Ohio gov proposes income tax cut, hikes elsewhere
Written by JULIE CARR SMYTH,AP Statehouse Correspondent
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. John Kasich proposed a sweeping budget Monday that reduces state income and small business taxes through increases in other areas, boosts school funding and expands Medicaid services with help from the federal government.
Facts and figures about Ohio's Medicaid program
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Facts about the proposed expansion of Medicaid in Ohio, the state-federal program that helps pay for health care for low-income residents:
Ohio GOP governor backs federal Medicaid expansion
Written by ANN SANNER,Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's Republican governor announced Monday he will push for expanding Medicaid under the federal health care law, a move that would give many more poor people access to government care.
Snow in Ohio already exceeding last winter totals
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Did someone say let it snow?
Court: Ohioan can pursue police civil rights suit
Written by AMANDA LEE MYERS,Associated Press
CINCINNATI (AP) — A Columbus man can pursue a civil rights lawsuit that accuses two city police officers of harassing him by illegally entering his apartment, searching it and forcing him to sit in the back of a police car, a federal appeals court panel ruled Monday.
Downtowns again booming in Ohio's big cities
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — After many years and a combined investment of about $10 billion, Ohio's three largest cities — Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati — are enjoying downtown booms.
In Dayton, handguns over assault weapons
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Authorities in one Ohio city are more concerned about large-capacity magazines than assault weapons that are the subject of debate in Washington.
Conservancy urges northeast Ohio land preservation
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A conservancy group says about 7 percent of the land in 14 northeast Ohio counties has been preserved as green space, and the group is urging greater land conservation in the region.