Kasich Pushes Tax Reform Amid Severance Tax Debate
Ohio Governor Kasich frames overhaul to close loopholes and cut income taxes, while backing a severance tax on oil and gas drillers though the plan stalls in the Legislature. He cites high tax burden and seeks reform, with objections from industry groups and farmers. The discussion recalls Taft's 2005 overhaul as a reference point.
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John Kasich
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Bob Taft
Tom Stewart
Ohio Oil and Gas Association
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Asian carp DNA found in Lake Erie's Sandusky Bay
DNA from bighead and silver carp detected in Lake Erie water samples collected last August by researchers from Notre Dame Central Michigan University and The Nature Conservancy. Findings raise concern of an actual carp presence though counts and entry routes remain unknown.
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Chris Jerde
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Convicted child killer seeks new trial
Lorain man Charles Scooby Brassfield asks for a new trial on involuntary manslaughter and child endangering in the 2010 death of his girlfriend’s 8 month old daughter. Judge Mark Bedleski will rule in two weeks after a Friday hearing. Prosecutors oppose the new trial on those counts but seek a retry on murder felonious assault and child endangering where jurors deadlocked after 21 hours of deliberation.
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Charles “Scooby
Brassfield
Lorain
Lorain County Common Pleas
Mark Bedleski
Michael Feldman
Prosecutors push to keep judge on Jalowiec case
Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Christopher Rothgery faces efforts to remove him from the capital murder case of Stanley Jalowiec. Jalowiec seeks a new trial amid claims of police and prosecutorial misconduct and because Rothgery once represented a key witness in a 1996 trial.
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Lorain County Common Pleas
Christopher Rothgery
Stanley Jalowiec
Jalowiec
Ronald Lally
Cleveland
Raymond Smith
Daniel Smith
Michael Smith
Rothgery
Carl Hartman
Lally
Hartman
Smith
Stan
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