The Complete Statehouse News Clips
December 15, 2012
Agriculture
Corn research facility to open soon
Researchers are expected to move into Dupont Pioneer’s new $1.8 million facility in Urbana within the next few days, bringing a handful of new jobs to the area.
Springfield News Sun - 12/15/2012 Reporter Matt Sanctis
Business & Corporate
Infra-Metals signs agreement with SOPA board
Representatives from Infra-Metals signed papers with the Southern Ohio Port Authority on Friday to officially transfer land in New Boston over to the company to build a new $13 million steel fabrication and distribution plant. The signing was the end result of five years of planning and development.
Portsmouth Daily Times - 12/15/2012 Reporter Ryan Scott Ottney
Business & Corporate
Center gets small businesses off ground
MANSFIELD — A yearlong course at the Urban Center is helping one Mansfield man turn his dream of owning a small business into a reality.
Mansfield News Journal - 12/15/2012 Reporter Jami Kinton
Business & Corporate
First Place’s former president resigns from board of directors
WARREN - First Place Financial Corp. board member and former bank president Steven Lewis said Friday that he was "in such a different camp" from other members of the board of directors that he had no choice but to resign.
Warren Tribune Chronicle - 12/15/2012 Reporter BRENDA J. LINERT
Business & Corporate
Federal agency fines Timken Co.
CANTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Timken Co. on 12 alleged safety violations, including five repeat, after an inspection in June at the Canton steel mill.
Warren Tribune Chronicle - 12/15/2012
Campaigns & Elections
O’Farrell, Democrats to fight GOP supermajority
A day after the Tuscarawas County Board of Elections declared state Rep. Al Landis as the winner in the 98th Ohio House District recount, his Democratic opponent, Josh O’Farrell, was unwilling to concede defeat.
New Philadelphia Times Reporter - 12/15/2012 Reporter Jon Baker
Campaigns & Elections
Candidates, PACs file post-election spending reports
The following is a list of state and county candidates and political action committees from Lake, Geauga counties who filed post-general election spending reports with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office or respective county elections boards by Friday's deadline. Federal candidates file with the Federal Elections Commission and their report reflects the full election cycle.
Willoughby News Herald - 12/15/2012
Campaigns & Elections
Elections staff up for significant raises
The Clark County Board of Elections’ deputy director and other staff members are set to receive significant pay raises in 2013.
Springfield News Sun - 12/15/2012 Reporter Tiffany Y. Latta
Campaigns & Elections
$16 million spent on fight over Issue 2
The two sides in the Issue 2 fight raised almost identical amounts of money and combined to spend more than $16 million, according to campaign-finance filings due yesterday.
Columbus Dispatch - 12/15/2012 Reporter Jim Siegel and Darrel Rowland
Campaigns & Elections
Ohio lawmakers and elections officials must get started on voting reforms: Mark Naymik
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Ohio's legislators and elections officials should start talking about early voting and other related issues.
Cleveland Plain Dealer - 12/15/2012 Reporter Mark Naymik
Campaigns & Elections
Mark Hanni outspent his opponent in appellate court race
YOUNGSTOWN — In the 7th District Court of Appeals race, challenger Mark A. Hanni raised more than $130,000 in his challenge to incumbent Judge Mary DeGenaro, who received about $50,000 in contributions.
Youngstown Vindicator - 12/15/2012
Civil and Human Rights
Black jobless rate is twice that of whites
In the quarter-century that Armentha Cruise has run her Silver Spring staffing firm, the nation has made strides toward racial equality. Voters have twice elected a black president, African Americans shine among Hollywood’s brightest stars, and the number of blacks who graduate from college has tripled.
Washington Post - 12/15/2012 Reporter Michael A. Fletcher
Civil and Human Rights
Forum to probe problem of human trafficking
A forum to address the issue of human trafficking will take place from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday in the Root Cafe at Northampton United Methodist Church, 852 W. Bath Road, Cuyahoga Falls.
Akron Beacon Journal - 12/15/2012 Reporter Colette M. Jenkins
Crime & Punishment
Parole board: Spare obese condemned Ohio killer Ronald Post
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A condemned Ohio inmate who weighs 450 pounds should be spared based on claims raising doubts about his legal representation, not because he says he's so fat he can't be humanely executed, the Ohio Parole Board ruled Friday.
