Columbus
Dispatch... Poll:
Ohio
voters against Obama re-election, but he beats the competition
By Darrel Rowland - A majority of Ohio voters says President Barack
Obama doesn’t deserve re-election, but he still narrowly beats the top
Republican candidates in head-to-head matchups. A Quinnipiac poll
released today shows that 53 percent disapprove of his job performance
and 51 percent say he does not deserve another term. “President Barack
Obama’s standing among all Ohio voters is back to its lowest ever,”
said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Connecticut
university’s... read
more.
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| Cleveland
Plain Dealer... Ted
Strickland blasts Ohio Gov. John Kasich in Cleveland speech, says
rematch possible,
by Henry J. Gomez - As Republican Gov. John Kasich received slightly
improved poll numbers Tuesday, the man he defeated last year and the
man conventional wisdom pegs as a future candidate for his job shared a
stage in Cleveland. Former Gov. Ted Strickland and Cuyahoga County
Executive Ed FitzGerald, both Democrats, unloaded on Kasich at the
American Constitution Society for Law and Policy’s annual Northeast
Ohio luncheon. The liberal organization... read
more.
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Senator Keith Faber... Significant
Progress Made at Grand Lake St. Marys
State-sponsored summer treatment produces encouraging results -
COLUMBUS – State Senator Keith Faber (R – Celina) today commented on
news that a recent alum treatment at Grand Lake St. Marys succeeded in
cutting the intensity of harmful algal blooms and reducing phosphorous
levels throughout the lake. “Seemingly everybody in our community holds
cherished memories of time spent on or near... read
more.
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Dayton
Daily News... Ending
exodous of young professionals vital to growth, Joanne
Huist Smith
An area group promotes the values of the region to other young people.
Attracting and retaining young, educated professionals is a critical
part of ensuring a bright future for the region. That fact has not been
lost on local leaders who have made it a priority to increase the
number of young adults by encouraging companies to offer internships
and incentives to attract potential long-term residents off college
campuses and into communities. The number of 20- to 39-year-olds
leaving... read
more.
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Canton
Repository... Ohio
changes welfare program to avoid federal fine
COLUMBUS — Ohio is changing its welfare program to avoid $136 million
in federal fines after missing benchmarks for how many participants are
working or pursuing employment. The fines were levied for Ohio’s
failure to meet a requirement that at least half of families drawing
benefits were employed or seeking work. Ohio has missed that mark since
2007, and fines have not yet been assessed for 2010. Gov. John Kasich
ordered the changes — which are designed to put Ohio back... read
more.
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Dayton Business Journal... B of
A to charge $5 monthly fee for debit card usage
by Adam O’Daniel - Thursday, September 29, 2011 - BofA will charge the
monthly fee to debit card holders that use the card to make purchases.
It won’t be charged if the card is used only at ATMs or not used at
all, spokeswoman Anne Pace said. BofA has several home loan branches in
the Dayton region and recently bought the largest downtown Dayton
office tower. All of the bank’s... read
more.
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Dayton Business Journal... Sinclair
obtains distinction for graduation rates
By Laura Englehart - Friday, September 30, 2011 - Sinclair Community
College and 23 other schools were given Leader College Distinction for
improving their graduation rates and closing achievement gaps. The
recognition comes from Achieving the Dream Inc., a nonprofit focused on
increasing community college graduation rates. The Dayton region’s
largest school joins 52 community colleges... read
more.
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| Cleveland
Plain Dealer... Sherrod
Brown still holds lead against potential opponents, but President
Obama’s Ohio standing is low,
by Stephen Koff - Washington -- Incumbent U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, a
Democrat, holds a 13-point lead over his likely 2012 Republican
opponent, Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel, although Mandel is slowly gaining
ground as the campaign comes into focus. But President Barack Obama has
no such advantage over either of the GOP candidates currently
considered front runners for their party’s nomination, a new poll of
Ohio volters shows... read
more.
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Dayton
Daily News... Postal
workers attack critics and protest cuts, Steve
Bennish
Protesters say Congress caused the problem in 2006, but it can be
fixed. DAYTON — Postal workers took to the streets Tuesday in a
national “Day of Action” to challenge rhetoric they say distorts the
financial condition of the U.S. Postal Service and to derail pending
service cuts. More than 50 postal workers and their supporters turned
out at 120 W. 3rd St. to march across the street from the Federal
Building. The protest was by the American Postal Workers Union, the
National Association... read
more.
