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5% pay cut proposed for lawmakers, other officials
JACKIE NASH Daily Reporter Staff Writer
Copyright 2009, The Daily Reporter, 580 S. High St., Columbus, OH.
A Central Ohio lawmaker is willing to take a pay cut as a show of solidarity with financially struggling Ohioans, and want his colleagues and other elected officials to join him.
Date Published: November 26, 2009
Bill would limit political contributions from gaming industry
JACKIE NASH Daily Reporter Staff Writer
Copyright 2009, The Daily Reporter, 580 S. High St., Columbus, OH.
Legislation was introduced last week to regulate political contributions made by principals and employees of Ohio casino facilities, such as those approved by voters as a constitutional amendment on Nov. 3.
Date Published: November 26, 2009
New lawyers can learn from mentors
KEITH ARNOLD Daily Reporter Staff Writer
Copyright 2009, The Daily Reporter, 580 S. High St., Columbus, OH.
The nearly 850 new lawyers who earlier this month joined the ranks of their working counterparts may want to consider participating in the Supreme Court of Ohio's Lawyer to Lawyer Mentoring Program as a part of their first year on the job.
Date Published: November 26, 2009
Mouse Match Chosen as 2009 Best Toy of the Year Named by Parents Magazine annual Toy Test
Indianapolis, IN – Mouse Match, a new preschool game from Fundex Games Ltd, has received a Best Toy of the Year award from Parents magazine. Mouse Match was one of only 54 winners of the annual toy test, winning honors in the Preschool age group. Mouse Match is featured in the November issue of Parents magazine and on the Parents web site.
Date Published: November 26, 2009
Ohio House Pass Comprehensive Election Reform Legislation
COLUMBUS – Speaker Pro Tempore Matthew A. Szollosi and the Ohio House of Representatives today passed legislation to enhance Ohio’s election laws and address the specific problems that have occurred in past Ohio elections. House Bill 260, the Elections Enhancement bill, was approved by a vote of 53-45.
Date Published: November 26, 2009
Giving Thanks This Holiday Season
Sen. Jon Husted
As I travel the state attending Fall dinners in many of Ohio's 88 counties, watching Ohio's changing colors and cheering the Buckeyes on to the Rose Bowl, I am reminded of how truly blessed I am. I look forward to celebrating Thanksgiving every year because it gives us a chance to reflect upon these blessings as we gather with family and friends in the spirit of togetherness.
Date Published: November 26, 2009
Legislator: Bill would provide more authority, transparency to Ohio's H1N1 threat
JACKIE NASH Daily Reporter Staff Writer
Copyright 2009, The Daily Reporter, 580 S. High St., Columbus, OH.
Rep. John Patrick Carney, D-Columbus, said he introduced House Bill 357 into the Oho General Assembly to advance Ohio's efforts in confronting the H1N1 virus' threat.
Date Published: November 25, 2009
Ethnic groups driving sales of Ohio-produced sheep
RICK ADAMCZAK Daily Reporter Staff Writer
Copyright 2009, The Daily Reporter, 580 S. High St., Columbus, OH.
A growing appetite for lamb and sheep by certain ethnic groups, especially on the East Coast, is boosting the Ohio sheep industry.
Date Published: November 25, 2009
Defense's silence equated waiver of closing argument, justices conclude
KEITH ARNOLD Daily Reporter Staff Writer
Copyright 2009, The Daily Reporter, 580 S. High St., Columbus, O
The Supreme Court of Ohio determined last week that a defendant or - at the very least - his trial attorney, should have spoken up when a trial court judge found him guilty without taking a closing argument during the bench trial.
Date Published: November 25, 2009
Easy Thanksgiving Cooking Tips
StatePoint Media
(StatePoint) Preparing Thanksgiving meals is about multitasking. You need to somehow find enough space in your kitchen and enough time to get everything done.
Date Published: November 25, 2009
Why gay-marriage friends, foes need one another
By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center
Inside the First Amendment
Same-sex marriage advances in one region, then retreats in another, making the United States a two-nation nation on this issue – now and for years to come. Advocates on both sides are in the majority somewhere, but in the minority somewhere else.
Date Published: November 25, 2009
Supreme Court releases lawyer-client guide
(Columbus) The Supreme Court of Ohio last week released a publication that provides practical information about the lawyer-client relationship for Ohioans considering hiring an attorney.
Date Published: November 25, 2009
Justices to consider court's discretion in change of award
KEITH ARNOLD Daily Reporter Staff Writer
Copyright 2009, The Daily Reporter, 580 S. High St., Columbus, OH.
Ohio Supreme Court justices are expected to settle the issue of whether it was OK for the Butler County Court of Common Pleas to reduce a prevailing wage award against a contractor because Miami University failed to report a rate change. The case is scheduled to be argued before the court this morning at the Ohio Judicial Center, downtown.