WEWS Cleveland (ABC) - 12/15/2012 Reporter ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS
Crime & Punishment
Vantz family stunned by call to grant Ronald Ray Post clemency
COLUMBUS — Twenty-nine years ago today, Helen Vantz was slain in a robbery at an Elyria motel, and today her family is stunned by an unexpected recommendation to grant clemency to the man convicted as her killer, Ronald Ray Post, who is scheduled for execution on Jan. 16.
Lorain Morning Journal - 12/15/2012 Reporter KAYLEE REMINGTON
Crime & Punishment
Impatient crowd implores NAACP, East Cleveland mayor and police chief for justice in Nov. 29 Cleveland police shooting
EAST CLEVELAND -- Impatient and irritated citizens, upset that little information has been released in the two weeks since a man and woman died in a police shooting following a high-speed chase, spoke angrily Friday night at a forum sponsored by the NAACP.
Cleveland Plain Dealer - 12/15/2012 Reporter Pat Galbincea
Economic Development
Economic development deals falling short as beneficiaries fail to meet obligations
COLUMBUS — Many of the companies that receive economic development incentives from Ohio, many promising to add or retain jobs, do not hold up their end of the deal. Last year, 64 percent kept their promises, according to a report from Attorney General Mike DeWine.
Toledo Blade - 12/15/2012 Reporter DAN GEARINO
Economic Development
Chamber talks up Valley in Texas visit
YOUNGSTOWN - Officials from the Youngstown-Warren Regional Chamber spent three days this week meeting with Houston companies and agencies in an effort to attract shale-related investment to the area.
Warren Tribune Chronicle - 12/15/2012
Education
Chardon reacts to Connecticut school shooting
Memories of the Feb. 27 shooting at Chardon High School came flooding back with a vengeance for many area folks Friday, following news of the Connecticut elementary school slayings.
Willoughby News Herald - 12/15/2012 Reporter Jean Bonchak and Betsy Scott
Education
Newbury School Board to fill spot
The Newbury School Board will have a vacancy effective Jan. 1.
Willoughby News Herald - 12/15/2012
Education
Berkshire Schools earns audit award
Berkshire Local School District has been honored with the Auditor of State Award with Distinction for excellent record-keeping and clean audit report.
Willoughby News Herald - 12/15/2012
Education
The program serves to educate students about their environment as well as pre
Seventh-grade students of Heritage Middle School in Painesville stepped out of the classroom Friday to dig through worms and fungi.
Willoughby News Herald - 12/15/2012 Reporter Caitlin Fertal
Education
Locals, schools react to elementary shooting
The shooting at a Connecticut elementary school Friday that killed dozens of people, including at least 20 children, has prompted questions about the security measures in place at Dayton-area schools.
Dayton Daily News - 12/15/2012 Reporter Jill Kelley
Education
Area educators shocked, but say they're prepared
Northwestern Ohio school officials said Friday they were as shocked as anyone by the Connecticut school tragedy, but they are as ready as possible for something similar.
The Findlay Courier - 12/15/2012
Education
Counselor: Tell children 'they are loved'
Children may have questions or anxiety following Friday's tragedy in Connecticut, but it can be difficult to explain a situation that even adults will struggle to understand.
The Findlay Courier - 12/15/2012 Reporter COLLEEN MCCARTHY
Education
Protecting children is No. 1 goal, say area school officials
Keeping children safe is among the foremost concerns of area school and law-enforcement officials.
New Philadelphia Times Reporter - 12/15/2012 Reporter Lee Morrison
Education
12-year-old arrested for having gun in locker at Euclid Central Middle School
A 12-year-old boy is at the Cuyahoga Juvenile Detention Center after a gun was found in his locker at Euclid Central Middle School.
Willoughby News Herald - 12/15/2012 Reporter Tracey Read
Education
Local school officials reassure students, staff after Conn. tragedy
Mansfield City Schools officials are reaching out to comfort and reassure their students and staff in the wake of Friday’s school shooting in Newtown, Conn.
Mansfield News Journal - 12/15/2012 Reporter Todd Hill
Education
Leggett students get surprise visit from Santa
Santa and eight helpers from Green Primary School delivered backpacks filled with toys, books, crayons, hats, gloves and other goodies Friday to students at Leggett elementary in Akron.
Akron Beacon Journal - 12/15/2012 Reporter Kathy Antoniotti
Education
Experts talk prevention & outreach
Could the Connecticut school shooting have been prevented? It's the question many across the country and right here in Ohio are asking. The answer, Sgt. Jeff Mullins of the Akron Police Department says, is no. But he told NewsChannel5, that doesn't mean nothing can be done.
