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Ohio Legislators To Vote On New Drilling Rules

Rules regulating oil and gas well construction, water handling, and the disclosure of chemicals used in drilling were ready to clear their final legislative hurdles Thursday and head to Gov. John Kasich.

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John Kasich, Ohio Governor, Signs Bill To Get Rid Of Controversial Election Law

Ohio's Republican governor signed legislation Tuesday to get rid of a contentious new election law that Democrats and others have been trying to get voters in the presidential battleground state to overturn.

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John Kasich, Ohio Governor, Fights GOP Over Proposed Education Reforms

Gov. John Kasich fought back against Senate Republicans' changes to his third-grade reading guarantee this morning, arguing they would "weaken efforts to improve education for Ohio's children."

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John Kasich Jabs At Renewable-Energy Lobby

Gov. John Kasich yesterday offered his most-passionate defense of his proposal to include cogeneration as an acceptable form of renewable energy in Ohio. He did it by singling out wind- and solar-power lobbyists during yet another energy summit, this one hosted by the Washington-based newspaper The Hill at the Sheraton...

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Future Of Ohio's Oil And Gas Taxes Debated

Ohio state officials and the oil and gas industry are painting radically different pictures as they lobby lawmakers to support or oppose Gov. John Kasich's proposal to raise the state severance tax and reduce personal income taxes.

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06/01/12 Q&A: Details on Ohio's texting ban, new teen rules Source: The News-Herald - Willoughby OH Drivers in Ohio are banned from reading, writing and sending text messages from behind the wheel under a bill Gov. John Kasich signed into law Friday.
06/01/12 UPDATE: Kasich Signs Texting While Driving Ban Source: FOX - FOX 17/62 WKBN - Youngstown OH The family of a Mahoning County man killed by a driver who was texting is calling a ban on texting while driving a good first start.
06/01/12 Governor Kasich touts energy bill at Yankee Lake Source: NBC - NBC 21 WFMJ - Youngstown OH BROOKFIELD, Ohio- Touting the "toughest regulations in America," Governor John Kasich claims Ohio's new Energy Bill strikes the balance between economic development and accountability in safety.
06/01/12 Will Brewing Corruption Scandals in Ohio Have an... Source: Alternet.org Ohio governor John Kasich has taken some hits since his election in 2010's Tea Party wave; the most famous was the "Citizen's Veto" of his anti-union legislation. 313,000 more people voted to overturn the law than had voted for Kasich himself a year earlierâand that was in an off year, with no big-ticket candidates on the ballot.
06/01/12 Hagan, Gerberry request judge not be replaced Source: The Vindicator - Youngstown OH Two Democratic state House members are asking Gov. John Kasich not to fill the soon-to-be-vacant position of retiring Youngstown Municipal Court Judge Robert A. Douglas Jr. State Reps. Robert F. Hagan of Youngstown, D-60th, and Ronald V. Gerberry of Austintown, D-59th, wrote a letter Thursday to the Republican governor asking him to "refrain" from filling the seat and to "express support for reconfiguring [Mahoning] County's lower courts to use taxpayer resources more judiciously."

Background on john kasich

John Richard Kasich (; born May 13, 1952) is the 69th and current Governor of Ohio. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing from 1983 to 2001. He was a commentator on Fox News Channel, hosting Heartland with John Kasich, from 2001 to 2007.

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