Most Columbus elected officials to get 4 percent pay raises in 2018
The Columbus City Council has approved 4 percent raises for nearly all the city’s elected officials in 2018. The 2018 raises, based on recommendations from a new commission, are higher than recent raises given to city employees. But all elected officials except for the mayor will receive only an annual cost-of-living increase of 1.99 percent from 2019 to 2021. The council already has set the mayor’s salary through 2019. It will increase from $172,981 this year to $191,871 by 2019, the equivalen..>> view originalGas drops below $1.30 at some Columbus stations
Chillicothe police said they are investigating claims than an off-duty officer sexually assaulted a woman.>> view originalDrugmakers gearing up for fight on Ohio ballot issue
A fight brewing over an Ohio ballot issue on prescription-drug price controls could dwarf the $24 million spent on last fall’s marijuana legalization campaign. The Ohio Drug Price Relief Act is being challenged in state and federal courts — and it isn’t even close to making the ballot. It would require the state to pay no more for prescription drugs than is paid by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, up to 40 percent lower than other rates. While capping the prices paid by the Ohio Departm..>> view originalCorset maker from Columbus figures in TV series 'Mercy Street'
The intricate handiwork of Larissa Boiwka gets around. It might be shipped to a fashion-forward jet-setter living in Dubai. It might stay in her Olde Towne East neighborhood with a customer seeking something with which to surprise her husband on their anniversary. Or it might end up on an “extra” featured in a music video by rap artist Chamillionaire. Tonight, though, TV viewers can glimpse one of Boiwka’s fashionable garments on a Southern belle-turned-nurse in the premiere of Mercy Street, a ..>> view originalCharter-school sponsors uneasy over Ohio's new evaluations
Some charter-school advocates already are criticizing academic requirements and questioning how much Ohioans will learn from the results of new evaluations of charter sponsors coming this year. The sponsor evaluations were delayed last year after a top Department of Education official illegally excluded the results of large online charter schools, boosting the ratings of some sponsors. State legislators responded by crystallizing the evaluations, and officials hope they become a key tool for in..>> view originalWesterville middle schoolers headed to D.C. for city-designing ...
If Ohio middle-school students have anything to say about it, cities of the future are going to be impressive places to live. And a victorious team from Genoa Middle School in Westerville is taking its vision of a future city to Washington, D.C., in February, when it will vie with teams across the country in the national Future City competition. After not competing for multiple years, Genoa returned to Future City on Saturday and was crowned the state winner. Thirteen middle-school teams from a..>> view originalThree plead guilty in connection to Short North Posse racketeering
Three Columbus men have pleaded guilty in connection with a racketeering case involving the organized criminal enterprise known as the Short North Posse, federal prosecutors said. Allen L. Wright, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy and two counts of murder in aid of racketeering. Tysin L. Gordon, 30, and Freddie K. Johnson, 29, each pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy. The pleas were entered on Friday before U.S. District Judge Algenon L. Marbley in fe..>> view originalAmericans freed by Iran begin journey home
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The latest developments as Iran and world powers implement a landmark deal reached last year to curb Iran's nuclear activities in exchange for the lifting of international sanctions (all times local).10:20 p.m.A Swiss air force plane carrying three Americans released by Iran has landed in Geneva.Swiss Foreign Ministry spokesman Jean-Marc Crevoisier confirmed that the jet that touched down after dark Sunday was the one with the Americans on board. From Geneva, they are to be ..>> view originalCapitol Insider: Should lobbyists' romantic encounters with ...
Think this would fly in Ohio? A Republican state legislator in Missouri has introduced a measure that would define sex between lobbyists and lawmakers or their staff members as a gift that must be reported to the Show Me state’s ethics commission, reports former Dispatch intern Alex Stuckey of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The proposal stemmed from a new ethics push after two scandals last year that led to legislative resignations. Missouri is the only state with no campaign-contribution limits,..>> view originalKasich offers big plans for presidency, but few details
WASHINGTON — Republican Gov. John Kasich has all sorts of ambitious plans should he win the presidency this year. He wants to balance the federal budget within eight years, stabilize a fragile Social Security system, simplify the federal tax code, increase the size of the Navy, and scrub scores of mandates from the 2010 health care law signed by President Barack Obama. Yet even as Kasich has focused on weighty issues while avoiding squabbles with his opponents, the Ohio governor and his aides h..>> view original
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