Auto bailout loss put
at $14B; Obama pleased, had expected closer to $48B
By Jim Kuhnhenn - Thursday, June 2, 2011 - WASHINGTON - Taxpayers will
lose about $14 billion in the government’s $80 billion bailout of
Chrysler and GM, the White House said yesterday, portraying the outcome
as good news because the losses are far lower than originally
anticipated. Seizing on the figures, the Obama administration took
credit for the resurgence of the U.S. auto industry, assuring taxpayers
that the government’s bailout of Chrysler and GM was an investment
worth...
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Columbus
Dispatch... Beer buzz
would get a big boost from GOP bill
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - Ohioans could buy beer with a whopping 18
percent alcohol content under a provision in the state budget proposed
yesterday by Senate Republicans. After holding the line on alcohol
content in beer for 69 years, lawmakers might be poised to increase it
for the second time in a decade. The limit was increased in 2002 to 12
percent from 6 percent, where it had been since the end of Prohibition
in 1933. The alcohol boost in 2002 was promoted...
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Columbus
Dispatch... Ohio Senate
debates teacher merit pay
Some legislators insist rules should be part of state budget - Friday,
June 3, 2011 - The debate over whether a merit-pay system for teachers
will ultimately be part of the new two-year state budget is far from
over, with some Senate Republicans saying they would like to see it
reinserted in some form. The Senate this week pulled from the budget a
plan backed by the House and Gov. John Kasich that would implement a
new pay system for teachers based on factors including...
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Governor Kasich’s
Week in Review
Saturday, May 28 through Friday, June 3, 2011 - Tuesday, May 31, 2011 -
Gov. John R. Kasich visited Haessly Hardwood Lumber Company in Marietta
with Rep. Andy Thompson to meet with company employees and local
officials and discuss The Jobs Budget. - Kasich joined Reps. Danny Bubp
and Terry Johnson at West Union High School in Adams County where he
discussed the ongoing battle against prescription drug abuse and signed
a resolution declaring June 2011 as...
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Dayton Business Journal… Report:
U.S. automakers to add 34K jobs
by David Bertola, DBJ Contributor - Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - U.S.
automakers in the next five years are expected to add about 34,000 new
hourly and salaried workers nationwide. That is according to a study by
the Center for Automotive Research. While the report does not break out
hourly employment, it said Ford Motor Co. is planning to add two shifts
to its Louisville Assembly Plant and another...
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Columbus
Dispatch... Defenders
of SB 5 organize to oppose repeal
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - This fall, it will be We Are Ohio versus
Building a Better Ohio in a multimillion-dollar clash over the
collective-bargaining power of public workers. The scrap will pit
Democrats and union supporters against Republicans, business groups and
tea party affiliates. We Are Ohio has spent more than a month gathering
signatures to get a referendum on the November ballot in an attempt to
overturn Senate Bill 5, a new, GOP-crafted law that would
significantly...
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Politico...
John Boehner calls
for debt deal in a month, By John Bresnahan & Jake
Sherman
6/1/11 - House Speaker John Boehner said he doesn’t want to run up
against an August deadline for boosting the nation’s debt limit —
fearing that it could unnerve Wall Street — but he’s refusing to back
away from his calls for major spending cuts in return for a debt deal
with the White House. And Boehner, for the first time, said he wants to
raise the limit within one month’s time. “I just think we’re now in
June, this really needs to be done over the next month if we’re serious
about no...
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Bloomberg...
Obama Campaigns to
Gain Car Industry Bailout Credit at Ohio Chrysler Plant
By Hans Nichols and Tim Higgins - Jun 3, 2011 - Obama’s trip to a
Toledo plant that assembles Jeep Wranglers follows a week of White
House publicity about the automotive revival, including a May 28 radio
address by Vice President Joe Biden and a June 1 White House report
saying $80 billion of federal aid for Chrysler and General Motors Co.
saved at least 1 million jobs at automakers and their suppliers. As
President Barack Obama tours a Chrysler Group LLC assembly line in...
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Cincinnati Enquirer... Blackwell
on Senate: ‘I can do this’
5/31/11 - The Ohio Republican Party establishment may not like it, but,
today, their front-running candidate for next year’s U.S. Senate
campaign is Cincinnati Republican J. Kenneth Blackwell. All the polling
says so, despite the drubbing Blackwell, a former Cincinnati mayor and
Ohio Secretary of State, took in 2006, when he lost the governor’s
office the GOP had held for 16 years to Democrat Ted Strickland...
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msnbc.com... ‘Handcuffed by
policy’: Fire crews watch man die
msnbc.com staff and news service reports - 6/1/2011 - City policy
changed after budget cuts cited as reason rescuers couldn’t act - SAN
FRANCISCO — Fire crews and police could only watch after a man waded
into San Francisco Bay, stood up to his neck and waited. They wanted to
do something, but a policy tied to earlier budget cuts strictly forbade
them from trying to save the 50-year...
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McClatchy...
Bad economic news
piles up, sending stocks down, By Kevin G. Hall
WASHINGTON — Hopes for blue skies ahead for the U.S. economy are fading
as forecasters are dialing back their annual growth projections after a
spate of lukewarm readings on the performance of the U.S. economy and
continuing global woes. In recent weeks, there’s been less than stellar
data coming out of manufacturing, housing, car sales, consumer
confidence and employment. These piled up on top of high prices for
oil, gasoline and other commodities, debt troubles in...
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Congressman Boehner
Unveils Resolution on Libya
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) unveiled a
House resolution today on Libya that (1) establishes that the president
has not asked for congressional authorization, and that the Congress
has not granted it; (2) reasserts Congress’ constitutional role on
funding; (3) requires the president to provide within 14 days
information on the mission that should have been provided from the
start; and (4) reaffirms the vote we took last week that says there...
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| Columbus
Government Examiner... Ohio
county commissioner chief says gov mergers should not be in state budget
- June 1, 2011 - COLUMBUS, Ohio (CGE) - Back from a meeting in
Washington, D.C., where he was when new Ohio Auditor Dave Yost attended
the general government committee of the County Commisioner Association
of Ohio [CCAO], the group’s leader, long-time CCAO chief Larry Long,
offered information via email to CGE that said his members offered
their support to Yost for the concept of permissive county mergers, but
told the former county prosecutor...
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Toledo
Blade... Ohio Senate
committee’s plan adds $115M for schools
Turnpike leasing restricted - By Jim Provance - COLUMBUS -- An Ohio
Senate committee Tuesday voted to add $115 million to the state budget
for schools, restrict the ability of the governor to lease the Ohio
Turnpike without legislative approval, and strip out language requiring
a merit-pay system for teachers. The Senate Finance Committee put its
first stamp on a $55.7 billion, two-year version of a budget that
passed the House solely with GOP support last month...
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Ohio’s key budget
cuts some of biggest in nation
State 4th in trimming higher education, 5th in K-12 and prisons -
Friday, June 3, 2011 - Ohioans are seeing some of the biggest planned
budget cuts in the nation for key areas such as education and prisons,
a new report released yesterday shows. The first-year reductions in the
proposed state budget taking effect July 1 are fourth-highest for
higher education, fifth for K-12 education, fifth for prisons and
second for other program areas, according to a survey by the National
Governors...
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Newsmax...
Cain: With All Due
Respect, Obama Couldn’t Run a Pizza Joint, By David A.
Patten
02 Jun 2011 - Fast-rising GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain, the
former Godfather’s Pizza CEO emerging as a strong contender in the Iowa
caucuses, blasted President Barack Obama’s leadership abilities in an
exclusive Newsmax interview, saying Obama “could not run one
Godfather’s pizza restaurant.” Cain ... called the president as an
indecisive leader who has lost most Americans’ confidence. “The
president has demonstrated that he lacks leadership in a whole lot of
ways [and] could not run a company,” Cain told Newsmax. “And I don’t
mean to be disrespectful: He could not run one Godfather’s pizza
restaurant. Read the exclusive interview at Newsmax
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Dayton Business Journal... Weekly
U.S. jobless claims fall to 422,000
Thursday, June 2, 2011 - The number of Americans filing new
applications for unemployment benefits fell to 422,000, a drop of 6,000
from the previous week. The number of Americans filing new applications
for unemployment benefits for the week ended May 28 fell to 422,000, a
drop of 6,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 428,000,
according to the U.S. Department of Labor...
