• Senate Bill 5 on the Verge of Final Passage

  By ANDREW ZUCKER | 03/30/2011 12:19 am | no comments
   

  Republicans voted Senate Bill 5 (SB-5), the controversial bill that will end most collective bargaining rights for public...

   

• Senate Bill 5 Likely Headed to the Ballot Box

  By ANDREW ZUCKER | 03/08/2011 1:43 am | no comments
   

  Thousands of activists protest Ohio Senate Bill 5 at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011 | PHOTO...

   

• Athens City Council Denounces SB-5

  By KATE IRBY | 03/08/2011 1:33 am | no comments

  On Monday, Athens City Council voted unanimously in support of a resolution to call on the Ohio House of Representatives...

   

• ‘Stand up, Fight Back’ — Students, Workers Protest Budget Cuts, SB-5

  By ANDREW ZUCKER & ANNA RUMER | 03/05/2011 1:46 am | 4 comments
   

  Zachary Fulton protests cuts to education at the Defend Education Ohio rally on College Green Saturday, March 4 | PHOTO Annie...

   

• Wisconsin Gov. Issues Arrest Warrants for Democratic Sens., Threatens Lay-offs

  By FRANK BUMB | 03/03/2011 10:08 pm | 11 comments
   

  A day after the Ohio Senate passed a bill weakening collective bargaining rights, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed state...

   

• Athens Sen. Stewart Casts Deciding Vote for SB-5

  By ANDREW ZUCKER | 03/03/2011 3:55 am | 9 comments
   

  The Ohio Senate passed Senate Bill 5 (SB-5) Wednesday, which would drastically overhaul the state’s 27-year law allowing...

   

• States Target Social Programs, Education, State Workers

  By FRANK BUMB | 03/02/2011 3:09 am | no comments
   

  While Congress and the White House clash over the federal budget, state governments are cutting social programs, education...

   

• Stewart Refuses a Position on Ohio Bill to End Collective Bargaining

  By ANDREW ZUCKER | 03/01/2011 4:42 am | 5 comments
   

  On the eve of a final committee hearing on Ohio Senate Bill 5 (SB-5), State Sen. Jimmy Stewart met with more than 30 public...

   

• Ohio Senate Republicans to Amend SB-5, Drop Complete Ban on Collective Bargaining

  By ANDREW ZUCKER | 02/23/2011 8:30 pm | 4 comments

  After days of protests at the Ohio Statehouse, Republican legislators in Ohio’s senate announced Wednesday that they plan...

   

• Thousands Protest Senate Bill 5

  By BRADLEY EVANS | 02/23/2011 7:18 pm | 1 comment
   

  More than 5,000 union supporters crowded the Ohio Statehouse Tuesday in one of the largest protests of Senate Bill 5 (SB-5)...