Supreme Court to rehear Ohio collective bargaining case
The Ohio Supreme Court voted 4 3 to reconsider its November ruling striking down parts of the public employee collective bargaining law. Justice Resnick led the expansion with Justices Douglas Sweeney and Brown, reversing the prior decision that deemed binding arbitration for impasses unconstitutional. The court had previously denied the union’s request for rehearing.
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Supreme Court
Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Alice Robie Resnick
Ralph Locher
Resnick
Andy Douglas
A. William Sweeney
Herbert Brown
Rocky River Firefighters Association Local 695
Rocky River
Douglas
Sweeney
Brown
Locher
Thomas Moyer
Robert Holmes
Craig Wright
Union
Old Court
Ridgeville plans to shift pupils to ease crowding
Ridgeville schools will unveil a redistricting plan at a Monday night board meeting aimed at reassigning students to better use elementary classrooms and other facilities. Details on numbers are withheld. plan not to be implemented before next year.
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North Ridgeville
Wilcox
Larry Bowersox
Fields-Sweet
Joseph Dudek
Bowersox
Ames Dept Store Set to Open Friday in Oberlin
Ames department store at routes 52 and 20 in Oberlin will open at 9 a.m. Friday after settling annexation disputes with the city. Manager Doug Bone says the store will draw traffic to downtown and employ 65 to 70 full-time workers, with Ames paying 31 131 to tap Oberlin’s sewer line.
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Ames Department Store
Oberlin
Oberlin Planning Commission
Ames
Doug Bone
Pittsfield Township
Ohio voters reject most school issues in special election
In Ohio a special election saw only 18 of 44 school issues approved, a 40.9 percent pass rate. Officials cite tax resistance and fixed incomes as factors, while 14 districts secured Emergency School Advancement Fund loans as a last resort. Separately, Lorain County Judge Edward Zaleski judged a regional ABA mock trial at Akron.
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Franklin B. Walter
Walter
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Edward Zaleski
Zaleski
Akron
American Bar Association
Law School
Summit County
University of Akron
School of Law
Michael [Lner
Lorain County
John Falencki
Amherst council halts noise after reporter’s hearing aid blamed
Amherst City Council meetings were disrupted by a shrill whistle from a reporter’s failing hearing aid. Mayor Jaworski and Councilman Glowack traced the sound to the device, and the nuisance ended after the reporter planned a battery replacement.
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Amherst
Council
John Jaworski
Ken Glowack
FBI restructuring eyed as Elyria office may close
The Elyria FBI field office could be shut as part of a nationwide consolidation. William Branon says several northeastern Ohio offices are being reviewed for effectiveness with no closing decisions yet. A nationwide decision authority lies at Washington, with a possible Ohio impact in next month’s timeframe. The Elyria office has existed over 30 years with current regular staff by Agent Dean Winslow.
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Cleveland
William D. Branon
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Branon
Washington D.C
Sandusky
Lima
Teledo
Akron
Canton
Youngstown Painesville
Mansfield
Dean Winslow
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