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Cleveland
Plain Dealer... Communities
waiting to see if Ohio ‘death tax’ gets buried
Thursday, June 02, 2011 - By Cody Peck - Earlier this year, a
Republican-fueled bill to eliminate Ohio’s estate tax was introduced
into the state’s House of Representatives. Coined the “death tax” by
Gov. John Kasich, the estate tax was established in 1968 to replace a
state inheritance tax. Its purpose is to generate revenue by imposing a
tax on the transfer of assets of an estate. Estates worth more than
$338,333 are taxed by up to 6 percent and estates worth more than...
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Politico...
Republican governors
move ahead on health exchanges, By Sarah Kliff
5/29/11 - A small but growing number of prominent, Republican governors
— including Mitch Daniels and Haley Barbour — are taking the lead to
shape a key component of the health care overhaul their party fought so
hard to kill. It’s a delicate balancing act for Republicans who, on the
one hand, oppose federal health reform, even challenging its
constitutionality in federal court, and, on the other hand, are
pragmatically trying to control as much of the implementation process...
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Senator Faber... Alum Treatment
at Grand Lake St. Marys; Algae Advisory Update
May 31, 2011 - Preparations Underway for Alum Treatment at Grand Lake
St. Marys - A contract to apply aluminum sulfate at Grand Lake St.
Marys was awarded to HAB Aquatic Solutions, LLC of Nebraska. The
company is mobilizing equipment now and anticipates initiating the
application process on June 2 and ending June 22. The alum application
is one step in a multi-faceted, multi-year approach...
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Dayton
Business Journal... Coach
Jim Tressel out at Ohio State
Monday, May 30, 2011 - Jim Tressel, the head coach of The Ohio State
University football team, has resigned his post in the aftermath of
player misconduct and his role in withholding information. Jim Tressel,
the head coach of The Ohio State University football team, has resigned
his post in the aftermath of player misconduct and his role in
withholding information. “After meeting with university officials, we
agreed that it is in the best interest of Ohio State that I resign as
head football...
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Dayton
Business Journal... Social
media use by retailers soars, by Ginger Christ
Saturday, May 28, 2011 - Social media gives retailers an effective
means to connect to shoppers, according to a recent study. Shoppers are
willing to interact with retailers on a number of different social
networks in order to find information on deals, products and contests,
according to the 2011 Social Commerce Study, which polled nearly 1,800
adult online shoppers in April. According to the survey, 42 percent of
online shoppers follow a retail via a social network site, with the...
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Dayton
Business Journal... Mortgage
rates drop again, by DBJ Staff
Friday, May 27, 2011 - Mortgage rates across the country continue to
decline as the slowing economy fuels the slide in 30-year fixed-rate
mortgage rate to the lowest level of the year. According to Freddie
Mac, a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.6 percent this week, down
from 4.61 percent last week. A 15-year fixed-rate loan averaged 3.78
percent, down from 3.80 percent a week ago. A one-year adjustable-rate
mortgage averaged 3.11 percent this week, down...
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House rejects bill to
raise U.S. debt ceiling by vote of 97-318
Congressman Boehner on Debt Limit Vote… “Tonight’s Vote Shows the House
Is Listening to the American People”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) released
the following statement after the House of Representatives rejected a
plan by President Obama that would threaten American jobs by raising
the debt limit without making significant spending cuts and budget
reforms: “Tonight’s vote shows the House is listening to...
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Politico...
Lisa Murkowski shows
independent streak, By Manu Raju & Darren Goode
5/27/11 - Dangling on Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s left arm is a gold-plated
reminder of why she’s continuing to ride her independent streak five
months into the congressional session. “I still wear my write-in
wristband,” the Alaska Republican said after voting this week to reject
the House GOP budget plan. “It used to be plastic, but my husband
turned it into gold.” After her stunning reelection victory last fall
as a write-in candidate and departure from the GOP party leadership,
Murkowski...
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Dayton
Daily News... Voting
sticker change bringing controversy, criticism
Voting rights advocates are criticizing possible designs for Ohio’s
voting stickers which include the state motto: “With God, All Things
are Possible.” The word “God” is included on two of six new voting
sticker designs proposed by Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, who is
inviting people to vote to pick the new sticker that voters can wear on
Election Day. Husted spokesman Matt McClellan said the office has had
no complaints about the decision to include designs with...
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Dayton Business Journal... Ohio
lost 346K manufacturing jobs in decade
by G. Scott Thomas, DBJ Contributor - Thursday, May 26, 2011 - Only
California and Michigan lost more manufacturing jobs than Ohio in the
past decade. Employment in the manufacturing sector has declined from
2001 levels in 49 states, including Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. Alaska
was the only state to post gains in the sector, according to an
analysis by The Business Journals, the online division...
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Dayton Business Journal... Ohio
ranks last for income growth, by G. Scott Thomas
Monday, May 23, 2011 - Ohio ranks dead last among the 50 states for
income growth during the past half-century, according to an analysis of
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis data. Ohio’s disposable income grew at
an annual rate of 5.9 percent per year between 1960 and 2010. The
analysis was conducted by The Business Journals, online arm of the
Dayton Business...
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Rasmussen...
What They Told Us:
Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
Saturday, May 28, 2011 - Voters still seem to share Ronald Reagan’s
view that government is the problem, not the solution. While President
Obama and both parties in Congress talk loudly about spending cuts, 50%
of Likely U.S. Voters think it’s more likely the government will go
bankrupt and be unable to pay its debt before the federal budget is
balanced. Just 33% believe the budget is more likely to be balanced
first. Voters clearly recognize that government spending has risen...
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Dayton
Business Journal... Ohio
2nd in U.S. for declining government jobs, by G. Scott
Thomas
Friday, May 27, 2011 - Ohio had the second-biggest decline in
government jobs in the past 10 years, according to a new report. Ohio
lost 16,500 government jobs between April 2001 and April 2011, with
more than half of the total jobs lost coming in the past year. Ohio
lost 8,400 between April 2010 and April 2011, according to an On
Numbers study of employment data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics. The Buckeye State had 789,300 jobs in April...
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Politico...
Have Democrats
cracked the code for 2012? By Alexander Burns
5/25/11 - The battle over the federal deficit hasn’t flipped in favor
of the Democrats. The GOP isn’t suddenly at grave risk of losing its
House majority. But after two years of getting pummeled over spending
and the size of government, Democrats now appear to have found a
political weapon that’s capable of evening out the fight: Medicare. The
popular entitlement program wasn’t the sole issue behind Kathy Hochul’s
upset victory in a New York special election Tuesday night, but...
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Fox News... New York Power
Company Charges Town Honoring War Hero Flag Fee
By Todd Starnes - Published May 24, 2011 - A New York community that
displayed American flags on utility poles to honor a fallen hero is
outraged after the Long Island Power Authority sent them a bill – for
using their poles. “I was pretty shocked,” said Peter Reich, a
councilman in the Long Island community of Shelter Island. “It’s the
most ludicrous thing...
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Dayton Business Journal... Four
movies to be filmed in Ohio
One in Darke, Mercer, Stark Counties, by DBJ Staff - Thursday, May 26,
2011 - Four new movies are set to be filmed in Ohio, and have won tax
breaks from the state. Among the movie stars coming to the Buckeye
State for filming include Kim Bassinger and Val Kilmer. The Ohio Film
Office has secured four films to be shot in Ohio, which will employ
roughly 900 residents...
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Lays Wreath at
Statehouse Veterans Plaza, Issues Memorial Day Proclamation
COLUMBUS – Today Gov. John R. Kasich and First Lady Karen Waldbillig
Kasich honored Ohio’s service members by participating in a
wreath-laying ceremony at the Ohio Statehouse Veterans Plaza.
Kasich also issued a proclamation declaring Monday, May 30, to be
Memorial Day in Ohio and ordered public flags flown at half-mast in
honor of those who have lost their lives in service to the...
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Dayton
Business Journal... Air
Force Marathon slots filling up fast, by Joe Cogliano
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - Thinking about running in the Air Force
Marathon? Well, you better get moving because 90 percent of slots for
the full marathon and 80 percent of slots for the half marathon are
filled. Despite making room for an extra 1,000 runners this year, the
event is going to sell out faster than anyone expected, said Molly
Louden, race director. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base hosts the annual
event, which takes place in September and injects more than $4
million...
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Politico...
Cantor: Group could
agree on $1T in cuts, By Jake Sherman
The top House Republican on Vice President Joe Biden’s deficit
reduction panel said he is confident the group will find “over a
trillion dollars in savings at this point and hopefully more.” House
Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) told reporters after Tuesday’s
meeting broke up that the group is making “some very good progress.”
But Cantor declined to detail any specific areas of agreement in what
to cut. “The discussions are thorough,” Cantor said. “And I think there
is an understanding...
