The U.S. House of Representatives Budget Committee took the first step on Monday toward passing a healthcare reform bill, launching a process that could culminate with a final House vote this week.Yes, I said it. And I’m prepared to stand behind it.
You may remember back to the days of the Bush Administration, there was quite a debate about the S-Chip children’s health program. In fact an extension for the program came very near overriding a presidential veto, falling just a [...]
Michael L. Pryce, an apparent Tea Bagger, is launching a third party run for Senate.
Yes, Portman has a spoiler.
H/T: Swing State
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The Associated Press’s timing couldn’t have been better for those who still want to pretend that Social Security is really not in serious trouble. Stephen Ohlemacher’s item (”Social Security to start cashing Uncle Sam’s IOUs”) originally appeared on Sunday, in the midst of most of the [...]
Drew Carey and The Reason Foundation decided to look for ways to save Cleveland from its aggressively stupid political leaders and their refusal to heed the first rule of holes. The result is a video series called "Reason Saves Cleveland":
Keep checking back as new episodes premiere, [...]
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Sewer Construction Along Berdan Avenue Delayed This Morning, Neighborhood Meeting Still Being Held Tonight
Meeting at Augsburg Lutheran Church, Sylvania Avenue, 6:30 p.m.
Toledo, Ohio – Officials of the City of Toledo put off sewer construction along Berdan Avenue in Toledo’s Library Village area this morning, before the [...]
Last Tuesday, The Columbus Crew took to the field for the first time in 2010 to take on Toluca of Mexico (preview here). The match ended in a 2-2 draw. Check out the photo review of the game below:
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The Consumers Union, non-profit publisher of the highly regarded “Consumer Reports”, is tackling something a little more important than toasters and TV’s in the next few days: Healthcare reform.
They’ll be running radio ads featuring their president, Jim Guest, throughout Ohio over the next few days.
“Our message is simple. [...]
Governor Strickland will be joining the Ohio pitch team during tomorrow’s Race to the Top presentation in Washington.
And here are the people who will be joining Gov. Strickland for the presentation.
Deborah S. Delisle, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Ohio Department of Education Marilyn B. Troyer, Deputy Superintendent, Ohio [...]Since the fire department is protected by the minimum manning contract requirement, the police department is taking the largest hit with the layoff notice that has just been received by the office of Mayor Mike Bell:
City Issues Layoff Notices
“Plan B” to balance the budget would result in severe cuts [...]
A Columbus lobbyist reports that he began work on behalf of a client under state investigation two months before he registered to represent the company.
In response to questions from Legislative Inspector General Tony Bledsoe, lobbyist Thomas Fries Sr. filed an amended registration statement Friday disclosing that he began lobbying [...]
11-year-old Marcelas Owens flew across the country from Seattle this week to join Senate Democrats in Washington, DC to rally support for an end to insurance industry abuses.
Marcelas has been an advocate for health care reform since his mother died after she fell ill and lost her job and [...]
With President Obama today campaigning for health reform in Dennis Kucinich's congressional district, Kucinich's office reiterated to First Read that "he is a firm no," according to spokesman Nathan White.
The health bill isn't progressive enough for Kucinich, who voted against even the House-passed bill, which included' [...]
With $409 million in edicuation funds at stake, Gov. Ted Strickland will lead a state delegation to Washington tomorrow to try and convince federal reviewers to award Ohio the coveted Race to the Top money.
The governor's office announced today Strickland would join state Superintendent Deborah S. Delisle, [...]
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) was signed into law on February 17, 2009. The Broadband Initiatives funded in the Act are intended to accelerate broadband deployment across the United States.
The Recovery Act authorizes the FCC to create a National [...]
The Franklin County Democratic Party is not poking its nose into what should be one of the area's most hotly contested legislative primaries.
The party will not make an endorsement in the three-way race to succeed term-limited Sen. Ray Miller, whose 15th District covers much of the city of [...]
At 1 PM this afternoon, President Obama will hold a rally in the Cleveland suburb of Strongsville to talk about his push to pass health care reform legislation. I'll post a link to the AP's streaming video when it's available.
I find it interesting that President Obama will be stumping for [...]
Anthony Jeselnik, one of Comedy Central’s Breakout Comedians of 2009 and former writer for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, will visit Columbus for two-nights of stand-up comedy on April 2-3. The show is part of a new series of stand-up shows being personally financed and promoted by [...]
President Barack Obama may be in northeast Ohio today to lobby for passage of a final health care bill this week, but most Ohio Democrats in Congress are still refraining from saying how they will vote.
Most Ohio Democratic members of Congress say they want to see the final [...]
From the Statehouse By Jennifer Garrison:
This week at the Statehouse, my colleagues and I were busy passing a number of important bills. One bill I introduced provides additional accountability to taxpayers for Ohio lawmakers.
Luken joins Mark Mallory and other high profile DemocratsPresident Obama Speaks on Health Care Reform
Watch It Live At 1:05 EDT:
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Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery below:
[...]As if Ohio needed any more of a southern influence, Kasich is raising money in North Carolina to fund his campaign for Ohio Governor.
