An early request from board members of the Geauga County Board of Mental Health and Recovery Services to renew one of its two tax levies fell on deaf ears this
Geauga County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to publicly oppose a controversial piece of proposed legislation co-sponsored by State Rep. Diane Grendell (R-Chesterland).
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WARREN During a Geauga-Trumbull Solid Waste Management District meeting Tuesday marked by gridlock, with the six county commissioners mostly voting against the other county on most of the issues raised, Trumbull County commissioners reasserted a desire to break up the district and separate from Geauga County.
The district’s board is composed of the three Geauga County commissioners James Dvorak, Timothy Lennon and Ralph Spidalieri and the three Trumbull County commissioners, Mauro Cantalamessa, Niki Frenchko and Frank Fuda.
The six split, voting on county lines, on nearly every issue in the nearly two-hour long meeting full of tense debate and more than one or two terse, sarcastic or insulting comments.
North Dakota bill aims to extend time for abuse victims to file claims
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Several adult victims of child sexual abuse appealed to lawmakers in emotional testimony Wednesday to back legislation that would give survivors more time to sue their alleged perpetrators for crimes that could date back decades.
BISMARCK, North Dakota Several adult victims of child sexual abuse appealed to lawmakers in emotional testimony Wednesday to back legislation that would give survivors more time to sue their alleged perpetrators for crimes that could date back decades.
The bipartisan legislation, HB 1382, would provide a two-year window to suspend the statute of limitations to file claims against alleged abusers or institutions that protected them.
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