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GOP Infighting In Key States Imperils Health Care For The Poor

2013-04-30T11:47:40Z

Conservative Republican governors Jan Brewer of Arizona, Rick Scott of Florida and John Kasich of Ohio are battling with their own party members over ...

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Condemned Baby Killer Will Get No Mercy From Ohio Governor

2013-04-17T22:52:32Z

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Gov. John Kasich on Wednesday rejected a plea for mercy by a condemned man who says he intended to rape his girlfriend's 6-month-old...

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Nicholas Johnson: Four Governors Whose Radical Tax Plans Have Taken a Beating (and Why They're Not Giving Up Yet)

2013-04-12T11:46:25Z

The hurdles that Governors Jindal, Kasich, Fallin, and Heineman encountered in their own states and with their own allies do suggest that there may be a bit less appetite for radical tax change in the states than it seemed a month or two ago.

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Private Prison Company Replaces Warden At Facility Plagued By Violence, Drugs

2013-03-27T17:19:12Z

The corporate owner of a 1,700-bed private prison in Ohio has replaced its current warden after the state documented widespread gang-related violence ...

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GOP Hedges Its Objections On Touchy Topic

2013-03-24T13:58:44Z

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Given the choice of whether to expand Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health care law, many Republican governors and la...

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Robert J. Elisberg: Oops, They Said It Again

2013-03-22T13:30:05Z

Maybe Republican politicians see that Mitt Romney got the be their party's presidential nominee by changing his positions more often than a yoga instructor, so maybe it could work for them, too. Who knows?

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Republican Governor Makes Quick Reversal On Civil Unions

2013-03-22T09:59:01Z

Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) seemingly endorsed civil unions for same-sex couples on Wednesday, only to backtrack Thursday, saying he used the term "loos...

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'Who Was Going To Die First': Damning Report Reveals Violence, Drug Use At Ohio Private Prison

2013-03-22T07:56:38Z

A new report detailing a state inspection of a private prison in Ohio describes gang-related violence so commonplace and drug use so rampant that many...

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Republican Governor Faces Wrath Of Tea Party

2013-03-11T17:13:48Z

Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) has gone from being a favorite of the tea party to being the target of one of its protests.

The Cincinnati Tea Party sai...

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Ohio Governor Draws Opponent For 2014 Race

2013-03-11T13:50:57Z

Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald (D) confirmed months of speculation Monday and announced the first step in a campaign to unseat Ohio Gov. John...

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Kasich Issues Big Rejection

2013-02-28T18:21:39Z

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Associated Press) -- A condemned killer's plea for mercy was rejected by Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Thursday, less than a week before he...

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Governors Across The Country, It's Time To Shine

2013-02-22T18:07:25Z

WASHINGTON — For governors with national ambitions, this is pad – and promote – your record time.

Republicans Bobby Jindal of Louis...

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This GOP Governor Openly Used Faith In Medicaid Expansion Bid

2013-02-22T16:28:20Z

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio Gov. John Kasich isn't just highlighting dollars to persuade state lawmakers to support extending Medicaid coverage to thousand...

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Ronnie Musgrove: The 'Price' of Health Care

2013-02-20T12:45:19Z

Some governors are demonstrating that one-time critics of Obamacare can, and should, be willing to take another look at the impact Medicaid expansion will have on their state's budget -- and their constituents who may fall ill at some time in their lives -- in the face of a health care crisis.

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Kasich Gets Mixed Reviews

2013-02-17T23:00:34Z

Shortly after he was elected governor in November 2010, John Kasich told lobbyists they needed to get on “the bus” now that he was driving it, les...

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GOP Chafes At Kasich Plan

2013-02-15T11:24:54Z

Fellow conservatives in the House slammed Gov. John Kasich’s plan to expand the tax-funded Medicaid program, saying yesterday that it is a bad deal ...

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Ohio University Considers Guaranteed Tuition Rate

2013-02-11T16:50:50Z

Ohio University is considering implementing a guaranteed tuition rate that would protect students from tuition increases during their four-year underg...

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Ethan Rome: The Dishonorable Republicans

2013-02-07T17:23:48Z

While Republican governors like Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and Rick Perry of Texas play games with people's lives to throw red meat to the extremists in their party, Kasich and the a growing number of GOP governors put the needs of their state before their political party.

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Another GOP Governor Rejects Health Coverage For Poor People

2013-02-05T14:34:24Z

Pennsylvania won't make Medicaid available to more of its poor residents, Gov. Tom Corbett (R) told state legislators during his budget address Tuesda...

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Ohio's GOP Governor Supports Major Obamacare Expansion

2013-02-04T13:53:50Z

Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R), who opposed President Barack Obama's health care reform law, wants to take advantage of Obamacare funding to expand his sta...

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Inmates At Private Prison Forced To Defecate In Plastic Bags

2013-02-02T09:54:22Z

When a private prison corporation paid Ohio $72.7 million in 2011 to purchase one of the state's facilities, the company touted the deal as a "groundb...

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Joy Resmovits: Ed Today: Voucher Expansion Proposed By Ohio Gov. Kasich

2013-02-01T06:28:33Z

Vouchers To Grow In Ohio? In Ohio, Gov. John Kasich's (R) budget plan would reduce funding gaps between wealthy and poor public school districts and also create a new voucher program, reports the Columbus Dispatch. The new vouchers would give about $4,250 a year toward private-school tuition to any kindergartener whose family is making less than 200 percent of the poverty line. The next year, Kasich would expand the program to include first graders. While an existing scholarship plan currently does something similar for 15,702 students, a full 1.8 million students would qualify for the new plan's income requirements The budget plan includes a 6 percent overall school funding increase the following year, and then 3.2 percent more the next year.

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Joy Resmovits: Ed Today: Scott Walker Wants Merit Pay, Arizona School Funding Screwup

2013-01-29T07:27:35Z

Scott Walker-Style Merit Pay? Speaking at a Friday convention, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) said he wants the state to begin a program that would pay partially teachers in accordance with their ratings, reports the Badger Herald. "One of the things we're looking to do going forward is to put additional resources into public education over the next two years in this budget in a variety of different ways is in part ... put money behind performance," Walker said. "How can we provide an incentive bonus?"

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Can John Kasich Survive In Ohio?

2013-01-09T09:34:26Z

There will be no rematch next year between Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) and former governor Ted Strickland (D), after Strickland announced Tuesday that h...

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Former Governor Makes Big Decision

2013-01-08T10:49:10Z

Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland (D) will not run for his old job in 2014.

Strickland announced Tuesday morning that he would not challenge Gov. Joh...

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