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It got through a day after the March 31 deadline, but state lawmakers did rush through and pass the dollar transportation budget after many delayed and cancelled meetings and behind the scenes talks. The conference committee's ODOT budget passed unanimously among House and Senate members of the conference committee, but that didn't stop some lawmakers from trying to push their case on the House floor, including Rep. Bill Coley (R-Middletown), Rep. Dan Stewart (D-Columbus), Rep. Matt Szollosi (D-Oregon) and Rep. Ron Amstutz (R-Wooster). Over in the Senate, the opposition was much more subdued, as noted by Sen. Tom Patton (R-Strongsville). Gov. Ted Strickland did veto a few provisions of th bill, including the creation of a speed transition zone on highways where a speed limit drops by 20 mph or more.
Budgets are still all the talk at the Statehouse, as hearings on the governor's $54 billion operating budget started in the Senate. House minority leader Bill Batchelder of Medina wants to bring back the office that for years helped legislators of both parties craft independent responses to the governor's budget.
It takes a lot of money to run for office, so campaigns are starting earlier and earlier. This week - two candidates started revving up their campaigns for Secretary of State, now that the current occupant of that office has said she's not running for re-election: Democratic Franklin County Commissioner Marilyn Brown and Republican state senator and former House Speaker Jon Husted of Kettering.
In his operating budget, Gov. Ted Strickland included an ominous set of projections for the state's prison population. The Department of Rehabilitation and Correction is estimating that the number of inmates in the state's 32 prisons will soar from 50,889 as reported on March 30 to 59,846 in less than 10 years. Prisons director Terry Collins talks about the gravity of the situation.
Among the bills state lawmakers are looking over is one that Sen. Tom Sawyer (D-Akron) says will close a loophole that's letting dangerous drivers on Ohio's roads and keeping the state from cashing in on catching them. Sawyer explains how his plan will use existing technology to catch unlicensed vehicles, and rebuffs concerns from civil liberties groups.
For years, the city that's home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame wasn't the host of the annual Rock Hall inductions. But 12 years after the first and only induction ceremony in Cleveland, the party is back in the Rock Hall city. Columbus-based music expert and public radio contributor Jack Marchbanks brings good news about the Rock Hall ceremony for the coming years.
Budgets are still all the talk at the Statehouse, as hearings on the governor's $54 billion operating budget started in the Senate. House minority leader Bill Batchelder of Medina wants to bring back the office that for years helped legislators of both parties craft independent responses to the governor's budget.
It takes a lot of money to run for office, so campaigns are starting earlier and earlier. This week - two candidates started revving up their campaigns for Secretary of State, now that the current occupant of that office has said she's not running for re-election: Democratic Franklin County Commissioner Marilyn Brown and Republican state senator and former House Speaker Jon Husted of Kettering.
In his operating budget, Gov. Ted Strickland included an ominous set of projections for the state's prison population. The Department of Rehabilitation and Correction is estimating that the number of inmates in the state's 32 prisons will soar from 50,889 as reported on March 30 to 59,846 in less than 10 years. Prisons director Terry Collins talks about the gravity of the situation.
Among the bills state lawmakers are looking over is one that Sen. Tom Sawyer (D-Akron) says will close a loophole that's letting dangerous drivers on Ohio's roads and keeping the state from cashing in on catching them. Sawyer explains how his plan will use existing technology to catch unlicensed vehicles, and rebuffs concerns from civil liberties groups.
For years, the city that's home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame wasn't the host of the annual Rock Hall inductions. But 12 years after the first and only induction ceremony in Cleveland, the party is back in the Rock Hall city. Columbus-based music expert and public radio contributor Jack Marchbanks brings good news about the Rock Hall ceremony for the coming years.
April 3, 2009