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Dayton
Business Journal... Veterans
get free entrance to Kings Island, by Ginger Christ
Friday, May 27, 2011 - Kings Island is honoring the U.S. military this
Memorial Day weekend. All members of the military — active and retired
— will receive free admission to the park May 29 and May 30. A valid
military ID is required. The offer, which is part of Kings Island’s
annual Tribute to the Armed Forces, also allows military personnel to
purchase discount admission tickets for members of their immediate
family. Discount tickets cost $29.99...
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New
York Times... Vote on Debt
Is Planned but Criticized as a Stunt, By Carl Hulse and
Jackie Calmes
May 24, 2011 - WASHINGTON — House Republicans said Tuesday that they
would allow a vote next week on an increase in the federal debt ceiling
with no strings attached, in order to see it defeated and show
Democrats that no increase in federal borrowing authority can be
enacted without significant spending cuts. At the same time, Vice
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said bipartisan talks among Congressional
leaders over a fiscal package that could clear the way for an...
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Dayton
Business Journal... Memorial
Day travelers to pay higher gas prices, by Ginger Christ
Thursday, May 26, 2011 - Travelers will have to pay more at the pump
this holiday weekend. Prices climbed as high as $3.89 per gallon
Thursday throughout the Dayton area. The average price per gallon was
$3.76, up 9 cents from the previous day, according to AAA’s Fuel Gauge
Report. Across Ohio, the average price at the pump was $3.79 per
gallon. The cost per barrel of Brent crude for July delivery Thursday
was $100.58, down less than 1 percent. Despite rising prices...
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Dayton Business Journal... Mortgage
rates slide again, by Barton Eckert
Saturday, May 21, 2011 - Long-term mortgage rates have dropped for a
fifth consecutive week, with the average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate
mortgage at its lowest level since December. A 30-year fixed loan
averaged 4.61 percent in the week ending May 19, down from 4.63 percent
the previous week, according to the weekly rate report by Freddie Mac
(OTC BB:FMCC). A 15-year fixed-rate...
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Politico...
Budget surplus to
deficit: How we got here, By David Rogers
5/20/11 - It’s a crude but fair summary of the two presidents based on
new data mapping how the nation moved from surpluses in 2001 to record
deficits over the past decade. And it takes on special meaning given
the turmoil these days in the Senate, whether in producing a budget,
salvaging months of work by the bipartisan Gang of Six or expanding the
Treasury’s borrowing authority to avert default. For Republicans, the
new numbers — compiled by the Congressional Budget Office...
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Washington
Post... Democrats
join Republicans in questioning Obama’s policy on Israel
By Peter Wallsten - Published May 24 - Top Democrats have joined a
number of Republicans in challenging President Obama’s policy toward
Israel, further exposing rifts that the White House and its allies will
seek to mend before next year’s election. The differences, on display
as senior lawmakers addressed a pro-Israel group late Monday and
Tuesday, stem from Obama’s calls in recent days for any peace deal
between Israel and the Palestinians to be based on boundaries...
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Politico...
Benjamin Netanyahu
wows Congress, By Jonathan Allen
In a muscular and well-received address to a joint session of Congress
Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the case for
why his nation should not return to its pre-1967 borders as part of a
future peace agreement with Palestinians — a question over which he has
jousted with President Barack Obama in the past week. Speaking to a
House chamber packed with lawmakers — rather than the usual complement
of aides and student pages who fill in the...
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Dayton Business Journal... Report:
Top 15 bedbug-infested cities
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - Bedbugs are getting tired of the Dayton
region. The city, which ranked No. 8 last year, now ranks No. 12 on the
list of most bedbug-infested cities in the U.S. That’s according to
this year’s ranking from the Terminix pest-removal company, which
considered information on customer calls and discoveries by its
employees at 350 U.S. branches. New York City again...
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Senator Faber’s Weekly Newsletter
Grand Lake St. Mary’s
Visitors urged caution; Urbana Clean Ohio assistance
May 23, 2011 - Visitors to Park Beaches at Grand Lake St. Marys Urged
to Exercise Caution - ODNR -- Recreational users of the three public
beaches at Grand Lake St. Marys State Park are advised against swimming
and wading, water should not be swallowed, and surface...
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Darke County Economic
Development Office... We’ve Moved!
The Darke County Economic Development Office has moved to a new
location. As of May 23, 2011 we are officially in our new office
and all systems seem to be up and running. Although only our
address has changed, listed below you will find our complete contact
information. Please update your records accordingly. Thank you!
Darke County Economic Development, 537 South Broadway, Suite 201,
Greenville...
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Politico...
GOP braces for
Medicare blowback, By Jennifer Haberkorn & John
Bresnahan
This week, an off-year special election in Buffalo and a purely
symbolic vote in the Senate might tell Republicans all they need to
know about the mercurial politics of Medicare reform. First up is New
York’s 26th District in a special election Tuesday. If Democrat Kathy
Hochul wins — she is leading by 4 to 6 points in the latest polls — it
not only would be a setback for House Republicans but would send a
message to Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and his key lieutenants that
their...
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Politico...
The temptation of
Paul Ryan, By Jonathan Allen
5/22/11 - On the rebound from Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels’ decision to
sit out of the 2012 presidential race, the GOP cognoscenti has turned
to an unlikely figure as their next-best hope: House Budget Committee
Chairman Paul Ryan. Ryan drafted the polarizing GOP plan that redefines
Medicare as a voucher program — a proposal that both sets the
conservative establishment’s heart aflutter and jeopardizes the
significant gains Republicans made in the House last year...
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Politico... GOP softens budget
timeline ambition, By John Bresnahan
5/20/11 - John Boehner is promising a freewheeling, open amendment
process on spending bills. | Jay Westcott/POLITICO - As he prepares his
party for another epic spending fight with Democrats over the 2012
appropriations bills, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is finding out that
governing is a lot tougher than it looks. Boehner is having to back off
an ambitious proposal from last fall...
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msnbc...
‘We can’t go back’:
Israeli PM rejects 1967 border proposal
Face to face, Netanyahu says Obama vision for Mideast peace unrealistic
- 5/20/2011 - WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
bluntly told President Barack Obama on Friday his vision of how to
achieve Middle East peace was unrealistic, exposing a deep divide that
could doom any U.S. bid to revive peace talks. In an unusually sharp
rebuke to Israel’s closest ally, Netanyahu insisted Israel would never
pull back to its 1967 borders — which would mean big... read
more.
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Dayton
Business Journal... PETA
ad references baby put in microwave, by Ginger Christ
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
is in the process of placing a billboard in Dayton based on the recent
China Arnold trial. The billboard, which juxtaposes an image of a
person who is about to cook a pork chop in a microwave with a picture
of a mother pig nuzzling her piglet, reads, “Everybody’s Somebody’s
Baby. Go Vegan.” Arnold, who allegedly killed her 28-day-old baby,
Paris Talley, in a microwave in 2005, was convicted May 13... read
more.
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Los
Angeles Times... Reid
rejects Boehner proposal for $2 trillion in spending cuts
By Lisa Mascaro, Washington Bureau - May 19, 2011 - The Senate majority
leader says budget reductions must be accompanied by tax reform. He
predicts that negotiations on the nation’s debt limit will drag until
the 11th hour. Reporting from Washington— Battle lines in federal debt
talks sharpened markedly Thursday when the Senate’s top Democrat
rejected a proposal for $2 trillion in budget cuts as demanded by House
Speaker John A. Boehner, saying any cuts must be... read
more.
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Live Burn Training on
Winchester Pike, By Bob Rhoades
It’s never a good day for a house fire but if there was going to be
one, Saturday May 21 was it. Greenville Fire, Greenville Twp. Fire, New
Madison Fire, Greenville EMS responded to a house fire on Winchester
Pike, the first house inside the city limits. Actually they
responded to it about 30 times, over and over the dispatch was heard of
a structural fire on Winchester... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Poll shows
Senate Bill 5 will be repealed, By Darrel Rowland
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - Senate Bill 5 would easily be repealed by
Ohio voters if the referendum were held now, a new poll today shows.
The measure to strip many collective bargaining rights from state and
local government workers would be rejected by 18 points, 54 percent to
36 percent, says the Quinnipiac Poll. “Although it is a long way until
November when opponents of SB 5 hope to ask voters to overturn it, at
this point there is strong support for repealing Gov. (John)
Kasich’s... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... House
speaker calls for updating Ohio Constitution
By Jim Siegel - It’s been 40 years since revisions, Batchelder says -
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - Like an old house, the Ohio Constitution may
still have a lot of value and character, but that doesn’t mean it
couldn’t use some serious updates and a good cleaning. Similar to a
panel that convened 40 years ago and proposed a number of amendments
that were approved by voters, House Speaker William G. Batchelder,
R-Medina, wants to create the Ohio Constitutional... read
more.
