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EXCLUSIVE: Lawmakers looking at scaled-back tax cuts
Update 4:48 p.m. Rep. Ron Amstutz, R-Wooster, confirmed that smaller versions of both the House and Senate tax cuts are likely to make their way into the final General Assembly budget. The budget conference committee of Ohio House and Senate leaders,...
Posted: 6/18/2013 4:48 PM
Council candidate kicks off neighborhood tour
Cincinnati City Council candidate Kevin Johnson is kicking off his tour of Cincinnati’s 52 neighborhoods starting today in Avondale. Johnson, who was raised in Avondale and lives in the West End, plans on visiting all of Cincinnati’s neighborhoods as...
Posted: 6/18/2013 1:39 PM
City signing parking lease?
UPDATE 3:15 pm.: There’s another new parking motion now. Council members Pamula Thomas and Charlie Winburn want council to “instruct the City Manager to evaluate the decision of the court regarding the parking plan and report back in two weeks, to Council...
Posted: 6/18/2013 1:24 PM
Cincy tea party activists to speak at DC rally
Organized by the Tea Party Patriots, the “Audit the IRS rally” comes amid the unfolding scandal over the tax agency’s targeting of conservative groups. Justin Binik-Thomas, a founding member of the Cincinnati Tea Party, and George Brunemann, leader of...
Posted: 6/18/2013 11:26 AM
EXCLUSIVE: Source: Lawmakers looking at scaled-back tax cuts
Update 4:48 p.m. Rep. Ron Amstutz, R-Wooster, confirmed that smaller versions of both the House and Senate tax cuts are likely to make their way into the final General Assembly budget. The budget conference committee of Ohio House and Senate leaders,...
Posted: 6/17/2013 9:30 PM
Berns requests GOP endorsement, none given
UPDATE, 11 a.m. June 18: Hamilton County Republican party chairman Alex Triantafilou responded to Libertarian Jim Berns’ request for the GOP mayoral endorsement. “Mr. Berns request to be endorsed has made its way to media outlets before it has come to...
Posted: 6/17/2013 4:56 PM
Some council members still hoping to fight parking lease
A majority of Cincinnati City Council members don’t like the proposed lease of the city’s parking meters, lots and garages. But it doesn’t appear there’s much council members can do to stop it. Five of them signed a motion to repeal the lease, which would...
Posted: 6/17/2013 3:40 PM
Ohio bill would require ultrasound before abortion
Women seeking an abortion in Ohio would have to wait longer to undergo the procedure and listen to their doctors describe all of the fetus’ “relevant features” under a measure being considered by state lawmakers. The Republican-led Legislature’s most...
Posted: 6/17/2013 12:44 PM
Chesley suspended from practicing before Supreme Court
Disbarred Cincinnati lawyer Stan Chesley was suspended from practicing law before the U.S. Supreme Court today. In an order issued on Monday, the justices said Chesley would be required to “show cause why he should not be disbarred” from practicing before...
Posted: 6/17/2013 11:30 AM
GOP endorses council, other candidates
Hamilton County Republicans’ Executive Committee has made some endorsements for the fall election: Cincinnati City Council: Charlie Winburn, Amy Murray, Sam Malone, Melissa Wegman. Municipal Court: Megan Shanahan, Heather Russell, Richard Bernat, Melissa...
Posted: 6/17/2013 11:16 AM
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