John Kasich

Ohio's battle to suppress Lake Erie's harmful algae has government and farmer buy-in. But it needs more money and regulation, a panel told state budget crafters Wednesday. The lake's record 2011 algal bloom was fed largely by farm fertilizers,...

Honda, which employs 2,700 people from the Dayton-Springfield area, will invest $70 million in Ohio and transfer 100 current employees to build a new high-end sports car in Marysville. The company hosted media and government officials Tuesday in what...

Nearly 70 public employers in Clark and Champaign counties could see a combined $1.8 million refund on their 2011 Bureau of Worker's Compensation premiums -- and could see a 4 percent reduction in future rates -- if a proposal is passed later this month....

The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation is poised to return $2.89 million to 76 entities in Lake and Geauga counties as part of a proposed $1 billion rebate plan offered last week by Gov. John Kasich and BWC Administrator/CEO Steve Buehrer. In Lake...

The promise that Marvin Thorp says Ohio Turnpike planners made to his grandfather as they carved a right-of-way through the grandfather's farm for the toll road 60 years ago is one the Fayette, Ohio, resident won't soon forget. "It was told to him...

The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation and Gov. John Kasich's office proposed to return more than $1 billion in workers' compensation rebates to 210,000 employers statewide, including an estimated $112 million to municipalities, libraries and schools....

With his trademark wit and bow tie, Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee served as keynote speaker at a gathering of the Rotary Club of Toledo Monday at the Park Inn. Mr. Gee mixed his thoughts on the future of U.S. higher education and humor,...

When the Springfield Port Authority awarded grants last month to a food bank, the new ice rink and for a statue of world boxing champion Davey Moore, it pushed the total the port authority has paid for local projects to near $1 million. "Good, bad or...

Originally from Dispatch Politics The founder of one of the nation's largest political-advertising firms has sued the former president of his company for allegedly stealing proprietary information in an attempt to start a new firm or gain employment...

Embattled Franklin County Municipal Court Judge Harland H. Hale announced yesterday that he will retire on May 24 after a decade on the bench. The announcement comes one week after the Ohio Supreme Court disciplinary counsel filed a complaint against...

A hearing on Wednesday in the Ohio Senate Finance Education Subcommittee on early childhood education and the state budget was in equal parts encouraging and disturbing. The encouragement springs from what is known about childhood development and the...

Ohio voters approved 60 percent of 137 local tax requests for schools on Tuesday. With legislators contemplating more changes to how Ohio funds schools and uncertainty about state aid the new normal for districts, the passage rate was 2 points higher...