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Dayton
Daily News... Three Ohio
bills would allow drilling for oil and natural gas
By Laura A. Bischoff, Columbus Bureau - Tuesday, May 17, 2011 -
COLUMBUS — After several years of lobbying, Ohio’s oil and gas industry
is poised to win permission to drill on state lands but
environmentalists are sounding the alarm that it risks spills, fires
and pollution in some of the state’s prettiest natural settings. Tom
Stewart of the Ohio Oil and Gas Association said drilling on state
lands could create jobs, tap local sources of energy and generate cash
to help maintain state... read
more.
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Greenville Fire
Department promotes three, By Bob Rhoades
After years of trying, the Greenville Fire Department now has
lieutenants. Originally the department had a Chief and a Captain
for the three shifts. Besides their duties as the shift
commander, each one of the captains was charged with another major
area, like maintenance, inspections, etc. As time went on and standards
went into place the fire service was faced... read
more.
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Husted releases New Business Filings... Filings up in April and First Quarter
(COLUMBUS) – In the month of April, 7,737 new entities filed to do
business in Ohio, according to data released today by Secretary of
State Jon Husted. The numbers are up slightly from April of 2010, in
which 7,258 new entities filed with the Secretary of State. So far in
2011 (January, February, March and April), the Secretary of State’s
office has assisted with 30,172 new business filings. This is also... read
more.
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Dayton Business Journal... U.S.
Postal Service spent $1B on vehicles last year
By Barton Eckert, DBJ Contributor - Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - The U.S.
Postal Service may not be able to pay to maintain its vehicle fleet,
according to a new report. In the red and saying it expects to run out
of money in September, the United States Postal Service spent $1
billion in the last fiscal year to maintain its fleet of vehicles and
to buy fuel. A new report from the Government Accountability Office... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Any extra
taxes should benefit neediest, advocates tell lawmakers
By Catherine Candisky - Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - More tax cuts won’t
help Ohioans who need food or mental-health services or other help
meeting basic needs, advocates for the poor said yesterday. They urged
state lawmakers to use any additional tax revenue to shore up services
for the disabled, elderly, unemployed and working poor. “After four
years of budget cuts, the safety net is in shreds,” said Margaret
Hulbert, co-chairwoman of Advocates for Ohio’s Future, a consortium... read
more.
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Washington
Post... Number of
long-lasting marriages in U.S. has risen, Census Bureau reports
By Carol Morello - Published May 18 - Americans may be postponing
marriage, and fewer are wedding at all. But what about the people who
do get married? They’re staying together longer than they have in
years. Three in four couples who married after 1990 celebrated a
10-year anniversary, according to census statistics reported Wednesday.
That was a rise of three percentage points compared with couples who
married in the early 1980s, when the nation’s divorce rate was at... read
more.
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New
York Times... Private
Prisons Found to Offer Little in Savings, By Richard A.
Oppel Jr.
May 18, 2011 - PHOENIX — The conviction that private prisons save money
helped drive more than 30 states to turn to them for housing inmates.
But Arizona shows that popular wisdom might be wrong: Data there
suggest that privately operated prisons can cost more to operate than
state-run prisons — even though they often steer clear of the sickest,
costliest inmates. State Representative Chad Campbell of Arizona said
private prisons “leave the most expensive... read
more.
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Kasich signs “Pill
Mill” Legislation
Ramps Up Fight Against Prescription Drug Abuse - COLUMBUS – As part of
his push to fight the rampant prescription drug abuse spreading across
Ohio, today Gov. John R. Kasich signed House Bill 93 (Burke,
Johnson). The legislation, which received unanimous support from
the Ohio General Assembly, will strengthen the state’s ability to shut
down “pill mill” operations led by... read
more.
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Dayton Business Journal... Report:
Economic growth to surge through 2011
by Joe Cogliano, DBJ Staff Reporter - Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - A new
report indicates the U.S. economy will pick up steam as it heads deeper
into 2011. Economic growth in the U.S. is expected to continue through
the year, according to a survey of purchasing and supply executives. A
Tuesday semiannual economic forecast from the Institute for Supply
Management show expectations have... read
more.
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Politico...
Gang of Six at
‘impasse’ as Tom Coburn drops out, By David Rogers &
Manu Raju
The Gang of Six lost its strong blocker on the right Tuesday, as Sen.
Tom Coburn pulled out of the bipartisan deficit reduction talks and
predicted no meaningful deal can be reached until Democrats accept a
greater share of savings from government benefit programs. “These guys
have worked hard, and we had 80 percent of some significant things the
country needs to do,” the Oklahoma Republican told POLITICO. “But right
now, I don’t see us solving what needs... read
more.
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Rasmussen...
What They Told Us:
Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
Saturday, May 21, 2011 - There was more muddle in the Middle East as
the week came to a close. President Obama made a major address on
Thursday laying out U.S. support for the popular protest movements in
several Arab countries and pushing a controversial solution to the
decades-old Israeli-Palestinian problem. While the president didn’t
stress this position in his remarks, U.S. voters continue to believe
strongly that a Middle East peace treaty must include... read
more.
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Dayton Business Journal... Forecast:
U.S. new auto sales to rise 14%
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - Car sales are expected to pick up steam as the
year progresses, according to a new report. A.T. Kearney Inc. forecasts
13.2 million new autos will be sold in the U.S. this year. That would
account for a 14 percent rise from the 11.55 million new vehicles sold
last year. The study predicts sales will reach 16 million by 2013. The
report evaluated four factors: overall... read
more.
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Politico...
Default deniers: The
new skeptics, By Carrie Budoff Brown
5/17/11 - They are the newest breed of government skeptics, the
swelling ranks of Republicans who don’t believe the Obama
administration when it says a failure to raise the debt limit will
prove catastrophic. And they stand ready to make negotiations over
raising the cap on debt as grueling as possible, making Treasury
officials and Wall Street more nervous than ever that the country could
suffer an unprecedented default with consequences no one can predict...
read
more.
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McClatchy
Newspapers... U.S.
government hits debt ceiling, lighting 11-week fuse, By
Kevin G. Hall
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner informed Congress on
Monday that the United States has reached its legal debt limit, setting
off a ticking time bomb that could explode in less than three months if
lawmakers can’t bridge differences and allow more government borrowing.
In hitting the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling — the limit on how much the
government can borrow — the Obama administration on Monday began
temporarily halting payments to the retirement and... read
more.
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U.S.
Representative John Boehner...
The Greatest Threat To Our Economy Is Doing Nothing
Open Door Darke County: Tuesday... 9:00 AM - Versailles Village Offices
(177 North Center Street) - Spending-driven deficits, record debt, and
the threat of tax hikes are smothering our economy with uncertainty and
making it harder for small businesses to hire new workers. This
week, as the United States reached the legal debt limit and our federal
government came one step closer to not being able to pay its bills,
that uncertainty reached a new high. It is time for the Democrats... read
more.
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Dayton Business Journal... Poll:
Kasich, Sen. Bill 5 unpopular with voters, by Jeff Bell
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - Roughly half of all Ohio voters surveyed in a
new poll say they disapprove of the job Republican John Kasich is doing
as governor. Nearly half of Ohio voters disapprove of Gov. John
Kasich’s job performance and more than half say they favor a repeal of
Senate Bill 5, the controversial collective bargaining law that Kasich
supports, according to a poll released... read
more.
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Dayton Business Journal... Local
community newspaper chain sold, by DBJ Staff
Friday, May 20, 2011 - The assets of Ohio Community Media LLC have been
purchased by an affiliate of Versa Capital Management Inc. The
affiliate, OCM LLC, on Friday purchased substantially all of the assets
of Tipp City-based Ohio Community Media, which owns and operates 14
daily news papers, 30 weeklies and a number of shoppers and niche... read
more.
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Ohio Tourism Industry
Rebounds in 2010
From Deanna York, Director, Darke County Visitors Bureau - The Ohio
Tourism Division is thrilled to announce Ohio’s tourism economy grew by
7 percent in 2010 and generated $38 billion in total sales, up from $36
billion in 2009, according to research conducted on behalf of the Ohio
Tourism Division. This growth in sales helped increase tourism
employment to 439,000... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Brunner
still owes charities, By Darrel Rowland
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - Even former Secretary of State Jennifer
Brunner’s own office questioned her switch of computer equipment and
other material from her old state campaign to her unsuccessful 2010 run
for the U.S. Senate. To resolve the matter, her still-active Senate
campaign was supposed to give almost $15,000 - the value of the
equipment - to charities of her choice in exchange for the case’s being
dropped. But she has handed over only $4,000 and hasn’t... read
more.
