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State GOP Leaders Want Borges’ Tax Issues Resolved By Friday
Matt Borges, pictured here with 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney, says his tax problems came after a home sale was improperly reported as income.
Elected officials who signed a letter endorsing Matthew Borges as the next chairman of the Ohio Republican Party have asked him to resolve and explain the tax liens he’s accrued before Friday’s election.
Task Force Issues Recommendations On Child Welfare System
DeWine's office held child safety summits in the state following a rash of deaths among children whom the system failed.
A new report says Ohio should reduce the number of times a child enters and exits the foster care system and give foster parents more input into court proceedings involving the children in their care.
State Health Officials Tell Hospitals To Shelve Rape Kits
DeWine declined to blame the problem on the non-profit employing developmentally disabled people. He called it an issue of "poor supervision."
Attorney General Mike DeWine says investigators noticed a problem with the kits from Pickaway Diversified Industries when several kits from obviously-unrelated cases tested positive for the same DNA.
AG Mike DeWine: System Failure Led To Deadly Police Chase
Attorney General Mike DeWine says a lack of supervision and a failure of the system led to Cleveland police shooting in November in which 137 bullets were fired.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine says lack of proper supervision and failures in the system led to a chaotic November police chase in Cleveland with 13 officers firing 137 rounds, killing two people.
Some Parents Troubled Schools Yet to Give AG Safety Plans
Twelve Franklin County schools still have not submitted safety plans to the Ohio Attorney General.
Ohio schools are required by law to have a safety plan, and it’s supposed to be submitted to the state attorney general’s office. But some Franklin County schools still have no plan on file. WOSU reports some parents are troubled by administrators’ inaction.
Lawmakers Balk At Crackdown On Internet Cafes
Some state lawmakers want to put more regulation on internet cafes, or sweepstakes cafes, like this one on Alum Creek Drive. Cafe operators say they pay sales tax and the industry employs thousands of workers.
State senators have decided to block a House-passed proposal that would have regulated so-called internet cafes or sweepstakes stores so tightly, many might go out of business. But the measure could resurface.
Attorney General Says Ohio Child Wefare System Needs Upgrade
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine says children are often returned to their biological parents when they should be candidates for permanent adoption.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has released the results of a year-long investigation into the state of the child welfare system in Ohio.
State Looking For “Robo-Signing” Victims
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is sending forms to more than 64,000 Ohioans who may have been wrongly foreclosed upon.
More than 64,000 Ohioans are getting forms in the mail that could help them get at least $840, and probably more, from a settlement with the nation’s five largest mortgage companies.
DeWine: No Vote On Liquor Issue Would Invalidate Existing Licenses
Mike DeWine's office says if the liquor issue is voted down, that vote would invalidate existing liquor licenses in the proposed entertainment district.
Voters in Upper Arlington are nearing a November vote on expanding liquor licenses to establish an entertainment district. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine now says a “no” vote would invalidate existing liquor licenses in the proposed development.
Commentary: Romney Could Learn From Ohio’s Millionnaire Pols
GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney greets a voter.
This week’s Republican Convention is Mitt Romney’s best chance to re-introduce himself to American voters. WOSU Commentator Bill Hershey says Romney should look to some Ohio pols for tips on how to do it.
