http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ Our political team covers the goings on from the White House to the Statehouse. Quick news updates by e-mail Start your workday informed by signing up for our e-mail local news headlines and breaking news alerts. Sign up Ohio politicians speak for themselves on our podcast. en-us whershey@daytondailynews.com 2009-07-03T16:17:37-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/07/03/voters_back_ban_on_discriminat.html By a large margin, Ohio voters backed a proposed state law banning discrimination based on sexual orientation. In the Quinnipiac University Poll released on Friday, July 3, voters supported the ban 57-35 percent. They opposed same-sex marriage 60-33 percent but... 13680403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-07-03T16:17:37-04:00 whershey@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/07/03/poll_voters_support_slots_at_t.html Ohio voters overwhelming support putting video slot machines at Ohio racetracks but they want to have the final say on the issue, not the state legislature. Those are results from a new Quinnipiac University Poll released on Friday, July 3,... 13676603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-07-03T08:37:38-04:00 whershey@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/07/03/strickland_approval_drops_shar.html Gov. Ted Strickland looks politically vulnerable in a new Quinnipiac University poll released on Friday, July 3. Gov. Ted Strickland The poll showed that 46 percent of Ohio voters approved Strickland’s performance while 42 percent disapproved, down from 57-29 percent... 13676403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-07-03T07:54:00-04:00 whershey@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/07/02/strickland_wont_do_slots_witho.html Gov. Ted Strickland on Thursday July 2 urged lawmakers to negotiate throughout the holiday weekend until a budget deal is struck. He also said he cannot legally put video lottery terminals at Ohio’s racetracks without a law change. Last month,... 13666303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-07-02T14:50:20-04:00 lbischoff@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/07/01/chris_celeste_backs_brunner_ov.html Christopher Celeste, son of former Ohio Gov. Dick Celeste, is backing Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner over Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination in 2010. Celeste had considered entering the Senate race himself but in a... 13651203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-07-01T16:52:44-04:00 whershey@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/07/01/portman_expected_to_raise_more.html Tuesday was the deadline for quarterly filing for the candidates for U.S. Senate, and while Democrats Jennifer Brunner and Lee Fisher aren’t revealing what they’ve raised - some of the checks are still coming in - Republican Rob Portman expects... 13647303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-07-01T14:54:15-04:00 jwehrman@coxnews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/07/01/house_to_hear_from_budget_cut.html With no end in sight to Ohio’s budget crisis, the House Finance Committee on Thursday, July 2, will begin hearings on what harm an additional $933 million in budget cuts would do to Ohio’s needy. House Speaker Armond Budish, D-Beachwood,... 13646603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-07-01T14:36:24-04:00 whershey@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/07/01/senate_president_schedules_hea.html Senate President Bill Harris, R-Ashland, announced on Wednesday, July 1,that he’s setting up a five-member Senate panel to examine whether Gov. Ted Strickland needs legislative authority to authorize video slot machines at Ohio racetracks. “I continue to believe that the... 13642103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-07-01T12:32:13-04:00 whershey@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/07/01/minors_abortion_records_off_li.html In a split decision released Wednesday, July 1, the Ohio Supreme Court said the parents of a Cincinnati teen who had an abortion at a Planned Parenthood clinic do not have the right to other minors’ medical records. The parents... 13639403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-07-01T10:49:45-04:00 lbischoff@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/06/30/ganley_launches_us_senate_camp.html Cleveland-area car dealer Tom Ganley on Wednesday, July 1, is to launch his campaign for the Republican nomination for the U.S Senate in 2010 Ohio Republican Chairman Kevin DeWine doesn’t think much of the idea. DeWine said that the state... 13633203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-06-30T18:43:12-04:00 whershey@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/06/30/husted_defended_by_harris.html Ohio Senate President Bill Harris released a statement Monday, June 29, supporting Sen. Jon Husted, R-Kettering, who faces an investigation by elections officials over whether he lives at the house in Kettering where he is registered to vote. State law... 13629903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-06-30T16:16:50-04:00 lhulsey@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/06/30/house_approves_7day_budget_sen.html Gov. Ted Strickland on Tuesday, June 30, signed a temporary seven-day state budget. He acted after the House approved the budget 94-2 earlier on Tuesday. The Senate approved the interim budget 32-0 on Monday. The budget will keep state government... 13623503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-06-30T12:07:29-04:00 whershey@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/06/29/mike_turners_constitutional_am.html U.S. Rep. Mike Turner wants to amend the constitution to keep the United States government from owning stock in corporations. Turner is the lead co-sponsor of “Preserving Capitalism in America” amendment in the U.S. House of Representatives, which so far... 13613603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-06-29T18:24:07-04:00 jwehrman@coxnews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/06/29/interim_state_budget_gets_sena.html The Ohio Senate voted 32-0 on Monday, June 29, for a seven-day interim state budget and the House is expected to go along on Tuesday. However, there appeared to be no room for compromise between Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland and... 13608203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-06-29T15:02:31-04:00 whershey@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/06/29/boehner_uses_bathroom_expletiv.html House Minority Leader John Boehner, occasionally prone to bouts of alarming frankness for an elected leader, was asked by Capitol Hill newspaper why he read portions of the climate change bill Friday night. Boehner, R-West Chester, told reporter Molly Hooper... 13605503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-06-29T13:17:37-04:00 jwehrman@coxnews.com