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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Kasich to hold State of the State on March 8
Gov. John Kasich will deliver his first State of the State address at noon on March 8. The speech will be given in the Ohio House chambers to the House and Senate members, Supreme Court justices and his cabinet appointees.
Kasich is due to unveil his two-year operating budget proposal on March 15.
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TweetUPDATE - New poll shows opposition to Wisc.-type bargaining bill - National poll: more voters agree with Wisc. governor in labor showdown
With disagreements between Republican-led state governments and public employee unions exploding in Wisconsin, Ohio and other states, a new national poll shows more likely voters agree with Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker than with union workers there.
A second poll, however, showed that adults across the country oppose laws such as the one proposed in Wisconsin, taking away collective bargaining rights.
A Rasmussen Reports poll, released Monday, found that 48 percent of likely voters agreed with the Republican governor, while 38 percent agreed with union workers.
In the Rasmussen Reports poll, fourteen percent were undecided.
Also, 38 percent said teachers, firefighters and police officers should be allowed to strike, while 49 percent said they shouldn’t.
In addition, 38 percent said that in their state the average public employee earns more than the average private sector worker, while 21 percent said the average public employee earns less and 20 percent said pay was about the same. Twenty three percent weren’t sure.
The poll found a split in support for public employee unions - with 45 percent favoring them and 45 percent not favoring them.
However, a new USATODAY/Gallup Poll found that 61 percent of adults would oppose a law in their state similar to the proposal in Wisconsin, while 33 percent would favor such a law.
This poll found people divided on whether public employee unions are a good thing. Forty six percent said unions generally were more harmful, while 45 percent said they were helpful.
In Ohio, a Quinnipiac University poll released last month, 51 percent of registered voters said it was a bad idea to eliminate or restrict collective bargaining for public employees, while 34 percent said it was a good idea.
The Rasmussen Reports survey was conducted Friday, Feb. 18, to Saturday, Feb. 19 with 1,000 likely voters and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
The USA TODAY/Gallup Poll was conducted Monday with 1,000 adults and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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