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Multiple media outlets report that a coalition seeking a referendum to overturn the law submitted about 3,000 petition signatures to state officials on Monday. At least 1,000 valid signatures are needed before the bipartisan coalition can move forward with collecting more than 230,000 valid signatures by June 30 to put a statewide issue on the ballot in November.
As union groups on Monday took the first step to blocking Ohio's controversial new collective bargaining law, Gov. John Kasich's administration released its fiscal analysis of the measure, claiming it will save state and local governments almost $1.3 billion a year.
The fiscal analysis of the law, which was known as Senate Bill 5, was done by officials in Kasich's Department of Administrative Services (DAS).
State Reps. Mike Foley, D-Cleveland - a Dayton native - and Robert Hagan, D-Youngstown, announced plans to introduce legislation to allow Ohioans to recall statewide, nonjudicial officeholders, including the governor, and members of the legislature.
April 8, 2011