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 2009-11-20T16:24:33-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/11/20/chief_justice_moyer_allies_pro.html Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer, the Ohio State Bar Association and the Ohio League of Women Voters want to change the way state Supreme Court justices are selected. On Friday, Nov. 20, they announced that they will... 15794403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-11-20T16:24:33-04:00 whershey@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/11/20/ohio_aflcio_president_blasts_s.html Ohio AFL-CIO President Joe Rugola said on Friday, Nov. 20, that the labor federation will take legal action if Senate Republicans succeed in substituting $200 million in casino licensing fees for money the state already is spending on regional economic... 15793203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-11-20T15:10:08-04:00 whershey@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/11/20/ohio_pensions_sue_ratings_agen.html 15785503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-11-20T09:50:49-04:00 lbischoff@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/11/19/ethics_laws_apply_to_stimulus.html As $8 billion in federal stimulus money flows into the state, the Ohio Ethics Commission has a message for public officials and contractors: all that dough is subject to the Ohio ethics laws. That means public officials cannot profit from... 15776203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-11-19T15:42:43-04:00 lbischoff@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/11/19/senators_propose_ban_on_convic.html Sens. Timothy Grendell, R-Chesterland, and Bill Seitz, R-Cincinnati, on Thursday, Nov. 19, unveiled legislation that would outright ban convicted felons from ever having anything to do with the casino business in Ohio. Senate Bill 208 goes beyond a proposal from... 15773803@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-11-19T13:35:05-04:00 whershey@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/11/19/national_poll_voters_disapprov.html Efforts by President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats to overhaul the nation’s health care system got a thumbs down from voters across the country in a Quinnipiac University Poll released on Thursday, Nov. 19. In the poll, 51 percent of... 15766603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-11-19T08:44:42-04:00 whershey@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/11/18/strickland_blasts_senate_gop_b.html Gov. Ted Strickland has told Senate President Bill Harris, R-Ashland, that the Senate Republican budget plan unveiled on Wednesday, Nov. 18, “is not a responsible way to address the serious budget challenges facing the state and Ohio’s schools,” Amanda Wurst,... 15763003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-11-18T18:36:54-04:00 whershey@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/11/18/senate_gop_offers_own_budgetba.html Senate Republicans have offered their own plan to fill a $851 million hole in the state budget but Senate Democrats rejected it and their votes are needed. Senate President Bill Harris, R-Ashland, said on Wednesday, Nov. 18, that the plan... 15760003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-11-18T16:20:23-04:00 whershey@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/11/18/dann_aide_gets_45_days_jail_in.html Tony Gutierrez, a former top aide and friend to Democrat Marc Dann, must report to the Franklin County jail beginning Dec. 4 to serve a 45 day sentence spread out over weekends, including Christmas and New Years Day. Gutierrez, 52,... 15759303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-11-18T15:22:28-04:00 lbischoff@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/11/18/rep_luckie_proposes_bill_to_mo.html Rep. Clayton Luckie has introduced legislation to require GPS monitors for sex offenders who do not have permanent addresses, Luckie, D-Dayton, announced on Wednesday, Nov. 18. House Bill 369 would apply to all Tier 3 sex offenders, considered the most... 15755603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-11-18T12:01:04-04:00 whershey@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/11/18/casino_backers_offer_draft_pla.html The successful backers of the Nov. 3 ballot issue to permit four casinos in Ohio have sent lawmakers draft legislation to get the casinos up and running. The purpose is to give legislators the benefit of the experience that Penn... 15753903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-11-18T10:24:31-04:00 whershey@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/11/18/obama_approval_dips_nationally.html President Barack Obama’s approval rating among voters nationally has dipped below 50 percent for the first time, according to a Quinnipiac University Poll released on Wednesday, Nov. 18. In the poll 48 percent approved the Democratic president’s performance, while 42... 15752403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-11-18T09:04:24-04:00 whershey@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/11/17/ohio_business_roundtable_backs.html The Ohio Business Roundtable on Tuesday, Nov. 17, joined three other major business groups in endorsing a plan to close a $851 million budget hole by postponing for two years the fifth year of state income tax cuts. The announcement... 15747803@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-11-17T18:41:25-04:00 whershey@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/11/17/state_worker_caught_golfing_on.html State worker Myron “Skip” Downard falsified his time cards, saying he was at work when actually he was ducking out to play with his Wednesday afternoon golf group at courses around Columbus, a report by state Inspector General Tom Charles... 15743803@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-11-17T13:50:56-04:00 lbischoff@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2009/11/17/odot_worker_caught_running_a_r.html Ohio Department of Transportation employee Roland O. Lapido ran a real estate business on state time, a report from state Inspector General Tom Charles said on Tuesday, Nov. 17. Lapido, who works as a technician at ODOT’s headquarters in Columbus,... 15743203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/ 2009-11-17T13:25:35-04:00 lbischoff@daytondailynews.com