Surplus' cushion might give way to future crunch - Toledo Blade Latest Headlines
COLUMBUS — Ohio’s tax coffers are overflowing, but state budget number-crunchers warn that dark economic clouds may be on the horizon.
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Council didn’t stop parking deal, port still in talks - Politics Extra
Despite Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld’s attempt, City Council today did not do anything to stop or change the lease of the city’s parking system. Shortly after council began, Sittenfeld started asking questions about council procedures, including one of the council rules which allows a majority of council members to vote to appeal a ruling by the mayor. ...
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06.19
Latest abortion bill: More than ultrasounds? - Politics Extra
Defending Ohio Republicans’ latest bill on abortion regulations, Rep. Ron Hood, R-Ashville, stood at odds today with Ohio House Democrats and several doctors, who said the bill was about much more than ultrasounds. Hood’s bill would double the wait time for most women to have an abortion, to 48 hours. The bill — at last check, ...
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06.19
VIDEO: At anti-IRS rally in Washington, local tea party activist wonders: How did IRS get my name? - Politics Extra
Enquirer Washington bureau reporter Deirdre Shesgreen covered an anti-IRS rally in Washington today. Here’s what she found: Two Cincinnati-area tea party activists– Justin Binik-Thomas and George Brunemann–were among the featured speakers at a rally in front of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. They both said they attended the event, which drew a crowd of hundreds of ...
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06.19
Senators seek to cut costs of jet - Toledo Blade Latest Headlines
WASHINGTON — Senators sought cost-cutting opportunities today in the Pentagon's $400 billion program for the next-generation F-35, a fighter jet with a troubled testing record that military leaders said America couldn't afford not to build.
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06.19
Port wants financial assurances before signing parking lease - Politics Extra
Here’s a new wrinkle in the controversial Cincinnati parking lease, which City Manager Milton Dohoney signed Monday: board members of the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority, the entity the city’s entering the lease with, first wants assurances it won’t face continuing threats of budget cuts. Otto Budig, port board chairman, said this morning the ...
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06.19
Obama calls for nuclear reductions - Toledo Blade Latest Headlines
BERLIN — Appealing for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Obama renewed his call today to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called “the global threat of our time.”
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Karzai suspends talks with U.S. - Toledo Blade Latest Headlines
ABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan president today suspended talks with the United States on a new security deal to protest the way his government was being left out of initial peace negotiations with the Taliban meant to find a way to end the nearly 12-year war.
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Kasich aims to cut taxes - Toledo Blade Latest Headlines
COLUMBUS — Lawmakers have some additional funds to play with as they enter the home-stretch of finalizing a state budget for the next two years.
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06.18
House passes anti-abortion bill - Toledo Blade Latest Headlines
WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats characterized as yet another example of a GOP war on women.
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