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"Let's stop talking, and let's start doing," Kasich, a Republican elected last year, told a joint session of the Legislature on Tuesday. "Let's start pushing, because if we push and we work together, we're going to save the state. I have no doubt."
2. Update on Collective Bargaining Overhaul
Ohio's bill goes farther than Wisconsin's, prohibiting collective bargaining for 42,000 state workers plus 19,500 college system workers. For local governments, bargaining with unions representing some 300,000 workers including police, firefighters, and public school teachers, the bill takes healthcare and some other benefits out of the negotiating process. It denies them the right to strike.
3. Nursing Homes Face Big Changes
In characteristically blunt language, Kasich, a Republican, pledged to rein in the powerful nursing home industry, whose lobbyists and campaign contributions have helped it preserve a big piece of the Medicaid pie.
"If your mom and dad want to stay home instead of going to a nursing home, we should help make that happen," he said. "Taxpayers will save a bundle of money. This has been discussed for decades. It's time to get this done."
4. Trying Times for Jim Tressel
The head of a law firm that helps schools deal with the NCAA said the Ohio State punishment of Jim Tressel appears lenient.
Michael Buckner spoke with The Columbus Dispatch and offered his analysis of the two-game suspension and $250,000 fine given to Tressel by the school for failing to reveal information about possible violation by two of his players.
5. Bob Evans Relocation Controversy
Bob Evans Farms is moving outside of Columbus, and city officials aren't pleased.
The Columbus-based restaurant chain and food manufacturer said New Albany will become home to its corporate headquarters and the 350 jobs that go with it. The new location is in the area of St. Rt 161 and Beech Road in Licking County and is expected to open in 2013.
The company's choice has Columbus leaders angry and feeling duped, said Dan Williamson, a spokesman for Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman
March 11, 2011