A Columbus restaurant can continue to operate dozens of slot-like games for a few more weeks, a judge ruled today.
Judge Harland H. Hale of the Franklin County Municipal Court ordered Spinners Cafe not to add any new Sweepstakes machines, but said the West Side restaurant could continue [...]
This issue opens up an entire can of worms:
The probable Republican nominee for governor said he supports efforts to give Franklin County voters a chance to reject a casino in the Arena District.
Although he did not campaign against the constitutional amendment to permit casinos in the state’s four largest [...]
It may be a good omen for Franklin County Commissioner Paula Brooks: The Democrat has already won a new seat in 2010.
Brooks, who is running against Republican incumbent Pat Tiberi for Ohio's 12th District Congressional seat, was elected this week as president of the County Commissioners'' [...]
Two Franklin County-based organizations are getting money for home-foreclosure counseling from the state's settlement with a mortgage lender accused of improprieties, Attorney General Richard Cordray's office said.
The Columbus Housing Partnership and the Columbus Urban League are among the 14 agencies statewide to share in the $1 million [...]
A resolution that could allow Franklin County to opt out of getting a casino is a starting point in discussions designed to pressure the casino developer to move the planned gambling facility out of the Arena District, the resolution's sponsor said today.
Sen. David Goodman, R-New Albany, said [...]
She is now making the big bucks at the Department of Transportation.
In the Democrat party, voter fraud is quite profitable.
[...]Giving away $3 million isnt so easy.
Franklin County commissioners are eager to cut a check for the last dollars needed to build Columbus Commons, an urban park replacing the dead City Center Mall.
But the grant will have to wait until spring when a legal land description of [...]
Two Franklin County wind and solar energy savings projects are among 25 statewide to share more than $13 million in federal stimulus funds. (See entire list here).
Gov. Ted Strickland, joined by other elected and state officials, announced the grants today in Cleveland at Lincoln Electric, which will receive [...]
Two central Ohio lawmakers, a House Democrat and a Senate Republican, say they are moving ahead on proposals that would give individual counties more oversight over casinos, or even outright reject them.
After 58 percent of Franklin County residents voted against state Issue 3, which will allow the building [...]
This in via email from the office of Ohio House Representative Nancy Garland:
Rep. Nancy Garland Calls for Local Control in Casino Enabling Legislation
COLUMBUS – State Rep. Nancy Garland (D-New Albany) today called for a fair and deliberate process that respects local control, when bringing a casino to Franklin County.
“In [...]
COLUMBUS PUBLIC HEALTH AND FRANKLIN COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH
Thursday, November 19, 2009
MEDIA ADVISORY
WHAT: Community based H1N1 vaccination clinics expand availability to young adults 19 through their 24th year and adults between 25 through 64 years of age with underlying medical conditions
WHO: Franklin County [...]