WEWS Cleveland (ABC) - 12/15/2012 Reporter Stephanie Ramirez
Education
Chardon community shaken by news of school shooting in Connecticut
CHARDON, Ohio - The mass shooting at a Connecticut school Friday brought back chilling memories for the northeast Ohio community hit by a similar tragedy earlier this year.
WEWS Cleveland (ABC) - 12/15/2012 Reporter Mike Waterhouse
Education
Northeast Ohio not immune to deadly school shootings
CLEVELAND - There have been four major school shooting incidents in Northeast Ohio over the past nine years.
WEWS Cleveland (ABC) - 12/15/2012 Reporter Joe Pagonakis
Education
Chardon High School To Use Extra Counselors Following Conn. Shooting
CHARDON, Ohio - An Ohio school where three students were killed earlier this year in a shooting spree is bringing in extra counselors following the mass shooting at a Connecticut school.
WBNS Columbus (CBS) - 12/15/2012
Education
Former Teacher Acquitted Of Gross Sexual Imposition Charges
DELAWARE, Ohio - A teacher of a now defunct religious school has been acquitted of gross sexual imposition charges.
WBNS Columbus (CBS) - 12/15/2012
Education
Youth hoops parents blow whistle on NB school board
Parents in New Boston are calling ‘foul’ at the New Boston School Board, whom they say have a large, new gymnasium but no place for the youth basketball league to practice.
Portsmouth Daily Times - 12/15/2012 Reporter Ryan Scott Ottney
Education
Local schools react to elementary shooting
Security at local schools is an ongoing concern, officials said Friday in response to the mass shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut that left more than two dozen people dead, including at least 20 children.
Middletown Journal - 12/15/2012 Reporter Richard Jones
Education
Luxottica buys 540 laptops for high school
Another Cincinnati Public School is going high-tech.
Cincinnati Enquirer - 12/15/2012 Reporter Jessica Brown
Education
Program urges teachers, students to flee shooters
Some schools around the country, including here in northwest Ohio, have undergone a Texas-based training program that gives teachers and students options to save their lives other than cowering under desks during a shooting.
Toledo Blade - 12/15/2012 Reporter TOM TROY
Education
Attorney General Mike DeWine urges schools to submit safety plans after Connecticut school shooting
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The shooting Friday morning in an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. that left 20 children and seven adults dead, including the shooter, prompted Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine to remind the remaining 145 schools in the state to file school safety plans with his office.
Cleveland Plain Dealer - 12/15/2012 Reporter Tonya Sams
Education
St. Peter Chanel High School to close at end of school year
Due to severe drops in student enrollment, St. Peter Chanel Catholic High School, founded by Marist priests in 1957, is closing at the end of this school year, the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland announced Friday.
Cleveland Plain Dealer - 12/15/2012 Reporter Michael O'Malley
Education
Schools in area reconsider security after incident in Connecticut
Avis Williams knows her granddaughter is safe during the day at Sherman Elementary, but the slayings of 26 people, including 20 children, at a Connecticut school Friday morning reminded her of the potential anywhere for that kind of violence, regardless of security measures.
Toledo Blade - 12/15/2012 Reporter IGNAZIO MESSINA AND MARK REITER
Education
Weathersfield teachers upset with contract talks
MINERAL RIDGE — Weathersfield Local Schools teachers took up informational pickets of the schools to let the community know they believe they are being treated unfairly in contract negotiations.
Youngstown Vindicator - 12/15/2012
Energy & Utilities
AEP restructuring to cause layoffs
American Electric Power is taking a look at itself to find out where it can become more efficient, a process that will lead to an unspecified number of layoffs early next year.
Columbus Dispatch - 12/15/2012 Reporter Dan Gearino
Financial Institutions
Judge OKs sale of bank
WARREN - A federal bankruptcy court judge on Friday approved the sale of Warren-based First Place Bank to Michigan-based Talmer Bancorp.
Warren Tribune Chronicle - 12/15/2012 Reporter BRENDA J. LINERT
Health Care
Newbury Elementary School student diagnosed with MRSA
A Newbury Elementary School student has been diagnosed with MRSA, a bacteria that causes infections in different parts of the body.
Willoughby News Herald - 12/15/2012 Reporter Jean Bonchak
Health Care
Local family health clinic is expanding, not relocating
Originally known as the Third Street Community Clinic, Third Street Family Health Services was founded in 1994. Today, we are a private, non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). We receive grant funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) through Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act.
