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JB Hamlin & Company
The JBH & Co. newsreel will keep you up to date on developments that affect Ohio’s state agencies and your business interests, your place for tweets, posts and our perspectives on the governmental environment in Ohio.
Governor’s Race Taking Shape
Fresh off of the heels of the presidential election, unsurprisingly, the focus of the news media turns again to Ohio. Of course this is a race that matters. And of course it will retain the attention of the national media. But it doesn’t begin, in earnest, for at least another few months. Is it too soon for The Washington Post to put it under a magnifying...
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Kasich Pushes Back Insurance to Feds
As was expected, Ohio Governor John Kasich has elected to leave administration of the Affordable Care Act in the control of the federal government, citing operating costs and a lack of direction surrounding the new law. According to The Dispatch, the Ohio plans to “leave it to the federal...
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Governor Romney in Cleveland on Tuesday
Underscoring the importance of the Ohio electoral votes, the Republican presidential nominee will visit the Buckeye State one last time on Tuesday, reports The Cleveland Plain Dealer. Get out and vote,...
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Romney Campaign Targets Ohio
The Republican Presidential Nominee’s tour bus is making tracks in our great state, with visits scheduled throughout the week from Cuyahoga Falls to Lebanon to our own Dispatch editorial board yesterday after a stops in Mount Vernon and Sydney. Welcome to swing state life in the fall. Football and...
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Romney Details Infrastructure in PD Interview
Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney took the opportunity of an interview with the Cleveland Plain Dealer to discuss critical infrastructure upgrades to the city’s aging bridges and highways. With Cleveland working to complete some sorely needed upgrades, the issue is extremely important for many Northeast Ohioans. Do you think the infrastructure issue is fit for presidential...
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Ohio Features Prominently at RNC
Mitt Romney was backed today in Tampa by numerous Ohio officials, including Attorney General Mike DeWine, as well as Ohio Republican Party chairman Bob Bennett, who was quoted as saying, “We need fiscal conservatives, social conservatives, the tea party and a lot of independents to win Ohio.” Ohio – yet again ground zero for this fall’s election, or,...
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JobsOhio Cleared for Takeoff
It seems as if the drawn out legal issues for JobsOhio are behind us, at least according to the 1oth District court of appeals. The court has cleared the way for the transaction that would allow the sale of bonds to fund JobsOhio, and according to Mark Kvamme, everything should be in place by year’s end, giving economic development in Ohio a big boost. More analysis from The Dispatch...
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Romney: Father’s Day in Newark
Mitt Romney held a rally in the central Ohio town city of Newark yesterday, promising to restore American’s “fair shot” if voters put him in charge of the White House in November. Romney the candidate is unabashed about what he believes he can do with the US economy – he promised his policies will lead to an era of prosperity that will “shock the world. I’m convinced that the American people are going to be surprised at just how great this economy is going to be.” Romney was accompanied by Sen. Rob Portman of...
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Battle for Ohio
As the Indians and the Reds get ready to fight the Battle of Ohio in Cincinnati this week, Governor Romney and President Obama thought it would be appropriate to compliment that fanfare with what can only be called the Battle for Ohio – that race for president in this key swing state. Each candidate has appearances scheduled in Ohio this week – Romney in Cincinnati on Wednesday, Brunswick on Sunday, and Obama in Cleveland for an event on Thursday. More details from The Plain Dealer here. Let’s just hope they’re not...
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Discover a Jobs-Ohio Win
The Dispatch reports that central Ohio’s economy got a 162 job boost yesterday thanks to collaborative pursuit from the city, county and state, coordinated by Jobs-Ohio. The facility in New Albany is yet to be built, which will add some temporary jobs to the total that are outside of the tax credit agreement. In New Albany it does pay to...
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