(Columbus) The Ohio Department of Insurance adopted a rule, effective last week, that makes it an unfair and deceptive sales practice for insurance agents to use senior-specific certifications and designations when selling life insurance, annuities, or health insurance, including Medicare products in the state, Director Mary Jo Hudson announced.
(Columbus) The federal government's $8,000 tax credit program to help breathe life into the listless housing market appears to be working in Ohio, according to real estate experts.
The following schedule of cases is set for hearings by the Supreme Court’s Board of Commissioners on Grievances & Discipline this month. All hearings take place before a three-judge panel of the board and are open to the public. The hearings involve an individual attorney or judge who is charged with professional misconduct.
A bill was introduced last week that would provide witnesses with protection before criminal investigations or court cases take place.
(Columbus) Wildfires, flooding, tornadoes, – disasters strike everywhere in the U.S. That’s why summer disaster season is a good time to make sure your insurance needs are in order, especially your homeowners or renters policies. Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson is encouraging Ohioans to take some time to re-familiarize themselves with their policies and to address any questions with their insurance agent or company.
Rep. Sandra Harwood, D-Niles, recently introduced two pieces of legislation that address disclosure of assets and division of property in divorce proceedings.
At 3:09 AM Friday, June 26, House Democrats released a 300-page amendment to Speaker Pelosi’s 1,200-page national energy tax. No one – not one single Member of Congress – read the bill that the House voted on. Speaker Pelosi promised the American people at least 24 hours to read a bill before a vote in her “New Direction for America” document distributed in 2006 that remains on her website today.
Unless Army officials act quickly, Capt. Kamaljit Singh Kalsi and 2nd Lt. Tejdeep Singh Rattan will soon be compelled to choose between obedience to God and service to country.
The state Department of Development has rolled out its new "Ohio Ambassador Program" that's designed to encourage state residents to promote the state to outsiders.
A bill was introduced last month in a bipartisan, joint-sponsored effort by Rep. Tom Letson, D-Warren, and Rep. Matt Huffman, R-Lima, that would require the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation's superintendent to establish and operate an Internet database of people convicted of certain crimes.
(Columbus) The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is seeing a notable recent upswing in the numbers of people enjoying the affordable outdoor opportunities ODNR offers. Ohioans in search of access to high value, low cost recreation during a tough economic climate are increasingly finding what they are looking for in Ohio's parks, beaches and waterways.
(Perrysburg) Dillin Corp. announced on Wednesday, July 1st, that the property at Lake Erie Business Park in Port Clinton, Ohio will be developed by Dillin Corp. and marketed by Dillin Properties. The Lake Erie Business Park is a 436 acre site located on State Rt. 2 in Port Clinton, Ohio and has made a significant commitment to manufacturing and commercial property growth in Ottawa County through implementation of several alternative energy initiatives.
A Cincinnati federal appeals court reasoned the argument of a northeastern Ohio forging and machining company was "too little, too late" in a recent decision by the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Tax reforms enacted in Ohio five years ago are working well, according to a new report.
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., chairman of the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee and Rep. John McHugh, R-N.Y., introduced legislation at the end of last month that would modify the law known as the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which requires employers to notify workers and communities of mass layoffs or plant closings.
An Ohio appeals court ruled that a Central Ohio car collector's plan to build a garage capable of storing more than a half dozen autos, in addition to housing multiple car lifts, exceeds Genoa Township zoning regulation and, therefore, was rightfully denied.
Rep. Tracy Heard, D-Columbus, introduced a bill late last month that would change the way children are criminally prosecuted.
Q: I had health insurance through my employer. What options do I have now that I’m going to lose my job?
Sen. Fred Strahorn, D-Dayton, introduced Senate Bill 149 last week as an effort to establish procedures for the Ohio Civil Rights Commission to extend state recognition to native American tribes, native American groups and native American special interest groups.
Starting this fall, Ohio hospitals - along with those around the country - will be required to report on nearly half of 92 new performance quality measurements to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a move that could be a financial burden to some hospitals.