Bill pushes insurance coverage of autism
By Jim Siegel
Two Franklin County Democrats have reintroduced a bill requiring many private health-insurance plans to cover the diagnosis and treatment of autism.
In the previous legislative session, the Democratic-controlled House passed the bill, but it did not get traction in the Republican-controlled Senate. This session, Republicans control both chambers, and House Speaker William G. Batchelder, R-Medina, was among those who voted against the bill in 2009.
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16th District lines drawn around Timken plantsBy Robert Wang
Posted Nov 14, 2011 @ 07:00 AM
CANTON —
When Republicans in the Ohio General Assembly approved new congressional districts in September, the new map not only split Stark County into three districts, it also established district lines in unexpected places in southwest Canton.
The office of Timken Co. President and CEO James W. Griffith, situated on the northeast corner of Dueber Avenue SW and 19th Street, will be in the 7th Congressional District, which could be represented by Republican Congressman Bob Gibbs of Holmes County.
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The office of Timken Co. President and CEO James W. Griffith, situated on the northeast corner of Dueber Avenue SW and 19th Street, will be in the 7th Congressional District, which could be represented by Republican Congressman Bob Gibbs of Holmes County.
http://www.cantonrep.com/carousel/x574922537/16th-District-lines-drawn-around-Timken-plants
Will SB 5 resonate into 2012?
By Jim Siegel
When Issue 2 lost by 22 percentage points and went down in 82 of Ohio’s 88 counties, it allowed very few legislative Republicans to wake up on Wednesday and say, “Well, at least my constituents voted to uphold Senate Bill 5.”
House Speaker William G. Batchelder, R-Medina, represents the bulk of Medina County, which voted 53 percent against Issue 2, striking down the Republican-crafted collective-bargaining law. His No. 2, Rep. Louis Blessing, R-Cincinnati, saw the issue fail 58-42 in his district.http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2011/11/13/will-sb-5-resonate-into-2012.html
Ohio lawmakers running out of time to cut congressional map deal
Published: Sunday, November 13, 2011, 12:00 AM Updated: Sunday, November 13, 2011, 1:29 AM
COLUMBUS, Ohio - State lawmakers have just one more week to cut a bipartisan deal on a congressional map, says a key Republican lawmaker.
Rep. Matt Huffman, a Lima Republican who is the lead negotiator for the GOP in continuing talks with Democrats on a congressional map, said time is quickly running out. "I think next week is it if we want to avoid two primaries and have a compromise map," Huffman said Friday. "There has to be some ending, and in my mind, that ending is next Tuesday or Wednesday. We are going to try and resolve this once and for all."
Republicans need at least seven Democratic votes to pass a new map that includes an emergency clause, which would shield the map from any possible referendum and allow it to take effect immediately.
http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2011/11/state_lawmakers_running_out_of.html
The people of Ohio spoke on Senate Bill 5, but Gov. John Kasich isn't a listener: Thomas Suddes
Published: Saturday, November 12, 2011, 9:00 PM Updated: Saturday, November 12, 2011, 10:40 PM
If there's a way to overstate voters' humiliation of Republican Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday, his enemies will find it. But humiliate him voters did. Trouble is, as a key Republican privately said in October, "John has never been a listener."
In contrast, the people who stuck out their necks to pass Senate Bill 5 -- General Assembly Republicans -- are listeners. They have to be. Many of them are on the 2012 ballot. Kasich isn't. That suggests once-burned legislative Republicans who rubber-stamped Kasich's 2011 Statehouse program may be twice shy in 2012.
http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2011/11/the_people_spoke_but_kasich_is.html
Some provisions of SB5 could be reintroduced
November 14, 2011
By Sam Shawver
The Marietta Times
Ohio voters' defeat of Issue 2 during last week's general election effectively repealed the hotly-contested Senate Bill 5 "collective bargaining law." But some of the legislation could return in the form of separate bills in early 2012.
Prior to the election House Speaker William Batchelder said if Issue 2 failed, certain provisions of SB5 might be reintroduced next year.
Those provisions could include merit pay for teachers and requiring public employees to pay a percentage into their health and pension benefits.
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John Kasich’s listening curve
By Michael Douglas
Beacon Journal editorial page editor
Beacon Journal editorial page editor
Published: November 13, 2011 - 06:31 AM
Let’s return to August, the governor, the House speaker and the Senate president seated at the table, surrounded by empty chairs. John Kasich, Bill Batchelder and Tom Niehaus were waiting for the other side to show, the opponents of Issue 2, the referendum on Senate Bill 5, the archly partisan overhaul of collective bargaining for public employees.
