Ohio Senate committee passes bill allowing guns in Statehouse parking garage
By Aaron Marshall, The Plain Dealer
on December 12, 2012 at 8:00 PM, updated December 12, 2012 at 9:01 PM
on December 12, 2012 at 8:00 PM, updated December 12, 2012 at 9:01 PM
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Johnny Cash once sang, "Don't bring your guns to town." But bringing your guns to the parking lots under the state Capitol would be OK under a bill passed Wednesday by a Senate committee.
House Bill 495 was amended by the Senate Judiciary Committee so that it would no longer be a crime to bring guns to the Statehouse and Riffe Center parking areas running beneath the Capitol. However, the guns would have to be left in the owners' vehicles.
Senate President Tom Niehaus said he supports the provision.
Split over Wheelchair Unbundling Stalls Conference Committee
Hannah Report 12/12/12
Hannah Report 12/12/12
House and Senate members couldn't reach agreement Wednesday on an amendment for "unbundling" Medicaid reimbursement of services for custom wheelchairs, pushing sponsors of the underlying bill to hitch changes on chemical dependency counseling licensure to another health care proposal moving through the Legislature.
Lawmakers on the conference committee for SB287 (LaRose-Cafaro) split by chamber on two proposals offered Wednesday. Conference reports require a majority of committee members from both chambers to pass. http://www.hannah.com/DesktopDefaultPublic.aspx?type=hns&id=191420
Lawmakers on the conference committee for SB287 (LaRose-Cafaro) split by chamber on two proposals offered Wednesday. Conference reports require a majority of committee members from both chambers to pass. http://www.hannah.com/DesktopDefaultPublic.aspx?type=hns&id=191420
Ohio Senate OKs new school evaluation system
By Aaron Marshall, The Plain Dealer
on December 12, 2012 at 7:00 PM, updated December 12, 2012 at 9:52 PM
on December 12, 2012 at 7:00 PM, updated December 12, 2012 at 9:52 PM
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Senate on Wednesday passed a Republican-backed education bill that calls for a more demanding evaluation system for schools, along with other significant changes.
The Senate passed House Bill 555 by a vote of 27 to 6.
The bill would revamp the state's system of grading K-12 public schools. It would grade schools using 15 measures -- called a "dashboard" -- and give each district a cumulative grade of A, B, C, D or F. The grading system is meant to be tougher on schools and would replace the current report card that ranks schools from "Excellent with Distinction" to "Academic Emergency."
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