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Dayton Business Journal... Midmark
taps new CFO, By Joe Cogliano
Friday, September 30, 2011 - VERSAILLES - Midmark Corp., one of the
region’s largest manufacturers, has named a new chief financial
officer. On Friday, the Versailles-based health care products maker
announced Robert “Bob” Morris would join its executive ranks. Morris
had been serving as vice president of finance at Michigan-based
BorgWarner Drivetrain Systems, where he was... read
more.
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Dayton
Daily News... Liberals,
conservatives plan conference together, By
Laura Bischoff
Monday, September 26, 2011 - The left and right are joining hands in
Ohio, at least for a day, to discuss meaty issues such as public
pension reform, local tax rates, health care, the national debt and
federal fiscal policy, and government consolidation. The Buckeye
Institute, a conservative think tank based in Columbus, the Center for
Community Solutions, a liberal research group based in Cleveland, and
Greater Ohio, a non-partisan organization focused on smart growth,
are... read
more.
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Dayton
Business Journal... Wright
State University hits milestone
Monday, September 26, 2011 - Wright State University will celebrate a
milestone this week: In a little more than a decade, its College of
Engineering and Computer Science Ph.D. in Engineering Program has
graduated 100 students with doctorates. The graduates have continued to
hold jobs in Ohio and locally at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Of
the 100 Ph.D. earners, 50 percent work in the state and 30 percent have
defense-related jobs within the Air Force Research Laboratory... read
more.
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Dayton Business Journal... Colleges
graded by how much grads earn
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - As college tuition continues to increase
and the economy lags, how students choose where to attend school has
changed to consider not just the experience, but also the outcome. A
Seattle-based company that collects employee compensation data has
calculated the expected 30-year return on investment for colleges and
universities across the country to find which... read
more.
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Dayton Business Journal... Poll:
Kasich approval up, S.B. 5 support gains
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - A new poll shows some Ohio voters are
warming up a bit to first-year Gov. John Kasich and toning down their
opposition to Senate Bill 5, the controversial collective bargaining
law that is a key piece of Kasich’s government reform agenda. The poll
by Quinnipiac University shows Kasich has a negative job approval
rating of 49 to 40 percent approval. But that is an improvement on
the... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Is
‘dynamic
scoring’ key to debt crisis? Lori Montgomery
WASHINGTON — Warring Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill have
little hope of drafting an ambitious plan by Thanksgiving to tame the
national debt unless they can agree on an approach to rewriting the tax
code, key lawmakers and leadership aides say. But any attempt at a tax
overhaul would require policymakers to clear daunting hurdles,
including an old battle over a fundamental question: Do tax cuts pay
for themselves by spurring economic growth? The answer could be
pivotal... read
more.
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Toledo
Blade... Financial
disclosure to be filed by Mandel, Tom Troy
Form expected in Oct.; it was due May 15 - State Treasurer Josh
Mandel’s campaign said Friday it expects to file sometime in October a
federal personal financial disclosure form that was due May 15. Mr.
Mandel of Lyndhurst, Ohio, is running for the U.S. Senate seat held by
Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown. Mandel campaign spokesman Joe Aquilino
said there are certain spousal assets that are required to be listed on
the federal report that were never required on the state report... read
more.
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Bucyrus
Telegraph Forum... State
AG defends fugitive program, Henry S. Conte
Attorney General Mike DeWine is trying to give out second chances. All
he asks is that people take him up on his offer. Several hundred people
with warrants in Richland County for non-violent felonies and
misdemeanors are expected to turn themselves in peacefully at a church
in Mansfield early next month. The Ohio Attorney General’s office is
launching its first Fugitive Safe Surrender program from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Oct. 5 to 8 at Oasis of Love Church, 190 Chester Ave... read
more.
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The
Hill... Citing
conflict of
interest, Sen. Sherrod Brown’s wife resigns as columnist,
Alicia M. Cohn
Connie Schultz, who is married to Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), resigned
as a columnist at an Ohio newspaper this week due to her husband’s
re-election campaign. “In recent weeks, it has become painfully clear
that my independence, professionally and personally, is possible only
if I’m no longer writing for the newspaper that covers my husband’s
Senate race on a daily basis,” she wrote on her Facebook page. “It’s
time for me to move on... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Obama’s
jobs-bill pitch falls on deaf GOP ears, By Joe
Hallett
CINCINNATI — Calling himself “a warrior for the middle class,”
President Barack Obama trod on the home turf of his biggest GOP rivals
yesterday and issued an in-your-face challenge to them to pass his $477
billion stimulus plan. With the 1960s-built, double-decker Brent Spence
Bridge as a backdrop, Obama urged a cheering audience of Ohioans and
Kentuckians to pressure House Speaker John Boehner of nearby West
Chester and Senate Minority Leader Mitch... read
more.
