over previously unreleased financial records in response to a subpoena and repay millions in taxpayer money used as part of the launch for the state’s private economic development arm. The development did nothing to quell a simmering dispute between Ohio Auditor Dave Yost, who filed ...
5 Ohio air towers to close due to federal budget cuts
The airport at Ohio State University may be small, but it’s mighty: It handles 70,000 takeoffs and landings a year.But it’s still one of some 170 airports slated to lose their air traffic control towers beginning April 7 – the result of across-the-board budget cuts enacted by Congress March 1.Now ...
Overtime policy puts psychiatrists among state’s highest paid workers
Psychiatrists consistently receive the highest salaries of all state employees in Ohio due to an overtime policy that encourages doctors to work more than 80 hours on average per week.State officials and doctors say the policy saves money and precautions are in place to ensure top care for patients.Psychiatrists in ...
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