Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Ohio Senate taking up second temp budget - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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The Republican-controlled Senate is set to take up House Bill 245 on The legislation covers state operations from Wednesday througgJuly 14. Strickland last week signed a firstf temporary budget thatexpires Tuesday. The interinm budget is in place as Stricklandx and Senate Republicans remain at an impasswe on a proposal the governor offered up more than two weeks ago to help pluga $3.2 billion budget hole by installing video lottery terminals at the state’sx seven horse racing tracks. Republicans have said the part of a larger budget framework to balancethe two-yearr budget that began last Wednesday, is shorft on details.
Strickland on Monday reiteratecd his stance that the stalled talkz are little morethan “partisan political The Senate has been holding hearingzs in an effort to garner more detailsx on the slots proposal, while the Democrat-controlleed House of Representatives has initiated hearings on the potential effecft of more cuts in the absencre of the projected $933 million in slots revenue.

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