Mansfield News Journal - 12/15/2012
Health Care
Tiberi rips new $63 fee buried in health-care law
WASHINGTON — The chairman of a key House subcommittee on taxes says he’s outraged that a proposed federal rule related to the 2010 health-care law will impose a fee of $63 per health-insurance recipient beginning in 2014.
Columbus Dispatch - 12/15/2012 Reporter Jessica Wehrman
Health Care
Kettering Health reviewing plans for Fairfield Twp. land
Kettering Health Network is revisiting its plans for the land it owns in Fairfield Twp. to see what services would be most appropriate to offer there, a spokeswoman for the hospital group said.
Middletown Journal - 12/15/2012 Reporter Eric Robinette,Chelsey Levingston
Health Care
Latest survey on Medicaid expansion may calm state’s nerves
Starting in 2014, most Americans must have health insurance or pay a penalty.
Columbus Dispatch - 12/15/2012 Reporter Catherine Candisky
Health Care
Catholic college’s challenge to health-care law still alive
WASHINGTON — Federal judges seriously entertained ways to revive a religious-liberty lawsuit that North Carolina’s Belmont Abbey College filed against the Obama administration’s signature health-care law.
Columbus Dispatch - 12/15/2012 Reporter Michael Doyle
Health Care
Hospital to resume live kidney transplants
An Ohio hospital where an operating nurse accidentally disposed of a viable kidney will resume live kidney transplants in the next few weeks, officials said this week.
Columbus Dispatch - 12/15/2012 Reporter Mitch Stacy
Health Care
Johnson and Hughes talk county health
After the Regional Health Summit in October, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation contacted Ed Hughes, director of The Counseling Center and Medical Director Dr. Terry Johnson for a question and answer interview to be featured on their national website. The interview Q & A was posted Wednesday afternoon.
Portsmouth Daily Times - 12/15/2012 Reporter Frank Lewis
Higher Education
SSU graduates 231 at fall commencement
Shawnee State University held its annual fall graduation on Friday in the Vern Riffe Center For the Arts.
Portsmouth Daily Times - 12/15/2012 Reporter Wayne Allen
Higher Education
Goosing up gigabits
“Ohio is really cool.” That’s the upshot of what a new, lightning-quick broadband Internet network means for this state, Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee explained as the system went live on Tuesday.
Columbus Dispatch - 12/15/2012
Higher Education
Wright State to award posthumous degree to former student
Wright State University today will recognize a “courageous” young woman who for three years pursued a bachelor’s degree even as a neurological disease rendered her deaf, legally blind and bound to a wheelchair.
Dayton Daily News - 12/15/2012 Reporter Meagan Pant
Housing & Urban Revitalization
Gardens among projects proposed by city officials for use at former school sites
Vacant lots where schools once stood now dot Toledo neighborhoods.
Toledo Blade - 12/15/2012 Reporter NOLAN ROSENKRANS
Hunting & Fishing
Ohio’s deer hunting season returns this weekend
COLUMBUS —
Ohio’s deer hunters get extra time for pursuit this weekend.
Canton Repository - 12/15/2012
Labor
The dilemma over right-to-work laws
WASHINGTON — For all the fury and fistfights outside the Lansing Capitol, what happened in Michigan this week was a simple accommodation to reality. The most famously unionized state, birthplace of the United Auto Workers, royalty of the American working class, became right-to-work.
Cincinnati Enquirer - 12/15/2012
Local Government
Mark Stewart retiring as Lorain County auditor expected to be replaced by Chief Deputy Auditor Craig Snodgrass (with video)
ELYRIA — Lorain County Auditor Mark Stewart, 61, announced yesterday that he will retire on Dec. 31, leaving office well before the end of his fifth term, which expires March 11, 2015.
Lorain Morning Journal - 12/15/2012 Reporter RICHARD PAYERCHIN
Local Government
Willoughby Hills looking at unsettled budget for 2013
The reduction in property values, the loss of the estate tax and the uncertain future of Internet cafés are making budget setting difficult for the upcoming year for Willoughby Hills.
Willoughby News Herald - 12/15/2012 Reporter Elizabeth Lundblad
Local Government
Chardon City Council delays decision on changing traffic flow on Tilden Avenue
Chardon City Council members want more time and information before making a major change to traffic flow on a side street near the city square.
Willoughby News Herald - 12/15/2012 Reporter Betsy Scott
Local Government
Ex-engineer receives 2-year stayed license suspension
WARREN - Ex-Trumbull County Engineer David DeChristofaro has received a two-year stayed suspension of his professional engineer and surveyor licenses.
