Law proposed after Ohio State's Strauss scandal closer to becoming law

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• Ex-Ohio House speaker to be arraigned from prison on state charges, as scheme’s impact persists
• Madison Village awaits start of I-90 and Route 528 traffic signal project
• City works to make area surrounding OSU safer
• Ex-Ohio House speaker to be arraigned from…
• When is Prime Day 2024?
• Take a Tour of the Ohio Statehouse
• Ohio is the Ice Cream Capital of the Universe

The capital building was 75 along the High Street side and 50 feet along the State Street side. It was two-stories tall with a mansard roof with a balcony and steeple in the center which is said to have had a fine view of the winding Scioto River. The main entrance was through the southern door on the State Street side. The Senate Chamber was located on the 2nd floor with a gallery for public viewing and the House of Representatives was on the first floor in the northern end of the building.

Ex-Ohio House speaker to be arraigned from prison on state charges, as scheme’s impact persists

The Great Seal of Ohio and the state motto, "With God, all things are possible", are engraved at the foot of the steps leading to the west entrance. The Atrium, which connects the Statehouse with the Senate Building, is a large open space which hosts government functions and ceremonies as well as various meetings and events. The scandal’s tentacles for the first time touched DeWine and Husted in November, when both received subpoenas as part of a civil lawsuit brought by impacted FirstEnergy investors. Rocheleau told legislators that it took a year-and-a-half for the medical board to begin investigating the massage therapist she accused and another year-and-a-half before an investigation was completed. Rocheleau said she decided to use the pain she suffered as a result of her assault to push for change like Senate Bill 109. Senate Bill 109, proposed by State Sen. Bob Hackett, R-London, and approved by Ohio senators April 24, would require doctors on probation for sexual misconduct to notify their patients in writing.

Madison Village awaits start of I-90 and Route 528 traffic signal project

The building retains many of its original light fixtures, while those in the Statehouse are reproductions of the gas lights that were removed to make room for electrical appliances in the 1890s. Many people, seeing the Ohio Statehouse for the first time, wonder why the dome was never completed. While a dome was proposed when the building was under construction, this idea was ultimately rejected. Cost, more than anything else, was the deciding factor, but since the Greek architecture on which the exterior design was based did not employ domes, it was considered an appropriate decision.

City works to make area surrounding OSU safer

In 1852 during the early hours of a Sunday morning in February, a fire broke out in the statehouse. Although this fire was extinguished, it became apparent that the fire had already extended into the roofing timbers and it quickly became impossible to control. Soon the entire belfry went up in flames and soon the entire building collapsed. Before the fire consumed the entire building, much of the furniture from the House of Representatives was rescued. Later that spring, the remains of the building were removed and the foundation filled in. The 12' tall fence surrounding the new statehouse construction project were extended to include the empty lot left from the fire.

Located in downtown Columbus, visitors are encouraged to enter the Statehouse through the Third Street entrance as guided tours depart from the Map Room. If you're taking a self-guided tour, start at the Map Room to pick up a Self-Guided Tour and Cell Phone Audio Tour Brochure. The seat of our state government is filled with beautiful touches and hidden bits of history that can be discovered by way of daily tours. A very important reason to renovate was the mere fact that the buildings on Capitol Square had fallen into a terrible state of disrepair and, in many cases, were unsafe. Cincinnati's William Henry Powell painting of Perry's Victory commemorating the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812 was the first piece of artwork commissioned for the Statehouse in 1857 and was installed in the Capitol in early 1865.

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The most prominent example was the conversion to offices of the four open courts that occupied areas on the interior of the building. These open areas were from top to bottom of the structure and were intended to admit light and fresh air to the inner reaches of the building. The advent of electric lighting coupled with the need for space meant that levels of offices would come to occupy these large open areas. The fifty-four rooms the building originally held increased to 317 rooms by 1989. Work on the building's foundation and lower level had only just begun when the Statehouse project encountered the first of many difficulties. The legislation that made Columbus the official capital city of Ohio was set to expire.

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Plummer is part of a lawsuit that argues Stephens doesn’t control the Ohio House Republican Alliance (OHRA) campaign fund because Merrin has the support of the majority of the caucus. Plummer and Merrin are joined in that lawsuit by Rep. Ron Ferguson (R-Wintersville). "You can't mix policy with political donations. And he's obstructed policy by removing us as chairs and his excuse is what we did with political donations," Plummer said. "So number one, is election interference. Number two is, he's a dictator that won't let conservative members do their jobs." The battle among supermajority Republicans in the Ohio House continues, as Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) has removed six members from the committees they chaired.

From 1980 through 2022, at least 256 Ohio doctors have faced disciplinary action for sexual misconduct. Of those doctors, 199 sexually abused or harassed 449 patients, The Dispatch revealed. "Ohioans were not happy with what happened with Dr. Strauss and so we gave the medical board more authority on this," Hackett told The Dispatch.

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The severe Greek Revival exterior of the statehouse gave way on the interior to a more ornate character typical of the early Italianate era, further evidence of the many hands and the long construction period that brought the building into being. The principal interior feature was the soaring, domed, central rotunda, which rose to a colored-glass state seal. The rotunda floor features octagonal contrasting stone blocks—over 4,000 of them—laid in an intricate spiral geometric pattern; from it large, arched openings led to the main corridors. The house and senate chambers featured coffered ceilings with decorative plaster and colored glass skylights, white marble podium columns, and additional architectural detail. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former Republican Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder will be arraigned from federal prison on the 10 new felony counts recently brought against him by the state, as revelations mount surrounding the scandal that landed him there. COLUMBUS — Former Republican Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder will be arraigned from federal prison on the 10 new felony counts recently brought against him by the state, as revelations mount surrounding the scandal that landed him there.

Broad and High Street looking at the Statehouse in 1863, just 2 years after being completed. In the foreground is the first horse drawn trolley car that ran from Union Station to just south of the Capitol Building. It was known as the Columbus Horse car System which ran from 1863 to 1892. When the line first started the entire trolley line was just 2 miles long.

He said the answer may be added to an existing bill or it could be contained in a stand-alone measure. For a generation now, the General Assembly has ignored campaign and ethics reforms in favor of cheap shots directed – latest example – at transgender youths, or in bids to limit women’s access to abortion. Officials said two other people were injured during the fight, the TV station reported.

The difference in cost and time to completion indicates differences in how the buildings were constructed. The Statehouse is more akin to a castle or cathedral, with thick load-bearing walls of stone. The Annex was a modern building with a metal girder skeleton and was planned for the use of electric light.

Although the bill was approved unanimously in the senate, it's unclear how it will fare in the house where it was introduced Tuesday. Hackett said he expects it to win approval within a month or two, if not then by the end of the year. The bill's passage comes six years after it was revealed that the medical board had ignored a previous complaint made against Strauss. Strauss, who died by suicide in 2005, was accused of sexually abusing at least 177 former students and athletes at Ohio State University. It turns out the dark money payments flowing from FirstEnergy to benefit powerful Ohio politicians as it was pushing for the nuclear bailout didn't stop with those raised as part of the Householder prosecution.