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Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Death penalty report filed
Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray published the annual capital crimes report on Wednesday, April 1.
As of Dec. 31, Ohio had 165 men and one woman awaiting execution on death row. Last year, three defendants received death sentences in Ohio.
The 297-page report details legal challenges, history and statistical information about the death penalty in Ohio. It also provides short descriptions of every inmate on death row.
To see a copy of the report, click here.
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House, Senate approve transportation budget
The House and Senate today, April 1, approved the $9.2 billion state transportation budget and sent it to Gov. Ted Strickland who is expected to sign it.
The vote in the Senate was 31-2 with Sen. Jon Husted, R-Kettering, casting one of the “no” votes. The House vote was 70-29.
The bill includes a provision raising the speed limit for trucks on interstates from 55 mph to 65 mph.
It also includes $935.7 million in federal stimulus money for highway projects, including $33.3 million for projects in the Dayton area.
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Brunner won’t punt on Husted residency
Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner said she is considering asking state Sen. Jon Husted, R-Kettering, to provide more information to prove that he lives in Kettering where he votes and owns a house.
In February, the Montgomery County Board of Elections deadlocked two to two on a complaint that questioned whether Husted legally resides where he votes in Kettering.
When asked if she would “punt” on the touchy residency issue, Brunner said, “The statute says the Secretary of State shall in all cases decide tie votes at boards of elections.”
Husted has been mentioned as a candidate for secretary of state in 2010 and he has been publicly critical of Brunner’s job performance.
Husted owns a house in Kettering but his wife and children live in suburban Columbus.
To listen to a podcast of Brunner’s comments, visit daytondailynews.com/politics and click on the audio section.
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Vote set on transportation budget - again
The House and Senate today, April 1, are scheduled to vote on the state transportation budget and send it to Gov. Ted Strickland for his signature.
A House-Senate conference committee shortly before 1 p.m. passed an amendment to House Bill 2 that clears the way for the vote, originally scheduled for Tuesday, March 31.
The amendment puts an emergency clause in a provision to use federal economic stimulus money to help pay for health insurance for unemployed workers of small businesses. The emergency clause means the provision takes effect immediately upon Strickland’s signature. Without it, the workers would have had to wait three months for the federal help at a cost of $750 for individual coverage and $2,063 for a family.
Officials revised the cost of the budget downward from $9.6 billion to $9.2 billion. Some of the money originally in the transportation budget now will be appropriated through other bills, the officials said.
The bill includes a provision raising the speed limit for trucks on interstates from 55 mph to 65 mph, the same as for cars. Strickland has said he’s not likely to veto the increase.
It also includes $935.7 million in federal stimulus money for highway projects around the state, including $33.3 million for the Dayton area.
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Strickland not likely to veto 65 mph for trucks
Gov. Ted Strickland is “not likely” to veto legislation raising the speed limits for trucks on interstates to 65 mph if the proposal reaches his desk.
Amanda Wurst, Strickland’s spokeswoman, said on Wednesday, April 1, that Strickland is concerned about the safety issue if the increase should become law and would encourage the Ohio State Highway Patrol to very strictly enforce the 65 mph limit. The speed limit for trucks on interstates now is 55 mph.
The provision raising the speed limit is part of the $9.2 billion state transportation budget that the legislature is expected to approve and send to Strickland today, April 1. Strickland expects to sign the bill today so it can go in effect by July 1, the start of the new fiscal year. He has the authority to veto sections of it, however.
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National poll: Americans should limit executive pay at bailed out firms
A new national poll by Quinnipiac University finds 81 percent of Americans say the government should limit executive pay at companies receiving federal help. Forty-seven percent say that the boards of directors and top managers at these companies should be forced to resign, according to the national poll.
Sixteen percent of American voters, meanwhile, said that they did not believe the government should limit executive compensation at companies receiving federal help, and 44 percent did not beieve boards of directors and top managers at these companies should be forced to resign, according to the poll.
Fifty-one percent of Americans polled said President Barack Obama’s new budget is needed to fix the economy, while 45 percent said the budget, which doubles the national debt in 10 years, does not.
The poll, taken from March 24 to March 30, surveyed 2,326 U.S. voters. The margin of error is plus or minus two percentage points.