Warren Tribune Chronicle - 12/15/2012
Local Government
Lake County agrees to participate in public works sharing services program
Lake County commissioners have approved an agreement to participate in a countywide public works sharing and use program.
Willoughby News Herald - 12/15/2012 Reporter John Arthur Hutchison
Local Government
Dayspring replacement levy eyed
MANSFIELD — Richland County commissioners are considering asking voters next year to approve an operating levy for Dayspring as a replacement, rather than a renewal.
Mansfield News Journal - 12/15/2012 Reporter Al Lawrence
Local Government
HRPC tightens up grant-handling
The Hancock Regional Planning Commission has taken steps so grants won't have to be paid back in the future, commission personnel say.
The Findlay Courier - 12/15/2012 Reporter JOY BROWN
Local Government
Carroll County Commissioners, Dec. 13 meeting
KEY ACTION Budget matters continue to dominate discussions at commissioners’ meetings.
New Philadelphia Times Reporter - 12/15/2012 Reporter Nancy Schaar
Local Government
Barnhill Village Council, recent meeting
KEY ACTION Council accepted a bid of $750 for a 1990 Chevrolet 1-ton dump truck from Travis Johnson of Roswell. Council rejected all bids on the 1999 Ford 3/4-ton pickup and decided to keep the vehicle.
New Philadelphia Times Reporter - 12/15/2012 Reporter Cindy Davis
Local Government
State law stops mayor’s court in tiny Brice
The tiny Franklin County village of Brice soon will be out of the traffic-ticket-writing business, at least as a money-making venture.
Columbus Dispatch - 12/15/2012 Reporter Randy Ludlow
Local Government
Stow crematorium on hold
STOW: A proposal to construct a crematorium continues to spark debate in Stow.
Akron Beacon Journal - 12/15/2012 Reporter Heather Beyer
Local Government
JEMS to consider levy on May ballot
The Joint Emergency Medical Services board will consider a tax levy in the May 2013 election now that it has made multiple cuts to the 2013 budget that will help the organization operate two ambulances in the coming year.
Middletown Journal - 12/15/2012 Reporter Skip Weaver
Military Affairs
AF museum discovers fuel in aircraft, plans temporary gallery shutdown
The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will temporarily close some galleries Saturday due to the discovery of fuel in a vintage A-1E Skyraider, according to the museum.
Dayton Daily News - 12/15/2012 Reporter Barrie Barber
Military Affairs
‘Fiscal cliff’ across-the-board budget cuts could impact Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Frustration is mounting among defense officials about the lack of information on how across-the-board budget cuts could impact Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Ohio defense contractors, U.S. Sen. Rob Portman said.
Dayton Daily News - 12/15/2012 Reporter Barrie Barber
Non-Profit Organizations
Wean Foundation awards $110,000
WARREN - The Raymond John Wean Foundation has awarded grants totaling $110,000.
Warren Tribune Chronicle - 12/15/2012
Non-Profit Organizations
Donations lagging to food relief campaign
The Second Harvest Food Bank has only received half as many donations for its annual food relief campaign as it typically has by this point in the drive.
Springfield News Sun - 12/15/2012 Reporter Everdeen Mason
Ohio History
Site chosen for Fort Laurens reconstruction
A project to reconstruct Fort Laurens — the only Revolutionary War fort in Ohio — is a step closer to reality now that a site has been chosen for the structure at Fort Laurens State Memorial.
New Philadelphia Times Reporter - 12/15/2012 Reporter Jon Baker
Parks & Recreation
Park district begins work on Tallmadge-to-Akron trail extension
Metro Parks, Serving Summit County, is beginning work on the second phase of the new Freedom Trail.
Akron Beacon Journal - 12/15/2012 Reporter Bob Downing
Parks & Recreation
Cleveland Metroparks hires new second in command from Milwaukee
Joseph Roszak will become the Cleveland Metroparks' second in command next month.
Cleveland Plain Dealer - 12/15/2012 Reporter James Ewinger
Political
How Maps Helped Republicans Keep an Edge in the House
Wisconsinites leaned Democratic when they went to the polls last month, voting to re-elect President Obama, choosing Tammy Baldwin to be their new United States senator and casting more total votes for Democrats than Republicans in races for Congress and the State Legislature.
