DeWine Sets Up Staff

Ohio Gov.-elect Mike DeWine has announced his picks for director of the state prison system and for the Taxation Department. Prisons system administrator, Annette Chambers-Smith to head the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, and Jeff McClain, an Ohio Chamber of Commerce tax policy analyst, will head up Taxation. The Republican attorney general also nominated individuals to head the Department of Administrative Services and the Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities office. DeWine is scheduled to be sworn in as governor on the 14th, after winning election in November.