News Source: The Guardian
| about 1 month ago
The governor, Ted Strickland, issued reprieves for two murderers facing imminent execution after a court blocked further attempts to put to death Romell Broom who endured "torture" as nurses repeatedly sought to insert needles into his arms and ankle,...
News Source: The Cleveland Plain Dealer
| about 1 month ago
Ohio — Gov. Ted Strickland on Monday halted executions in Ohio until at least December to give the state more time to review its system of lethal injection. Since the failed execution of Romell Broom on Sept. 15, the Department of Rehabilitation...
News Source: The Columbus Dispatch
| about 1 month ago
A month after Gov. Ted Strickland announced his ill-fated proposal for slot machines at racetracks, his aides were scrambling to figure out how to make it happen. E-mail messages from July 20 and 21 -- about a month after Strickland switched...
News Source: The Columbus Dispatch
| about 1 month ago
Gov. Ted Strickland is making a political pitch for public support for his proposal to balance the state budget by using the delay of a planned income-tax cut, depicting it as the way to protect education from cuts. The governor's re-election...
News Source: The Columbus Dispatch
| about 1 month ago
The top Republican on the House Finance Committee said business groups that are mildly supporting Gov. Ted Strickland's income-tax plan were strong-armed by the administration. "I'm sure there were threats made and pressure put for those groups to...
News Source: The Columbus Dispatch
| about 1 month ago
Senate President Bill Harris fired off a sharply worded letter to the governor yesterday saying that he wants to repeal the racetrack slot-machine language passed as part of the two-year budget in July and open any future slots plan to voters. In a...