Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
The proposed law would require individuals served with domestic-violence temporary protection orders to temporarily surrender their firearms to local law enforcement within 24 hours or to sell their firearms to a licensed dealer.

The proposed law would require individuals served with domestic-violence temporary protection orders to temporarily surrender their firearms to local law enforcement within 24 hours or to sell their firearms to a licensed dealer.

Do protection orders really protect? The answer isn’t clear

Is it a myth that protection orders work? PolitiFact Ohio was interested. We found several studies that suggest protection orders can be effective in deterring further violence, but we also found there are pitfalls in trying to prove whether they provide actual protection. So we’re reporting our findings here, but not making a ruling on the Truth-O-Meter.

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"Some of these members of the House of Representatives get hundreds of thousands of dollars in farm subsidies" but want to cut food stamps.

A hidden provision in Obamacare taxes sporting goods as medical devices.

"47 - New provisions ObamaCare charges the IRS with implementing, according to the Government Accountability Office."

"If Obamacare is fully implemented, 30 million people will still be without health insurance."

Says Gov. John Kasich implied that a portion of workers’ compensation rebates to employers "should be directed back to him in the form of campaign cash."

"During the Civil War, more than 300,000 Ohioans served in the Union Army -- more per capita than any other state."

Cuyahoga County "passed a program to guarantee a college savings account for every single child who enters kindergarten in this county -- the first county in the United States to do so."

The Obama administration has put out "more of these major rules than the Clinton administration or the Bush administration during comparable times."

 "Forty-six cents of every dollar" Ohio could get for Medicaid expansion "is going to come from China or some other country that doesn’t like us very much."

Ken Lanci is a lifelong Clevelander

"The Social Security trust fund is sound. Without anything being done, it would function well into 2038; and even after that time with no changes, we could pay 80 percent of the benefits that people have earned."

Ohio’s lost more jobs in March than any other state in the nation.

Employees in "workplace freedom" states make more money

"Six out of 10 of the highest unemployment rates are also in so-called right to work states."

"Just about everyone everywhere is spending more hours on the job, less time with their families, bringing home smaller and smaller paychecks, while they're paying more and more at the gas pump and the grocery stores."

"Ohioans want an end to pay-to-play politics."

Accuses Ed FitzGerald of "pay-to-play and corruption politics."

"Nearly 40,000 new jobs have been created in the last year due to the new wells . . . right here in Ohio."

Promise: Oppose restrictions on gun rights

Update: Gov. John Kasich shows willingness to expand gun rights

Promise: Offer college scholarships to county residents

Update: Cuyahoga County Council approves college savings program

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