The trio knew they wouldn’t have company. The moment for compromise long had passed, even as well-intentioned operatives spent the summer looking to avoid a divisive, expensive campaign in the fall. So the episode became another bit of staging, a bid to get the upper hand.
Published: 11/13/2011 - Updated: 1 day ago
2 sides put S.B. 5 fight on hold for time being
Parts of Issue 2 popular, polls show
BY JIM PROVANCE
BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU CHIEF
BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU CHIEF
COLUMBUS -- Gov. John Kasich called for "a deep breath" in the immediate aftermath of the voter-imposed destruction of his law restricting the collective-bargaining power of some 350,000 public workers.
But he barely had a chance for a gasp before the conservative group behind Tuesday's successful health-care amendment had filed papers for a proposed constitutional amendment to make Ohio the first right-to-work state in the Midwest.
Tuesday's pummeling of Senate Bill 5 should have been the end of that story, according to those who orchestrated the referendum.
http://www.toledoblade.com/Politics/2011/11/13/2-sides-put-S-B-5-fight-on-hold-for-time-being.html
http://www.toledoblade.com/Politics/2011/11/13/2-sides-put-S-B-5-fight-on-hold-for-time-being.html
Published: 11/13/2011
Editorial
Toledo Blade
Fracking for dollars
Gov. John Kasich extols the energy and economic-growth potential of Ohio's oil and natural-gas reserves. Extracting these riches from the state's shale deposits often requires a controversial but increasingly popular technique called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
The process pumps toxic chemicals and sand into underground rock formations to release trapped gas and oil. It applies lots of pressure and generates lots of polluted waste water. If fracking is not adequately regulated by government -- including public disclosure of the poisonous substances used by drillers -- it threatens groundwater, streams, air quality, and public health.
http://www.toledoblade.com/Editorials/2011/11/13/Fracking-for-dollars.html
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Voters Decisively Reject Issue 2; Leaders Reflect on Next Step
Hannah Report 11/9/11
It was a mixed message sent by voters. But what kind of message was it? And will that message reverberate into 2012 elections?
All sides of Issue 2, the referendum on collective bargaining bill SB5 (Jones), and Issue 3, the Healthcare Freedom amendment, reflected on what Tuesday's results could mean going into next year.
Ohio voters handily defeated Issue 2 Tuesday night, turning back Republicans' attempt to overhaul public-employee collective bargaining and diminish unions' power. They also easily passed Issue 3, weighing in on the Affordable Care Act, which opponents have dubbed "Obamacare."
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It was a mixed message sent by voters. But what kind of message was it? And will that message reverberate into 2012 elections?
All sides of Issue 2, the referendum on collective bargaining bill SB5 (Jones), and Issue 3, the Healthcare Freedom amendment, reflected on what Tuesday's results could mean going into next year.
Ohio voters handily defeated Issue 2 Tuesday night, turning back Republicans' attempt to overhaul public-employee collective bargaining and diminish unions' power. They also easily passed Issue 3, weighing in on the Affordable Care Act, which opponents have dubbed "Obamacare."
http://www.hannah.com/DesktopDefaultPublic.aspx?type=hns&id=187691
Huffman Says Congressional Compromise Must Be Finished Next Week
Hannah Report 11/9/11
Republicans and Democrats said Wednesday they're still talking about a compromise congressional map, but Rep. Matt Huffman (R-Lima), whose HB369 is the current vehicle for debate on redistricting, said next week is the practical deadline to reach a deal to avoid a referendum.
Huffman said after a hearing of the House Rules and Reference Committee that, with a Dec. 7 primary-election filing deadline on the near horizon, candidates for Congress will need to know district lines by next week to gather sufficient signatures to make the ballot.
Wednesday's committee hearing on HB369 covered familiar territory, with Huffman and Democratic lawmakers sparring on what constitutes competitiveness and the effects of splitting communities among multiple districts.
http://www.hannah.com/DesktopDefaultPublic.aspx?type=hns&id=187697
Republicans and Democrats said Wednesday they're still talking about a compromise congressional map, but Rep. Matt Huffman (R-Lima), whose HB369 is the current vehicle for debate on redistricting, said next week is the practical deadline to reach a deal to avoid a referendum.
Huffman said after a hearing of the House Rules and Reference Committee that, with a Dec. 7 primary-election filing deadline on the near horizon, candidates for Congress will need to know district lines by next week to gather sufficient signatures to make the ballot.
Wednesday's committee hearing on HB369 covered familiar territory, with Huffman and Democratic lawmakers sparring on what constitutes competitiveness and the effects of splitting communities among multiple districts.
http://www.hannah.com/DesktopDefaultPublic.aspx?type=hns&id=187697
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