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Feb 3, 2011
WASHINGTON Sen. Sherrod Brown is expected to be named chairman of a key banking subcommittee, one that has jurisdiction over the nation's banks, insurance companies, credit unions and thrifts. By heading the Senate Banking Committee's subcommittee on financial institutions, Brown, D-Ohio, will chair a panel that has considerable impact in the Buckeye State. Brown's appointment, [...]
Feb 1, 2011
COLUMBUS- Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern extended his congratulations to the city of Charlotte, North Carolina for being selected as host of the Democratic National Convention. Cleveland was among four finalists that included Charlotte, St. Louis and Minneapolis. The convention will be held during the week of September 3rd, 2012. “I am grateful to [...]
Jan 28, 2011
COLUMBUS- Ohio Democratic Party Executive Director Doug Kelly said Gov. John Kasich should enroll in diversity and sensitivity training classes. “Kasich walked into a room of African-American state senators, started shouting and said “I don’t need your people,” Kelly said. Refusing to explain his comment, Kasich had his spokesman tell the media that “by your [...]
Jan 28, 2011
An Ohio lawmaker is accusing the state’s new governor of saying he doesn’t “need” African-Americans. “I don’t need your people,” state Sen. Nina Turner said Republican Gov. John Kasich told her when she offered her help in building a racially diverse cabinet. All 22 of Kasich’s appointees since he took office Jan. 10 have been [...]
Jan 27, 2011
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov. John Kasich's selections to head his cabinet agencies are nearly in, but none of them are minorities.Members of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus said Thursday they were patient during the transition, but that patience is now wearing thin, reported ONN's Jim Heath. State Sen. Nina Turner said Kasich told her "I [...]
Jan 27, 2011
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Black state lawmakers on Thursday demanded Ohio Gov. John Kasich appoint minorities to his Cabinet – even if it means booting out some of his current picks. The appointees to the new Republican governor’s Cabinet so far are all white, a first for the state since 1962. On Thursday, the president of the Ohio [...]
Jan 26, 2011
COLUMBUS – Challenged to stand up for taxpayers and transparency, Ohio's new Auditor of State, David Yost, today took the opposite path. "Incredibly, the new Auditor of State defended a bill that attempts to strip his office from the standard process of required regular audits of the economic development operations of the state of Ohio,” [...]
Jan 25, 2011
COLUMBUS – Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern said he wouldn’t wish Mike DeWine’s health insurance plan for injured Ohioans upon his worst enemies. Shortly after taking office as attorney general, DeWine announced he would join a lawsuit to overturn Pres. Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act that extends health insurance coverage to children, the elderly [...]
Jan 25, 2011
Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern and David Pepper, former candidate for state auditor, are calling on State Auditor David Yost to examine Gov. John Kasich’s privatized Ohio Department of Development. “State Auditor David Yost assured voters he would serve independently, and stand up for accountability and transparency in government regardless of party. Yost should [...]
Jan 25, 2011
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The state's new nonprofit JobsOhio panel aimed at spurring economic development would operate in private, according to language of a bill released today. The nonprofit corporation's "board of directors" or "any committee thereof" or "any subsidiary" would be exempt from Ohio's open records law, under the bill, known as House Bill 1. [...]