New York Times - 12/15/2012 Reporter GRIFF PALMER and MICHAEL COOPER
Political
Ill Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton faints, sustains concussion, recovering at home
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who skipped an overseas trip this past week because of a stomach virus, sustained a concussion after fainting, the State Department said Saturday.
Washington Post - 12/15/2012
Political
Hope for reform
A bipartisan plan for reforming Ohio’s winner-take-all system of drawing political boundaries isn’t going anywhere right away, even though it won approval in the Senate Thursday. Leaders in the House had no plans to take it up before the legislative session ended that day, so the proposal expires, too.
Columbus Dispatch - 12/15/2012
State Government
State might drop annual reports
Businesses regulated by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency that are required to file hazardous-waste reports every year would have to file them only every two years under a proposed rule change.
Columbus Dispatch - 12/15/2012 Reporter Mary Beth Lane
Taxation
Property values drop, taxes to rise
Karl Keith, Montgomery County auditor, said Thursday that despite the drop in values, some property owners will be getting a higher tax bill in 2013.
Dayton Daily News - 12/15/2012 Reporter Joanne Huist Smith
Transportation & Infrastructure
UDF plan in Red Lion follows $8 million road project
RED LION, Warren County — United Dairy Farmers is working with state transportation and environmental officials on a project fueled by the $8.2 million road project transforming this crossroads community.
Dayton Daily News - 12/15/2012 Reporter Lawrence Budd
Transportation & Infrastructure
Fairborn looking ahead by improving roads
The city of Fairborn is planning to make road improvements that will help alleviate traffic flow near Interstate 675 in anticipation of development along that corridor, city officials said.
Dayton Daily News - 12/15/2012 Reporter Steven Matthews
Transportation & Infrastructure
How will Kasich's turnpike plan benefit area construction?
Gov. John Kasich’s plan to borrow about $1.5 billion, backed by future revenue from tolls on the Ohio Turnpike, could speed up road construction projects that have been delayed across Ohio, including in the Dayton region.
Dayton Daily News - 12/15/2012 Reporter Jeremy P. Kelley
Transportation & Infrastructure
Kasich decides against leasing Ohio Turnpike
CLEVELAND: Gov. John Kasich has dumped a controversial idea of privatizing the Ohio Turnpike as a way to raise money for needed highway and bridge projects.
Akron Beacon Journal - 12/15/2012 Reporter Rick Armon
Transportation & Infrastructure
Road legislation won’t be quick
Gov. John Kasich’s plan to generate $3 billion for state road projects, including $1.5 billion by new issuances of debt against the Ohio Turnpike, requires legislation that might not be introduced at the Statehouse until late January or later.
Columbus Dispatch - 12/15/2012 Reporter Joe Vardon
Transportation & Infrastructure
Bus-service merger may not cost jobs
NEWARK, Ohio — The transit company that’s losing its contract as Licking County revamps its busing system notified the state this month that it might have to lay off as many as 61 employees.
Columbus Dispatch - 12/15/2012 Reporter Lori Kurtzman
Transportation & Infrastructure
City seeks change in SORTA agreement
Tax dollars that now pay for Cincinnati’s Metro bus system could be diverted to the city’s streetcar project under a new proposal from the city.
Cincinnati Enquirer - 12/15/2012 Reporter Dan Horn
Transportation & Infrastructure
Kasich touts Turnpike money plan
The massive rebuilding of Interstate 75 from the Western Hills Viaduct to the Ronald Reagan/Cross County Highway is exactly the kind of project that could benefit from a new plan to unlock up to $3 billion in Ohio Turnpike revenue, Gov. John Kasich said Friday.
Cincinnati Enquirer - 12/15/2012 Reporter Jason Williams
Transportation & Infrastructure
Water, sewer rates to increase for Clark County residents
More than 8,000 Clark County residents will see higher water and sewer bills starting in January, a move that will generate about $277,000 annually for the Clark County Utilities Department.
Springfield News Sun - 12/15/2012 Reporter Tiffany Y. Latta
Transportation & Infrastructure
Kasich announces highway funding plan
Ohio Governor John Kasich announced a plan for highway funding that he says will generate $3 billion for construction projects without leasing the Ohio Turnpike and without laying off any Turnpike employees.
Dayton Daily News - 12/15/2012
Transportation & Infrastructure
Downtown property owners fight MTA subway tunnel plans
As the MTA moves closer to starting construction on a subway tunnel in downtown Los Angeles, some property owners have dug in for a fight.
LA Times - 12/15/2012 Reporter Roger Vincent
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