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Dayton
Business Journal... New
Apple top dog Cook to launch iPhone 5
by Cromwell Schubarth, Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal -
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - Apple Inc.’s new CEO Tim Cook is
reportedly set to launch the new iPhone 5 on Oct. 4 and it will start
selling within weeks. All Things Digital cited unnamed sources in a
report on Wednesday that said that the company could change the date
but the plan now is to do the iPhone 5 debut on the first Tuesday of
October. It will be the first lengthy public look at Cook since he took
over from... read
more.
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Dayton Business Journal... Boehner:
No federal government shutdown, by Kent Hoover
Friday, September 23, 2011 - Despite Wednesday’s defeat of a temporary
funding bill for the federal government, U.S. House Speaker John
Boehner said on Thursday that “there’s no threat of a government
shutdown.” That would be good news to many in the Dayton region, which
could see a huge blow to the local economy if the federal government
shut down. Boehner, the Republican from Butler County, was set to... read
more.
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Rasmussen...
What
They Told Us:
Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
Saturday, September 24, 2011 - For many Americans, their home is their
primary investment in the future. Concern remains at record levels that
that investment is at risk, and the sour economy continues to play
heavily on next year’s race for the White House. Homeowners remain very
pessimistic about the potential short- and long-term values of their
homes. Forty percent (40%) now expect their home’s value to go down
over the next year, the highest level of pessimism to date... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... SB
5 debate
prompts both sides to talk of fairness, By Jim
Siegel
MASON, Ohio — State Rep. Connie Pillich said there would be no real
collective bargaining if Issue 2 is passed, creating a “patently
unfair” system for workers. State Sen. Shannon Jones said public unions
“hold all the cards” so there isn’t fair bargaining now, and taxpayers
are paying for it. The position voters agree with in November will
determine whether Senate Bill 5, a sweeping 300-page law that would
weaken the collective-bargaining power for about 360,000 public
workers... read
more.
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Dayton Business Journal... Survey:
Most workers don’t get enough sleep, by Laura
Englehart
Monday, August 29, 2011 - Nearly 80 percent of business people do not
sleep the adequate 7.5 hours adults need at night, according to a
recent Dayton Business Journal online poll. Of the 322 who responded to
the Business Pulse Survey question, “How much sleep do you get at
night?” 12 percent reported they sleep about eight hours and 6 percent
answered eight to 10 hours. Meanwhile... read
more.
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Rasmussen... Election
2012: New
Hampshire Republican Primary
New Hampshire GOP Primary: Romney 39%, Perry 18%, Paul 13% - Friday,
September 23, 2011 - Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is the
runaway leader in the race for the 2012 Republican nomination in New
Hampshire, home of next year’s first presidential primary. Romney earns
39% of the vote in Rasmussen Reports’ first telephone survey of Likely
Republican Primary Voters in New ... read
more.
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Dayton
Daily News... President
Obama pushes Boehner to pass jobs bill, By
Kareem Elgazzar
Obama says House speaker can kill or help pass American Jobs Act.
CINCINNATI — President Barack Obama implored Republicans to get on
board with his jobs bill before thousands at a concrete mixing facility
in Cincinnati on Thursday. The American Jobs Act, a $447 billion jobs
bill, would set aside money for infrastructure projects like replacing
the almost half-century old Brent Spence Bridge, which spans the Ohio
River between Ohio and Kentucky. It was no coincidence the... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Ohio
might
seek No Child Left Behind waiver, by Jennifer
Smith
Richards
Obama plans to scrap rules on aid for tutors, transfers - The federal
government will offer states the chance to set aside major sections of
the No Child Left Behind Act, including the requirement that all
students become proficient in math and reading by 2014. Strict rules
that require money for poor students in so-called failing schools to be
spent on tutoring or transfers to better schools also could be scrapped
under the waiver rules to be announced today by President Barack
Obama... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Health
law
likely to send premiums through roof, state says, By
Catherine Candisky
Critics question state analysis from department led by health-law foe -
A new report projects that the cost of health-insurance premiums in
Ohio could increase by as much as 150 percent — or drop by 40 percent —
in 2014, when key provisions of the new federal health-care law kick
in. The analysis was commissioned by the Ohio Department of Insurance
to determine how the Affordable Care Act would affect premiums. It
found that Ohioans who buy individual policies would... read
more.
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Dayton Business Journal... Ohio
personal income growth slips in 2Q, by DBJ
Staff
Thursday, September 22, 2011 - Personal income growth in Ohio slowed in
the second quarter, the government reported Thursday, but the pace of
its modest increase remained above the national average for states. The
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis said the state’s growth in personal
income – total income received by all Ohioans from all sources – rose
1.2 percent from... read
more.