This is exactly what Ohio needs, advice and direction from a state that gave Jesse Helms five senate terms.
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In his archdiocesan column carried at First Things (HT Catholic News Agency), the Denver archbishop reaches the only available conclusion, while clarifying who gets to speak for Catholics (bolds are mine throughout):
As I write this column on March 14, the Senate bill remains gravely flawed. [...]
Really? What’s next, Moody’s? Going to tell us that Fannie and Freddie are losing money?
Could we get some adults in charge, admit [...]
“Survey: Readers don’t want to pay for news online”
But when it comes to paying for it in print, it’s like a Who concert in Cincinnati.
I love surveys such as this, particularly the ones that ask, “How much would you pay for . . .” Always seems to be just [...]
Follow up on a story blogged about back in early February. According to the Blade (link) the Ohio Department of Development’s Legal Counsel & Ethics Office has issued a ruling on the conflict of interest concern raised by Ken Leslie of Paula Lewis being placed in charge of [...]
The president today is headed to Strongsville, Ohio, a city he picked so he could appear with a local woman to illustrate how the health care bill he is pushing will make a difference in people's lives.Sidney stands out as a town that gives equal opportunities in public service to the under served, downtrodden population of religious zealots and bigots. Bigotry tends to be a deal breaker in other communities, especially when religion is given as a justification. But the good people of Sidney tend to [...]
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The Labor Department’s March 5 report was worse than it appeared; the latest health care wrinkle would damage things further.
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Note: This column originally appeared at Pajamas Media and was teased here at BizzyBlog on Saturday.
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Remember when our president was telling us that his number one [...]
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On March 27, local participants will be riding for homeless families in Memphis, Tennessee for the Dorothy Day Family Fun Ride. The Dorothy Day House of Hospitality, a transitional housing ministry that allows homeless families to stay together as a family while they [...]
In his Monday Morning Memo this week, Roy Williams linked to a couple of great YouTube clips I just had to share. In our first clip, we travel back to... sometime in history... when tobacco companies were still allowed to advertise on television. Remember the slogan "Winston tastes good" [...]
The Associated Press’s 10:33 p.m. rendition of its coverage of the ongoing James Sikes “Runaway Prius” saga begins with the following headline and opening pair of paragraphs:
The problem is that the AP report’s complete content, in combination with properly understood English and the relevant definitions [...]
Some of the columns/news pieces from the Toledo Free Press have already be referenced in other posts but there are a few that I’d like to point out, especially those that are exclusively online. Terry Biel’s, Bleed donors, not workers is a recommended one, I was not aware [...]
Ted Strickland’s new spokesbabe, Lis Smith, fresh off of her loss in that swing state of New Jersey (HA HA) for Jon Corzine, has to love this:
Camden Township – An 88 year old Oberlin woman was in critical condition Sunday afternoon after she crashed her car into another on Route 20 in Camden Township.Back in February it was reported that Ohio hits record for concealed carry handgun permits. This morning a man was shot and killed as he attempted to rob the Bengal’s Food Mart in South Toledo. This is on the heels of an attempted robbery at Allied Music on Friday. [...]
As we’ve related here, the two last-minute “mystery” candidates who filed for the Democratic U.S. Senate primary didn’t qualify for the ballot. And one of them, Traci “TJ” Johnson, isn’t going quietly. She’s tossing around all kinds of accusations against the office of secretary of state Jennifer Brunner.
Now more such [...]
I stumbled on this quote this evening, from an interview done by Cleveland's Leon Bibb on Channel 5 with Ken Blackwell back in 2006. I'm sharing it because I thought it was so entertaining:
Blackwell: "I received about 40 percent of the vote in the African-American community in the last three'" [...]
The cupcake party for Jennifer Brunner this afternoon at Lana Moresky’s house in Shaker Heights was a smashing success. You should have been there if you weren’t, but it sure seemed like a lot of you were. Lana said she didn’t think she’d ever had so many people in her [...]
The Associated Press seems to have two unwritten rules on how and when to write stories about leftist controversies and setbacks:
Rule Number 1. Do little or nothing with the story until you can figure out a way to make center-right critics or victors look like the bad [...]
THE Ohio job market is in tatters. It has been weak for two decades. New unemployment data suggest an even more troubling outlook.
If Ohioans want a vibrant job market, we must start making tough choices to defang entrenched interests, notably labor unions and big government. The failure [...]
Hosts BOB INGRAM | BOB LUDDY | JIM ANTHONY Request the Pleasure of Your Company for a Luncheon To Help [...]
Here I sit, trying to watch the premiere of "The Pacific" on HBO, and the signal from Time Warner Cable is hitching, pausing, and pixelated. I signed up for HBO on Thursday just for this. I've been calling customer support all day to demand assistance. The response?
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For an interesting look at how other cities are being impacted because of the economy, take a quick look at the International Association of Fire Fighters web site. It doesn’t make anything better here, but when you look at what is happening in other areas, we can say we [...]
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Personally, I can't wait for him to visit Ohio. 
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