Date Published: November 24, 2009
New Law Spells Tax Relief for More Homeowners
Daniel Jone, H&R Block
Toledo, OH. – More American homebuyers will get tax relief thanks to changes made to the First-Time Homebuyer Credit. H&R Block advises the popular credit is now more accessible to existing homeowners and first-time homebuyers in three ways:
Date Published: November 24, 2009
Inmate failed to meet requirements to obtain requested documents
KEITH ARNOLD Daily Reporter Staff Writer
Copyright 2009, The Daily Reporter, 580 S. High St., Columbus, OH.
(COLUMBUS) - A Franklin County appellate panel dispensed with the appeal of a Chillicothe Correctional Institution inmate who argued a trial court was mistaken to dismiss his claim against the Ohio attorney general and Hamilton County prosecutor for his conviction based on an unspecified date in a grand jury indictment.
Date Published: November 24, 2009
Legislation would allow counties to receive state grants for amateur boxing competitions
JACKIE NASH Daily Reporter Staff Writer
Copyright 2009, The Daily Reporter, 580 S. High St., Columbus, OH.
House Bill 356 was recently introduced into the Ohio General Assembly to include specific Olympic-style boxing competitions as sporting events for which state grants may be awarded to a county or municipal corporation.
Date Published: November 24, 2009
Bill Introduced to Fight Childhood Obesity
(Columbus) -State Senator Eric H. Kearney (D-Cincinnati) and Senator Kevin Coughlin (R-Cuyahoga Falls) introduced Senate Bill 210 to enlist Ohio's schools in combating the childhood obesity epidemic.
Date Published: November 24, 2009
The Problem with Our Health-Care Debate
By Alex Epstein
Copyright © 2009 Ayn Rand® Institute. All rights reserved.
Everyone seems to have a different take on how to solve America’s health-care problem. But notice that every solution offered involves some elaborate new system of government controls. Different proposals include a “public option,” mandatory insurance for individuals, government-supported health-care exchanges, government-sponsored “efficacy research,” government-supported co-ops, and as many other ways of dictating consumer and producer behavior as can fit in a 1,000-page bill.
Date Published: November 24, 2009
Pleading Guilty: A Choice of Cost and Benefit
Robert A. Beattey, OSBA
“Law You Can Use” by the Ohio State Bar Association.
What does it mean to “enter a guilty plea” in a criminal or traffic case?
Date Published: November 23, 2009
Court upholds Longaberger's subrogation plan
KEITH ARNOLD Daily Reporter Staff Writer
Copyright 2009, The Daily Reporter, 580 S. High St., Columbus, OH.
A federal appellate court in Cincinnati ruled in favor of The Longaberger Co.'s self-funded employee benefit plan in a dispute with a Solon attorney over the equitable reimbursement ordered by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Date Published: November 23, 2009
Real estate investing is a marathon, not a sprint, says industry insider
Copyright 2009, The Daily Reporter, 580 S. High St., Columbus, OH.
JOSH LEHMAN Daily Reporter Staff Writer
With the well-publicized fall of many American businesses, including major financial institutions, one might not think commercial real estate would be able to fare well in the current climate. However, the situation isn't as dire as logic would dictate, given a little flexibility and some hard work.
Date Published: November 23, 2009
Proposed legislation would give Ohio Department of Agriculture more authority under CAFF law
Copyright 2009, The Daily Reporter, 580 S. High St., Columbus, OH.
JACKIE NASH Daily Reporter Staff Writer
Legislation was introduced last week to give more authority to the Ohio Department of Agriculture, regarding National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits that are required to limit pollutants in state waters.
Date Published: November 23, 2009
Bill would redefine collateral source rule for legal system, sponsor says
Copyright 2009, The Daily Reporter, 580 S. High St., Columbus, OH.
JACKIE NASH Daily Reporter Staff Writer
A bill was introduced into the Ohio General Assembly last week to provide some clarity to the collateral source rule for Ohio's legal system.
Date Published: November 23, 2009
Hearing impaired juror at center of argument before Supreme Court justices
KEITH ARNOLD, Daily Reporter Staff Writer
Copyright 2009, The Daily Reporter, 580 S. High St., Columbus, OH.
Among the arguments heard by Supreme Court of Ohio justices during the morning of Tuesday, November 17th, at the Ohio Judicial Center, the state defended an Ottawa County Common Pleas Court decision to seat a hearing-impaired juror against the will of a defense lawyer in a 2007 jury trial.
Date Published: November 20, 2009
State Fire Marshal reminds Ohioans to heat homes safely
The Division of State Fire Marshal is reminding Ohioans to focus on fire safety when heating their homes this winter and to use extra care if utilizing secondary heating sources like space heaters.
Date Published: November 20, 2009
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