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Flags at the Ohio Statehouse will fly at half-staff effective immediately until sunset Friday, September 30
September 29, 2016
 
Flags at the Ohio Statehouse will fly at half-staff effective immediately until sunset Friday, September 30, as a mark of respect for the memory of Shimon Peres, former President and Prime Minister of Israel.

Governor Kasich’s order reads:
“In accordance with orders issued by the President of the United States of America and as a mark of respect for the memory of Shimon Peres, former President and Prime Minister of Israel, I hereby proclaim, by the authority vested in me as Governor of the State of Ohio by the Ohio Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, that the flags of the United States of America and the State of Ohio shall be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout the state of Ohio effective immediately until sunset, September 30, 2016.”