Posts Tagged John Kasich

Ohio’s increasingly unpopular governor admits he doesn’t read newspapers, hates bad news

By | 11.28.11 | 6:36 pm

In a speech delivered Monday at the Columbus College of Art & Design, Ohio Gov. John Kasich More… reaffirmed his disdain for the press. “You should know, I don’t read newspapers in the state of Ohio,” he said. “Very rarely do I read a newspaper.”

Herman Cain: With SB5, Ohio GOP ‘may have tried to get too much’

By | 11.14.11 | 6:14 pm

After spending at least a month “right in the corner of (Wis.) Gov. Scott Walker 100 percent,” Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain told Milwaukee’s Journal Sentinel today that Ohio’s Senate Bill 5 More…, a wide-ranging anti-collective-bargaining bill that was trounced at the polls on Tuesday, may have been an overreach.

Following SB5 vote, GOP and Dems begin decoding Ohio voters ahead of 2012

By | 11.11.11 | 5:49 pm

After the rejection of Ohio’s union-busting law, Senate Bill 5 More…, on Tuesday, Democrats and media alike are crowing the results as good news for 2012, while Republicans have wasted no time rolling out their next attack on unions in the state.

New Ohio law restricts access to judicial bypass of abortion notification

By Ashley Lopez | 11.11.11 | 3:48 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Ohio, much like Florida, now has a law on the books making it more difficult for young women to access a bypass of the state’s parental notification for abortion law. More…

Accessible judicial bypass provisions provide young women with an effective way to bypass the law if they fear they will

Election Day had both liberal and conservative victories

By Andrew Duffelmeyer | 11.11.11 | 11:04 am | More from The Minnesota Independent

Democrats and liberals can claim some significant victories in Ohio, Mississippi and elsewhere after the Nov. 8 elections, political watchers say, but the message overall was a mixed one as Republicans saw some victories as well. More…

Undeterred after SB5 defeat, Ohio conservative group pledges to put right-to-work measure on 2012 ballot

By Dustin Ensinger | 11.10.11 | 4:12 pm

Fresh off a resounding loss More… on a ballot measure that would have severely restricted the collective bargaining rights of Ohio’s public employees, conservatives are now trying to take on unionized employees in the private sector, too.

After SB5 defeat and budget that cuts funds to localities, Kasich warns against cities asking for state to ‘bail them out’

By | 11.09.11 | 7:12 pm

After voters felled More… Ohio Governor John Kasich’s signature anti-collective-bargaining law yesterday, he responded with an assurance that the state wasn’t going to pony up any new cash to help struggling cities.

Ohio voters reject anti-collective-bargaining law

By | 11.09.11 | 11:57 am

Ohio voters dealt a withering blow to Governor John Kasich as 82 of 88 counties voted to repeal his signature legislation, an anti-collective-bargaining bill, through a citizens’ veto last night. More…