Friday, March 23, 2012
University trustees already approved spending $170 million on Kent campus facelift
The Ohio House voted Thursday to throw almost $21 million into the pot for Kent State University's renovation plans at its main and regional campuses. The House voted to allocate $20.95 million to Kent State for various renovations and improvements as part of the state's more than $800 million capital appropriations bill. The vote in Columbus follows one by the university trustees earlier this month to issue $170 million in bonds to renovate the main campus as part of a multi-year construction project expected to be under way within a year. The Ohio Senate now must consider the state appropriations bill following today's vote in the House. State Rep. Kathleen Clyde, of Kent, said she was happy to see Kent State get the money for the …
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Kent's representative in the Ohio House talks about the voter reform bill passed Wednesday in Columbus
A leading Ohio Republican called it "a significant move in the right direction to unify our electoral process in the state of Ohio." His Democratic counterpart called it "voter suppression." You most likely know it as the election reform bill — House Bill 194 — and it passed on party lines in the Ohio House Wednesday. Ohio Rep. Robert Mecklenborg, a Republican from Cincinnati, was talking about the elections reform bill when he gave the first quote to the Columbus Dispatch. State Rep. Kathleen Clyde, a Kent resident and representative for the 68th District, gave the critical response. The bill has a number of results, including shortening the early voting period. The Dispatch reported that the Ohio Senate is working on its own version of …
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Kent's representative in the Ohio House gave business owners a brief update on SB5 last week
State Rep. Kathleen Clyde, a Kent resident, talked with members of the Kent Area Chamber of Commerce during a breakfast meeting last week about a number of issues in Columbus, including the controversial Senate Bill 5. During the chamber breakfast, Clyde gave a brief update on the issue. Clyde issued the following brief statement shortly after the bill passed in March: "Senate Bill 5 eliminates statutory rights granted to middle class workers nearly 30 years ago, violates their constitutional rights, and does nothing to create jobs," Clyde said. "In fact, it virtually guarantees further job losses. House Republicans worked on this bill behind closed doors for 3 weeks and then rushed through their changes in 1 day with no input, no …
Robin Anderson
3:44 pm on Tuesday, July 19, 2011
From http://www.co.portage.oh.us/election/absentee_voting.htm: (1)Any qualified Ohio voter whose registration information is up to date may request and vote an absentee ballot without stating a reason. (2)For all other voters: 35 days before an election. Um, PC(it figures, eh?), I notice how no one's talking about the costs associated with any of the proposed "early voting" proposals, whether it'… more ›