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Politico...
President Obama
short on campaign surrogates, By Glenn Thrush
5/16/11 - Candidate Barack Obama had no better buddy on the 2008
primary trail than Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, who was feared — and
a little hated — by Hillary Clinton’s campaign for being Obama’s most
effective female surrogate. McCaskill still likes Obama, but like many
other former high-profile Obama surrogates from 2008, she’s not
expected to reprise her starring proxy role in 2012. McCaskill has
publicly parted ways with Obama on several major issues, including... read
more.
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Dayton
Daily News... Health care
for prisoners costs Ohio more than $200M annually
By Laura A. Bischoff, Columbus Bureau - Sunday, May 15, 2011 - COLUMBUS
— In the last 10 months, just six patients at the Ohio State University
Medical Center ran up more than $3.9 million in hospital charges — all
billed to state taxpayers. Each one suffered from conditions such as
cancer, heart failure and pulmonary disease that could have killed them
without 24-hour medical care. And each one has something else in common
beyond their free medical care... read
more.
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Politico...
Tim Geithner warns
on debt ceiling, By Jake Sherman
5/14/11 - Failing to raise the debt ceiling will cause a host of things
congressional Republicans want to avoid, Treasury Secretary Timothy
Geithner said. It would increase unemployment, make it harder for new
business owners to get loans, cause soldiers to go unpaid and “push us
into a double dip recession,” he wrote in a letter to Sen. Michael
Bennet (D-Colo.) Friday. “Treasury securities set the benchmark
interest rate for a wide range of credit products, including
mortgages... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Pensions
may cost state workers 2%, By Darrel Rowland
Friday, May 13, 2011 - State and local workers may have their
pocketbooks lightened in the state budget after all. The Senate appears
ready to restore a plan canceled by the House that would shift 2
percent from public employees’ pay to their employers to help cover
their pensions. In contrast, a plan to revamp Ohio’s five
public-employee retirement systems - including such proposals as
delaying retirement ages, increasing employment pension payments and
cutting cost-of-living... read
more.
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Chicago
Tribune… States make
their own tuition rules for undocumented students, By
Julie Mianecki
May 15, 2011 - Reporting from Washington— Anngie Gutierrez was a child
when she arrived in the United States as an illegal immigrant 10 years
ago. There’s still no path to legal status for her, but in Maryland and
a handful of other states, there is a more affordable road to college.
Gutierrez, a high school junior in Hyattsville, Md., will benefit from
a new state law that allows illegal immigrants who reside there to pay
in-state tuition rates at Maryland’s public colleges. If she... read
more.
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Wreck at 4th and
Broadway, Photos and report by Bob Rhoades, Senior Scribe
Around 10:30 Wednesday Morning, a two vehicle collision occurred at the
corner of 4th and Broadway in Greenville. Greenville Police, Fire
and EMS responded to the scene as well as Arcanum EMS. Arcanum was
needed because of call volume on Wednesday Morning. The drivers
of both vehicles were transported to Wayne Health Care in undetermined
condition. South Broadway traffic was... read
more.
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Christian Science Monitor... Surging
BRIC middle classes are eclipsing global poverty
By Christa Case Bryant - May 17, 2011 - By 2022, those living in
poverty will be a minority for the first time, as the global middle
class – particularly from BRIC nations – surges. Does new affluence
signal shifting global power? Touting tigers, the Taj Mahal, and the
towering Himalayas, India opened the 21st century with its “Incredible
India” campaign to attract tourists from... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Auditor has
tips for localities to get ‘skinny’ By Catherine Candisky
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - State Auditor Dave Yost unveiled a new website
yesterday that he hopes will help local governments and school
districts streamline operations and save tax dollars. SkinnyOhio.org
features ideas and best practices taken from performance audits of
government entities across the state. Information will include tips on
developing staffing plans to helping guide hiring decisions and
consolidating dispatching systems for public-safety forces... read
more.
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Politico...
Democrats to
reintroduce DREAM Act, By Scott Wong
5/10/11 - Senate Democrats will re-introduce the long-stalled DREAM
Act, hoping to tap into momentum from President Barack Obama’s speech
along the border Tuesday about America’s need to pass comprehensive
immigration reform. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.),
Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and
other Democrats will urge passage of the DREAM Act at a news conference
Wednesday morning at the Capitol... read
more.
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Politico...
Pessimism clouds
deficit talks, By Jonathan Allen & Meredith Shiner
5/10/11 - The Biden Group: It sounds like a think tank, a lobbying firm
or even a campaign consulting shop. What it isn’t — at least not yet —
is a vehicle for lawmaking. For now, it’s just the latest in a series
of high-profile gangs that can’t shoot straight. The deficit-reduction
task force, led by Vice President Joe Biden and populated by a mix of
about a dozen administration officials and Republican and Democratic
House and Senate members, met for a second time Tuesday amid... read
more.
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Dayton Business Journal... Analysis:
Ohio generous with public salaries, by Joe Cogliano
Reporter
Sunday, May 15, 2011 - In Ohio, nearly 1,000 state employees made more
than $100,000 in 2010. And a majority made more than Ohio’s median
income. While Ohio is among many states cutting budgets and limiting
collective bargaining rights for its public employee unions, the state
continues to be generous with salaries. The median personal income for
all Ohioans is $31,284, but public employees... read
more.
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Ohio Senator Keith Faber... State
Moving Forward with Modified Grand Lake St. Marys Alum Treatment Plan
- The State of Ohio is moving forward with plans to treat Grand Lake
St. Marys this spring with aluminum sulfate and a buffering solution of
sodium aluminate in an effort to prevent harmful algae blooms and to
improve water quality within the lake. Heavy, prolonged rainfalls in
late winter and early spring are contributing to high levels of
nutrients and algae in Grand Lake St. Marys, resulting... read
more.
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Rasmussen... Mixed Reviews for
Enhanced Interrogation Techniques
Monday, May 16, 2011 - U.S. voters think that Enhanced Interrogation
Techniques like waterboarding probably yielded some valuable
information but are unsure whether they were needed to find Osama bin
Laden. Sixty-four percent (64%) say it’s at least somewhat likely that
enhanced interrogation techniques used at the Guantanamo Bay prison
camps helped secure valuable information. A new Rasmussen Reports... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Kasich
balks at House changes to charter plan, By Catherine
Candisky
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - Last-minute charter-school provisions that
House Republicans added to the budget should come out, Gov. John
Kasich’s top education adviser said yesterday. Robert Sommers, director
of the Governor’s Office of 21st Century Education, told the State
Board of Education that the administration supports expanding school
choice, but not at the expense of strong oversight and accountability.
In his previous job as executive director of Cornerstone... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Catholic
academics blast Boehner over budget, By Jack Torry
Cuts conflict with church’s teachings on poor, group says - Thursday,
May 12, 2011 - WASHINGTON - A group of Catholic academics assailed
House Speaker John Boehner yesterday for backing a budget plan that is
“particularly cruel to pregnant women and children” while dramatically
revising the federal health programs of Medicare and Medicaid. In a
letter to the Republican from southwestern Ohio, more than 70 Catholic
university professors, priests and nuns from across... read
more.
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Cincinnati
Enquirer... Construction
halted on Cincinnati, Cleveland casinos
May 11, 2011 - DOWNTOWN – Developers indefinitely halted construction
of casinos in Cincinnati and Cleveland on Wednesday as an impasse with
Ohio officials over future taxes escalated. Casino developer Rock
Gaming and its partner Caesars Entertainment said it makes no sense to
continue construction without knowing how much in taxes they ultimately
will have to pay. “This is not an ultimatum – it’s just where we are,”
Rock Gaming president Matt Cullen said. “We’re doing... read
more.
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Rasmussen... Americans Spending
More On Groceries Than Ever Before
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - Adults nationwide remain heavily concerned
about inflation, and the number who says they are paying more for
groceries now compared to a year ago has reached a new high. The latest
Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of American Adults shows
that 91% report they are spending more money on groceries than they
were one year ago. Only five... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Budget
promoters now back Kasich, By Joe Vardon
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - Gov. John Kasich is getting political cover
for his budget from two men who did not appear to be on his side as a
candidate last fall. One Ohio United, a group that is raising money and
producing commercials to urge the passage of Kasich’s “Jobs Budget,” is
chaired by American Electric Power Chairman Michael Morris and
supported by Scotts Miracle-Gro CEO Jim Hagedorn. Last fall, AEP pulled
out of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce after the business... read
more.
