By Laura A. Bischoff Staff Writer COLUMBUS -- Ohio cities won a narrow victory Wednesday when state lawmakers failed to muster enough votes to put a constitutional amendment on the November ballot that would have asked voters to take away municipal power.

By Jim Provance, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio Jun. 1--COLUMBUS -- The Ohio Senate yesterday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would make it more difficult for government to take private property for public use.

COLUMBUS -- A proposed constitutional amendment that supporters want to put on the November ballot would give more power to the state Board of Education to determine how much money would be spent on public schools, the state's largest teachers union said Sunday.