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It's been a long and busy two weeks for lawmakers, who were hoping to have most of their work wrapped up before Memorial Day. Lawmakers debated, passed, referred to committee and took other action on dozens of bills this week. But a measure on school nutrition that generated some of the most surprising votes in recent weeks in the House. Debate on the floor included comments from Rep. John Carney (D-Columbus), Rep. Kris Jordan (R-Powell), Rep. Connie Pillich (D-Montgomery), Rep. John Domenick (D- Smithfield), Rep. Jeff Wagner (R-Sycamore) and Rep. Lynn Watchmann (R-Napoleon).
The casino compromise legislation finally passed - three hours after the constitutional deadline. And Senators also unanimously confirmed Tom Stickrath as the new director of the Department of Public Safety, after the Governor's previous pick was rejected last week because of her role in aborted contraband sting involving an inmate work program at the Governor's Residence.
It was also a week of big decisions from the Ohio Supreme Court. The justices have thrown out provisions of the state's Adam Walsh sex offender law, allowing the reclassification of 26,000 people who'd been previously sentenced for sex-related offenses. And the justices ruled police officers don't always have to use radar for a speeding conviction to hold up in court.
Legal experts who are still wrestling with how best to handle the mortgage crisis in Ohio fear that the foreclosure numbers are still climbing, and that mortgage fraud will soar with them. Attorney General Richard Cordray, Justice Maureen O'Connor, US Attorneys Carter Stewart and Steve Dettelbach, Warren County assistant prosecutor Bruce McGary and Cleveland community activist Mark Seifert were part of a summit on battling mortgage fraud in Ohio.
Some critics complain that since more than half of Ohio's residents and voters are female, there should be more women in office - and especially in the highest offices in the state. In the second of a two-part conversation on women in politics, Democratic Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner and former Attorney Genearl and Auditor Republican Betty Montgomery talk about the positives and the pitfalls for women considering running for office.
The casino compromise legislation finally passed - three hours after the constitutional deadline. And Senators also unanimously confirmed Tom Stickrath as the new director of the Department of Public Safety, after the Governor's previous pick was rejected last week because of her role in aborted contraband sting involving an inmate work program at the Governor's Residence.
It was also a week of big decisions from the Ohio Supreme Court. The justices have thrown out provisions of the state's Adam Walsh sex offender law, allowing the reclassification of 26,000 people who'd been previously sentenced for sex-related offenses. And the justices ruled police officers don't always have to use radar for a speeding conviction to hold up in court.
Legal experts who are still wrestling with how best to handle the mortgage crisis in Ohio fear that the foreclosure numbers are still climbing, and that mortgage fraud will soar with them. Attorney General Richard Cordray, Justice Maureen O'Connor, US Attorneys Carter Stewart and Steve Dettelbach, Warren County assistant prosecutor Bruce McGary and Cleveland community activist Mark Seifert were part of a summit on battling mortgage fraud in Ohio.
Some critics complain that since more than half of Ohio's residents and voters are female, there should be more women in office - and especially in the highest offices in the state. In the second of a two-part conversation on women in politics, Democratic Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner and former Attorney Genearl and Auditor Republican Betty Montgomery talk about the positives and the pitfalls for women considering running for office.
June 4, 2010