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Politico...
Obama’s immigration
speech comes amid calls for executive action
By Carrie Budoff Brown - President Barack Obama headed to Texas Tuesday
toting a pledge to jump-start work on a comprehensive immigration bill
— a long-awaited, never-attained goal of a Hispanic community that is
crucial to Obama’s hopes of winning key southwestern states in 2012.
Are they cheering his newfound commitment to the goal? Hardly. Many top
Hispanic activists say Obama’s commitment to a bill is welcomed, but
too little, too late, and they’d... read
more.
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Toledo
Blade... Ohio House OKs
concealed-carry in bars, eateries, By Jim Provance
COLUMBUS -- Both sides conceded that “alcohol and guns don’t mix,” but
the Ohio House Wednesday voted to allow carrying hidden handguns into
bars and alcohol-serving restaurants, nightclubs, and outdoor arenas.
Republicans on this one were alone in pushing constitutional and
self-defense arguments. They said the bill would bar permit holders
from drinking at the establishments or being under the influence of
alcohol when they got there. Democrats argued that the bill would... read
more.
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Darke
County Commissioners, Highlights
of Minutes for May 9 and May 11, 2011
May 9. Darke County
Commissioners passed new Flood Damage Resolution guidelines for various
unincorporated areas of Darke County. For details on these and other
matters of the Board, Click Here. May 11.
Darke County Commissioners accepted the letter from DC CIC regarding
the possible increase in Conveyance Fees. The Commissioners resolved to
hold two public hearing regarding the increase. For details on these
and other matters of the Board, Click Here. For highlights... read
more.
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Dayton Business Journal... Big
banks offer $5 billion foreclosure settlement
by DBJ Staff - Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - Big banks such as JPMorgan
Chase, Bank of America and Citigroup have proposed a $5 billion
settlement with state and federal regulators over foreclosure
practices, according to news reports. Five of the country’s biggest
banks have offered to settle state and federal investigations into
their foreclosure practices for $5 billion... read
more.
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Dayton
Business Journal... Google,
Facebook battle for top Web site, by DBJ Staff
Monday, May 9, 2011 - A new report reveals that Facebook and Google
Inc. are battling it out in a tough race for the top Web site. Facebook
had 10.4 percent of all Web visits for the first week of May, with
Google coming in just shy of 8 percent, according to Experian Hitwise.
However the tech tracking firm said Google’s YouTube site had 3.1
percent, which would give Google’s combined Web presence an 11 percent
share of all Web visits and put it ahead of Facebook by less than... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Single-parent
households increasingly common, latest Ohio census data show
By Bill Bush and Rita Price - Thursday, May 12, 2011 - More kids in
Ohio are living with a single parent than a decade ago, and the number
living with an unmarried dad has surged as well, census data released
today show. The number of households with children headed by single men
rose almost 22 percent from 2000 to 2010, while the number of married
couples raising kids continued to decline. “The American family has
been changing for a long time,” said Anastasia... read
more.
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Rasmussen...
What They Told Us:
Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
Saturday, May 14, 2011 - President Obama received a bounce in the polls
following the bin Laden news, but over this past week, the bounce has
largely faded. The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll
shows that the president’s ratings have slipped back into the high 40s,
right where they’ve been for most of the past year-and-a-half. The
number who Strongly Disapprove of the president remains a bit lower
than it was before the big news and enthusiasm for the... read
more.
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York Selected for
Ohio Tourism Leadership Academy Class of 2011
COLUMBUS – Deanna York, Executive Director of the Darke County Visitors
Bureau has been selected as a member of the 2011 Ohio Tourism
Leadership Academy (OTLA). The program is designed to develop future
leaders of the tourism industry, and for those for tourism
professionals who want to take the next step in advancing their career.
“This academy has provided professional growth... read
more.
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from Josh Mandel, Ohio State Auditor... Making Progress on Elimination of the
Estate Tax; Creating a More Business-Friendly Environment in Ohio,
Hope all’s well. Just wanted to give you an update on some of the
positive changes taking place in the halls of our state government… We
have been focused on repealing unfair taxes and regulations to improve
our business climate, bringing fiscal responsibility to state finances,
and increasing educational opportunities and school choice for families
and students. Here are a few examples: Significant Step... read
more.
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Politico...
Newsmax hits the
‘Heartland’, By Keach Hagey
5/7/11 - It’s not yet clear whether Donald Trump’s moment as a
Republican presidential candidate has come and gone, but it is clear
which media outlet had the most to do with Trump’s sudden rise — and
thereby solidified its role as a major conservative voice. It was
Newsmax, the website that Media Matters dubbed the “No. 1 Promoter of
Trump 2012,” but which founder Christopher Ruddy describes as a voice
of a Heartland populism that more established conservative
publications... read
more.
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USA
Today... Unpaid hospital tab
$49B each year, By Kelly Kennedy
Uninsured Americans — including those with incomes well above the
poverty line — leave hospitals with unpaid tabs of up to $49 billion a
year, according to a government study released today. On average,
uninsured families pay only about 12% of their hospital bills in full.
Families with incomes above 400% of the poverty level, or about $88,000
a year for a family of four, pay about 37% of their hospital bills in
full, according to the Department of Health and Human Services study...
read
more.
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NBC4i.com…
Ad Angers Kasich,
Will Be Taken Off Air
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- An ad that has riled the governor will be pulled from
the airways starting Friday. The Ohio Health Care Association ad claims
a $500 million cut is coming to nursing homes and assisted health care
facilities because of Gov. John Kasich's proposed budget. It claims
that will mean fewer medical personnel and equipment for the elderly.
The ad ends with a lifeline going flat and a hand pulling a chord out
from a wall socket. "We thought that we needed... read
more.
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Dayton Business Journal... Microsoft
to pay $8.5 billion for Skype
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - Microsoft has beaten out Google and Facebook in
negotiations to buy Skype, and will pay $8.5 billion for the Internet
video service company. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is buying the Internet
calling service from an investor group led by Silver Lake. The deal has
been approved by both companies’ boards of directors.Microsoft will use
Skype’s technology to support... read
more.
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Dayton Business Journal... Report:
Ohio ranks high for mortgage fraud
by Adrian Burns, DBJ Contributor - Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - Ohio was
one of the 10 worst states for mortgage fraud in 2010, according to a
new LexisNexis report. Ohio ranked eighth in the nation for reports of
mortgage fraud last year, up from 24th in 2009, according to a new
report. While still a long way from reaching fraud report levels seen
in Florida and California, the Buckeye State was... read
more.
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Dayton Business Journal... Prescription
drug abuse costs lives, money, by Brittany Hart
Sunday, May 8, 2011 - The costs of prescription medicine abuse in both
lives destroyed and economic costs for businesses and governments
continues to increase as the problem is getting worse each year. As the
economy plummeted in recent years, the number of professionals getting
addicted to prescription medications has soared. And people getting
hooked on pills is becoming... read
more.
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Politico...
Kent Conrad: Short
term debt hikes may be needed, By David Rogers
5/9/11 - With Senate Budget Committee action stalled, Chairman Kent
Conrad said Monday that his goal remains to cut projected deficits by
$4 trillion over the next decade but Congress may need to raise the
debt ceiling in short-term increments before the plan can be put in
place by the end of this year. “In order to have a credible plan
completed,” the North Dakota Democrat told reporters, “I can see a
circumstance in which there would be some short term [increase in the
debt ceiling... read
more.
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Dayton
Daily News... ‘Belly up
to the bar,’ governor tells local government leaders, By
Denise G. Callahan
Monday, May 9, 2011 - MASON — Gov. John Kasich visited a Warren County
company Monday and told leaders their governments and schools should be
run like successful businesses. About 200 supporters gathered at the
Rhinestahl aviation tool plant in Mason to listen to the Republican
governor talk about his proposed state budget that he said closes the
$8 billion deficit and cuts taxes. State Sen. Shannon Jones,
R-Clearcreek Twp., introduced Kasich, saying Innovation... read
more.
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WCOP.com...
Jobs Ohio program
includes “raids” of other states, By Tom McKee
MASON, Ohio - A new and bold element of the Jobs Ohio program emerged
Monday as Ohio Gov. John Kasich stopped by a Warren County
manufacturing firm. “We’re going to other states and we’re going to
start stealing their jobs,” the Governor told several hundred business
leaders at the Rhinstahl Corporation in Mason. “We’re going to raid... read
more.
