NEWARK – The chorus grows louder to expel indicted State Rep. Larry Householder from the Ohio House of Representatives, with a vote possible next week.
State Rep. Mark Fraizer, R-Newark, said he expects members of the Ohio House of Representatives to cast their votes on the expulsion of Householder, R-Glenford, and he believes there are the 66 votes needed to remove the former speaker, arrested in July on racketeering charges. My hope is there will be a vote next week and allow members to expel Householder from his position, Fraizer said. Now is the time.
“We’ve been pushing. We should have the vote and should expel Householder. I’m going to vote to expel. My anticipation is it will come to the floor. I believe there will be enough (votes) to expel.”
Letters: Newark readers discuss natural burials, Utica mascot and more
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Natural burials at Maple Grove deserve a referendum
I am writing in reference to the Township Trustees decision to allow unembalmed bodies to be buried in Granville at Maple Grove Cemetery. Residents should vote on such a unsavory decision. It shouldn t be forced on us. Maple Grove is an established cemetery with strict rules for decades on proper burials.
I have a family plot there and decomposing bodies is not one of the proprieties. These graves will not be marked and or segregated. What if they are dug up by animals? Welcome to Granville.
The wrong leadership for Ohio legislative health committees
Updated Feb 07, 2021;
Posted Feb 07, 2021
During a June 2020 committee meeting at the Ohio Statehouse, state Sen. Steve Huffman used the word colored population, a term dating back to the Jim Crow era and widely considered offensive, as a reference to Black Ohioans, and asked whether they were more susceptible to COVID-19 because of poor hygiene. He later apologized but was fired from his job as an emergency room doctor. Yet, despite these comments, Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman, Steve Huffman s cousin, has named him to lead the Ohio Senate Health Committee. Bad call, the editorial board of The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com writes today. (The Ohio Channel)
Cincinnati lawmakers could help bring Ohio minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2027
Nathan Hart
and last updated 2021-02-05 16:15:27-05
COLUMBUS, Ohio â Ohio could raise the state s minimum wage to $15 an hour, thanks to two Cincinnati representatives.
Representatives Cecil Thomas and Brigid Kelly recently drafted legislation for the Ohio General Assembly that â if passed â would raise the minimum wage in Ohio to $15 per hour by 2027.
Sen. Hearcel Craig, a Democrat from Columbus, co-sponsored the bill.
Under the proposed legislation, the minimum wage would increase to $10 in 2022. The minimum wage would then increase by $1 per hour every year until it reaches $15 per hour in 2027. At that point, the minimum wage would grow with inflation.
State must shoulder more of the burden of feeding Ohio’s hungry: David Long-Higgins
Updated Jan 29, 2021;
Posted Jan 29, 2021
Ohio National Guardsman Mazen Solh, from Solon, grabs boxes of food to load into a car as he helps the Greater Cleveland Food Bank distribute food in Cleveland s Muni Lot last March. (Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com)Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com
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By Guest Columnist, cleveland.com
WORTHINGTON, Ohio The oath of office for elected public leaders in any setting is a commitment to serving leadership. Within the Christian tradition and in other faith traditions, this serving leadership contains a particular call for those who have been elected to especially notice and promote the care of the marginalized as that affects access to the basic necessities for survival. Jesus taught that tending such needs of our fellow human beings is the same as ministering to Christ. In this way, the formation of our state budget becomes a tangible expression of