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Kasich announces
summit for Jobs-Friendly Energy Policies
Battelle will coordinate the September event at The Ohio State
University - COLUMBUS – Today, Ohio Governor John R. Kasich announced
that he will hold “The Ohio Governor’s 21st Century Energy &
Economic Development Summit,” at The Ohio State University on Sept. 21
and 22. The purpose of the Summit will be to help the Kasich
Administration and Ohio policy makers develop a 21st-century... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Battle
begins over nursing-home cuts, By Jim Siegel, Catherine C
and isky
Sunday, May 8, 2011 - The 30-second ad that started airing Friday
begins with a shot of a frail, elderly woman in a bed and a picture of
Gov. John Kasich in the foreground. It ends with condemnation of the
“Kasich cuts,” a hand pulling a plug out of the wall, a flat-lined EKG
- and a message to call your state senator “before it’s too late.” Over
the years, the nursing-home industry in Ohio has been accused of a lot
of things. Being lousy at lobbying has never been one of them... read
more.
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Politico...
Net Neutrality
author Genachowski draws ire from all sides, By Brooks
Boliek & Kim Hart
5/8/11 - Julius Genachowski is nobody’s angel. To conservatives, the
chairman of the FCC is a regulatory zealot, bent on making the free
market conform to a government-mandated vision. To liberals, he’s a
would-be champion who sold them out when the going got tough, watering
down his landmark net neutrality proposal to appease the other side. In
many ways, he faces some of the same criticism from both sides that has
plagued President Barack Obama, Genachowski’s law school... read
more.
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Columbus Dispatch... Kasich
takes aim, fires, By Joe Vardeon
Governor rips nursing-home lobby, says tax cut possible in ‘12 -
Tuesday, May 10 - MASON, Ohio - In a suburban Cincinnati facility where
tooling for engines used by the military is made, Gov. John Kasich
unleashed a volley of verbal missiles at Ohio’s nursing-home lobby
yesterday. Kasich, whose speech was scheduled as an event to stump for
his two-year, $55.6 billion budget proposal, also... read
more.
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Dayton
Business Journal... Ohio
puts 27 companies on Fortune 500, by Matt Burns, DBJ
Contributor
Thursday, May 5, 2011 - Ohio is home to the fifth-largest share of
Fortune 500 U.S. companies. A total of 27 Buckeyes companies made
annual list. Ohio is home to the fifth-largest share of Fortune 500
U.S. companies. A total of 27 Buckeyes companies made annual list,
including West Chester-based AK Steel. Ohio’s tally of 27 Fortune 500
companies is an increase of four companies from 2010 and puts the state
at No. 5 in the nation. New York leads the list with inclusions... read
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Washington
Post... Al-Qaeda data
yield details of planned plots, By Joby Warrick
Published May 5 - Documents seized in the raid on Osama bin Laden’s
compound have yielded a bonanza of new intelligence, from names and
locations of terrorist suspects to chilling details of al-Qaeda plots
to attack targets in the United States and beyond, U.S. officials said
Thursday. Among the files recovered from captured computers and flash
drives were documents detailing a previously unknown plan to attack the
U.S. commuter rail network, intelligence officials... read
more.
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| Columbus
Dispatch.... Unclear
ownership of mineral rights may hurt state’s revenue hopes for drilling
in parks,
By Spencer Hunt - Sunday, May 8, 2011 - Plans to make millions of
dollars by opening up state parks to drilling could be limited by the
relatively small amount of natural-gas rights Ohio actually owns. Of
the 115,300 acres of state parks, the Ohio Department of Natural
Resources estimates that it owns the gas rights for 34,590 acres.
That’s less than one-third of the state park land that could be opened
to drilling if lawmakers approve one of several proposals... read
more.
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Drug Investigation
leads to Arrest
Arcanum – On May 9th, 2011 at approximately 4:38 PM, the Darke County
Drug Task Force, in conjunction with deputies from the Darke County
Sheriff’s Office and detectives from the Greenville Police Department
conducted a narcotics investigation in the Arcanum area. Earlier in the
day the Darke County Drug Task Force received a tip about a narcotics
transaction that was to take place in Darke County... read
more.
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Senator Faber’s Weekly Newsletter
Ohio Anglers Survey;
What’s on your Mind?
- May 9, 2011 - Ohio Anglers Encouraged to Participate in Survey - ODNR
- The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife
invites anglers to visit www.ohiodnr.com/creel to take a new online
angler survey. The online survey asks anglers to provide feedback on a
variety of topics including fishing preferences, fish... read
more.
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Rasmussen...
What They Told Us:
Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
Saturday, May 07, 2011 - Osama bin Laden went down, and President Obama
has gone up – in the polls, that is. Americans overwhelmingly endorse
the president’s decision to kill bin Laden and don’t believe a greater
effort should have been made to bring the terrorist mastermind to
trial. Eighty-six percent (86%) of Adults approve of the president’s
decision authorizing the mission to kill bin Laden. Only 14% say the
special operations forces involved in the mission should have... read
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Insider Report from
Newsmax.com
Headlines (Click Read more for complete stories): 1. Al-Qaida
Threatened Nuke Strike if bin Laden Killed 2. Lair Violated bin
Laden’s Own Hiding-Place Rules 3. Poll: O’Reilly, Krauthammer
Conservatives’ Favorites 4. Juan Williams Wins Freedom of Speech
Award 5. Charlie Crist Now Pitchman for Law Firm 6. Jim
Caviezel: Gibson’s ‘Passion’ Wrecked My Career 7. We Heard: Mitt
Romney, ‘Home Alone’... read
more.
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Toledo Blade... Portman: Plan
will get people back to work, By Tom Troy
Reid counters that Republicans thwarting small businesses bill - U.S.
Senator Rob Portman (R., Ohio) Thursday said his “Senate Republican
Jobs Plan” would give a shot in the arm to an economy that suffered
disappointing news this week. The plan calls for tax cuts, more oil
exploration, fewer regulations, repealing health-care reform, and
adding a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution... read
more.
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Cincinnati
Enquirer... Ohio
House approves $55.6B budget
Written by Jon Craig - May 5, 2011 - Proposal moves on to
GOP-controlled Senate - COLUMBUS – The Ohio House passed a budget
proposal Thursday that would cut state tax dollars to schools and local
services, but removed an amendment earlier in the day that would have
delayed the $66.5 million project to replace the dilapidated Sixth
Street Viaduct. The sponsor of the amendment, Sabina Republican Rep.
Bob Peterson, asked that his proposal be removed... read
more.
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Initiative unveiled
to encourage younger Ohioans to participate in election process
Efforts coincide with the 40th anniversary of the passage of the 26th
Amendment by Congress to give 18 year olds the right to vote. Ohio
became the 37th state to ratify the amendment on June 30, 1971. -
COLUMBUS – Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted joined students at
Whetstone High School to announce Grads Vote and Elect Your Sticker.
These programs are designed to get graduating high school seniors
registered to vote and expose Ohioans of all ages to the electoral
process... read
more.
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The
Columbus Dispatch... Teacher-pay
provision stays in state budget despite Democrats’ effort
By Jim Siegel - House Republicans send 2-year plan to Senate; Dems call
it ‘jobs killer’ - Thursday, May 5, 2011 - Voting along party lines
today, the Ohio House approved a new two-year state budget after
Democrats tried unsuccessfully to remove language that is similar to
performance-pay provisions also included in Senate Bill 5, the
collective-bargaining bill. The two-year, $55.6 billion budget does not
raise taxes but includes significant cuts to schools, local
governments... read
more.
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Dayton Business Journal... Student
pays for college with YouTube videos, by Brittany Hart
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 - Bill Cooper is known online at The iPod Kid and
earns enough money from his popular YouTube videos reviewing various
Apple Inc. tech products to pay for his University of Dayton college
education. A University of Dayton student’s YouTube stardom is helping
him pay for college. First-year business major Bill Cooper, known
online as “The iPod Kid,” has more than 68,000 subscribers to his... read
more.
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Politico...
Vice President Joe
Biden rustles up another gang, By Carrie Budoff Brown
& Meredith Shiner
They are the Washington ideal: “gangs” of Democrats and Republicans who
call off the ideological knife fights long enough to work on resolving
the big issue of the day. And at the Blair House on Thursday morning,
Vice President Joe Biden will try it once again, bringing together two
Republicans and four Democrats in hopes of striking a deal on deficit
reduction. But as yet another group convenes, the notion that a
bipartisan gang will reach a grand compromise where all others... read
more.
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Politico...
Old problems dog new
debt debate, By David Rogers
One old face and another old problem were back on the Senate’s calendar
Wednesday, twin reminders of how stubborn budget deficits can be even
when you think you have a fix. Former Sen. Phil Gramm, the Texas
Republican synonymous with many of the biggest fiscal fights of the
1980s, appeared before a Senate Finance Committee as an expert witness
on the shortcomings of budget enforcement mechanisms — some of which he
designed and Congress is now... read
more.
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Dayton Business Journal... Database
of excess federal properties
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 - The White House has released a massive
database of all federal properties deemed “excess” and no longer needed
by the government. There are more than 105 in Ohio, including in the
Dayton region. The White House Statement: The Federal Government is the
biggest property owner in the U.S., and billions of taxpayer dollars
are wasted each year on government... read
more.
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Politico...
Geithner warns
Congress on need for debt boost, extends default deadline
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is warning that the federal
government will begin employing “extraordinary measures” to avoid as
financial crisis as the United States nears its debt limit. But
Geithner also extended the absolute deadline for a U.S. default on its
debt until Aug. 2, three weeks later than previous estimates. Geithner
said “stronger than expected tax receipts” pushed the deadline back
from mid-July. In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
(D-Nev.) on Monday... read
more.
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Foxnews...
Bush-Era
Interrogations Provided Key Details on Bin Laden’s Location
By Catherine Herridge - May 03, 2011 - Years of intelligence gathering,
including details gleaned from controversial interrogations of Al Qaeda
members during the Bush administration, ultimately led the Navy SEALs
who killed Usama bin Laden to his compound in Pakistan. The initial
threads of intelligence began surfacing in 2003 and came in the form of
information about a trusted bin Laden courier, a senior U.S. official
told Fox News on condition of anonymity. The information... read
more.
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Politico... Whose terrorism
policies get credit: George W. Bush or Barack Obama?
By Josh Gerstein & Glenn Thrush - George W. Bush coined the term
“war on terror” in 2001, but President Barack Obama — who pointedly
avoids using that term — scored what is undeniably that war’s signal
victory. To mark the killing of Osama bin Laden, Obama on Thursday will
visit ground zero for the first time as commander in chief, nearly 10
years after Bush grabbed a bullhorn and... read
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Boehner’s comments on
the death of Bin Laden
May 2, 2011 - Washington - At a press briefing today, Congressman John
Boehner (R-West Chester) addressed the successful mission to bring
justice to terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. In the link below
you will find a video of Congressman Boehner’s remarks: “The tragic
events of 9/11 ten years ago remind us that we’re all Americans, and
that what unites us as Americans is far greater than what divides
us. And I think last night’s news unified our country in much
the... read
more.
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Foxnews.com...
America’s Third
War: Is the U.S. Arming Mexican Cartels? By William La
Jeunesse
April 28, 2011 - If you ever watch video or look at pictures of the
drug war in Mexico, you’ll notice some pretty heavy weapons. This is a
war being waged with rockets and plastic explosives, not pea shooters
and Saturday Night Specials. Consider these incidents: - A M26A2
fragmentation grenade used against a U.S. Consulate in Mexico in 2008 -
Explosive projectiles and 21 grenades found during a raid in Guadalupe
- An unexploded grenade and pull ring used to attack a TV station in...
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Dayton
Business Journal, U.S.
government to close 140 data centers, by DBJ Staff
Thursday, April 28, 2011 - The federal government is closing 137 of its
2,100 data centers this year as part of an effort to close 800 of the
facilities by 2015. - One of the centers set for closure is the U.S.
Department of Energy data center on Mound Road in Miamisburg. In
addition to Miamisburg, two data centers in Cleveland — operated by
NASA — already were shutdown this year. And regionally, the U.S.
Department of Commerce will close a center... read
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Politico... Gas prices rev up
Congress, By Darren Goode
5/2/11 - Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines. If you can afford
to, that is. Congress returns Monday after a two-week spring break
during which members faced constituent angst back home over high gas
prices, and lawmakers are ready to make some noise of their own. “It’s
the single most subject that people talk about to me,” said Rep. Lou
Barletta, a Republican freshman from... read
more.
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Politico... The debt-ceiling
talks: 5 scenarios, By Carrie Budoff Brown and Glenn Thrush
May 2, 2011 - It’s got to get done one way or another. Or so everybody
says. With the nation due to shatter its debt ceiling later this month,
legislators in both parties are strategizing on ways to seal a deal to
extend the ceiling on the best possible terms. The possible scenarios
for a resolution — or collapse — are ridiculously complicated, made
even more so by the Obama administration’s desire... read
more.
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Senator Faber’s
Weekly Newsletter, May 2, 2011
Free
Fishing Days, Wild Turkey Season
- May 7 and 8 are Ohio’s Free Fishing Days - ODNR - Ohioans are
encouraged to take advantage of “Free Fishing Days” on May 7 and 8 and
experience the great fishing Ohio has to offer, according to the Ohio
Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. For these
two days only, Ohio anglers may fish in any of the state’s public
waters without... read
more.
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Insider Report from
Newsmax.com
Headlines (Click Read More for complete stories): 1. Oil Drilling
Moratorium Costing Government Billions 2. Chinese Firm Aiding
Iran’s Chemical Weapons Program 3. RIP: Last Typewriter Factory
Closes 4. WikiLeaks: Al-Qaida Targeted Brooklyn Bridge 5.
Calling Animals ‘Pets’ Termed ‘Derogatory’... read
more.
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Politico...
Overflow crowds for
Paul Ryan town halls, By Jennifer Haberkorn
KENOSHA, Wis. — Record crowds of supporters and opponents flooded town
hall meetings throughout southeastern Wisconsin on Tuesday to hear
Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) defend his plan to trim
government spending — including controversial changes to the Medicare
program. In the district’s Democratic stronghold of Kenosha, at least
200 people were left outside once the 300-seat auditorium filled to
capacity. The people in the crowd largely opposed... read
more.
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Bowers wins primary;
Greenville Levy Passes
Greenville School officials were in a celebratory mood, and Greenville
Mayor Mike Bowers was quietly pleased at the election results. Both won
their respective contests Tuesday night. Bowers won by nearly a 3 to 1
margin, 72 percent to 28 percent with 1108 votes cast. The Greenville
Schools renewal operating levy passed by more than a 2 to 1 margin, 67
percent to 33 percent with 3116 votes cast... read
more.
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Dayton Business Journal... Stock
markets rise after bin Laden death, by Ginger Christ
Monday, May 2, 2011 - Stocks on Wall Street opened higher on Monday
morning as investors reacted to the news that U.S. Military special
forces had killed terrorist leader Osama bin Laden in a raid in
Pakistan. The markets got a boost from news of Al Qaeda leader Osama
Bin Laden’s death at the hands of U.S. Special Forces soldiers in a
raid on his compound hideout in Pakistan this weekend. President Barack
Obama... read
more.
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New York Times... Most States
Seen Raising Jobless Tax on Businesses
By Michael Cooper - April 27, 2011 - As persistently high unemployment
has drained the funds that are used to pay jobless benefits, more than
two-thirds of the states expect to raise taxes on businesses this year
to replenish them, according to a survey of labor agencies released
Wednesday. Unemployment taxes remain low by historical standards: the
survey, by the National Association... read
more.
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Sheriff’s Office
investigates fatal crash
Versailles – On May 1st, 2011 at approximately 1:36 PM, the Darke
County Sheriff’s Office along with Versailles Fire and Rescue responded
to a one vehicle accident on State Route 121 just South of Chase Road.
Initial investigation showed that a 2000 Chevrolet Venture, driven by
Danielle L. Stark (25) of Greenville, was Northbound on State Route
121. Stark’s vehicle drifted off the left side of the road and struck a
DP&L utility pole and a Century Link phone junction box... read
more.
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Dayton
Daily News... Tax study:
Ohio has third-lowest tax burden for new business investments
By William Hershey - Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - Only two states -
Maine and Oregon - have lower tax burdens for new business investments
than Ohio, according to a new study released by the Council on State
Taxation, a business-backed group, in conjunction with Ernst &
Young, the professional services firm. “Competitiveness of State and
Local Taxes on New Investment” found that Ohio has an effective tax
rate of 4.4 percent on new investment, lower than all states... read
more.
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Dayton
Business Journal... Ohio
ranks No. 6 for job growth
Monday, April 25, 2011 - Ohio ranked No. 6 in the country for job
growth, according to a new study. Ohio was among the states with the
highest employment gains in March, continuing a slow recovery from the
recession that saw the state lose thousands of jobs. The latest figures
from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show Ohio had an increase of
65,700 nonfarm jobs between March 2010 and the same month this year.
That was the sixth-highest gain among all states. Texas led the... read
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