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Dayton Business Journal... New
rules to hit Facebook users, by Dan Eaton
Friday, September 23, 2011 - Facebook is changing again and while the
alterations may be good for personal uses, some observers think life
for business users of the popular social networking site could get
tougher. “Businesses aren’t going to be as prominent as they used to
be,” says Jessie Eckert, director of social media marketing for
Columbus-based Blind Acre Media Inc. “Businesses are going to... read
more.
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The Columbus Dispatch... Analysis
says only 2 of 16 congressional seats competitive, By
Jim
Siegel
September 14, 2011 - Editor: Note map changes for Darke, Mercer and
Preble Counties; also a possible challenge reported in the Zanesville
Times Recorder and WYSO Radio commentary - An analysis by the Ohio
Campaign for Accountable Redistricting of the new Republican
congressional map found that only two of the 16 new districts would be
considered competitive. Jim Slagle, manager of the campaign, a
coalition of groups including... read
more.
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Dayton
Daily News... District
map may violate federal law, NAACP says, By
Katie Wedell
DAYTON — The Dayton Unit of the NAACP is questioning whether the new
Ohio congressional map violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of
1965 by splitting Montgomery County’s black voters between two
districts. According to an analysis by the Ohio Campaign for
Accountable Redistricting published in Sunday’s Dayton Daily News, the
proposed map puts 59 percent of the county’s black population in the
new 10th District and 41 percent in U.S. House Speaker John... read
more.
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| Cleveland
Plain Dealer... Gov.
John Kasich moving fast on racetrack slots, asks Controlling Board for
approval of no-bid contract,
By Joe Guillen - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Gov. John Kasich on Monday asked for
approval of a no-bid, multimillion contract the administration says
will help speed the arrival of slots-like gambling at Ohio’s
racetracks. If the state’s Controlling Board agrees, the $9 million,
two-year contract will go to Intralot, a Greek gaming company, to
develop a central monitoring system to track the activity of the
gambling machines, called video lottery terminals... read
more.
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Dayton Business Journal… Stocks
stumble on new stimulus talks, by Ginger Christ
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - Editor’s Note: Stocks continue to fall
through Friday morning. From Wall Street Journal: “Despite a small
late-day rebound, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 391.01 points
Thursday, or 3.5%, to 10733.83. The Dow is down 16% from its April
high, nearing the 20% drop that would signal a bear market. The broad
Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index fell... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Dems
offer
alternative congressional map, By Jim Siegel
Jim Slagle, manager of the Ohio Campaign for Accountable Redistricting,
said the new gerrymandered Republican congressional map obviously did
not rely on any of the campaign’s suggestions for competitiveness and
compactness. However, one of the maps drawn for Slagle’s group is
getting attention – from minority Democrats. Sen. Tom Sawyer, D-Akron,
today introduced an alternative to the Republican map that is expected
to get Senate approval this week, after quickly passing the GOP... read
more.
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Dayton
Daily News... Medicare
reforms, higher taxes on rich in Obama debt reduction plan
By Jack Torry - President’s proposal won’t help the economy or job
growth, GOP says. WASHINGTON — Even as President Barack Obama annoyed
Republicans Monday by calling for higher taxes on upper-income
Americans, he opened the door for revising Medicare as part of his plan
to cut the federal deficit by $3 trillion in the next decade. Obama’s
plan calls for $1.5 trillion during the next decade in higher taxes —
largely on families making more than $250,000 a year... read
more.
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Secretary
of State Jon Husted... New
Business Filings for August
COLUMBUS – Secretary of State Jon Husted today announced that 7,346 new
entities filed to do business in Ohio in August. These numbers are down
slightly compared to August 2010, in which 7,790 new entities filed
with the Secretary of State. However, the Secretary of State’s office
has assisted with 56,568 new business filings to date in 2011
(January-August). This is an increase from last year’s 54,505 new
business filings during the same time period... read
more.
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Cleveland
Plain Dealer... National
Labor Relations Board sees increase in social-media complaints
by Marcia Pledger - 9/17/11 - A bartender was fired two months ago
after complaining in a Facebook discussion with his stepsister about
his job -- the absence of a pay raise in five years, his employer’s
tip-sharing policy and the customers, saying he hoped they “choked on
glass as they drove home drunk.” At Walmart, a worker was disciplined
after a Facebook conversation in which he railed against management and
its policies. In Cleveland, the United Food and Commercial Workers
Union... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Attorney
general seeks more ways to go after Web, phone scammers
By David Eggert - 9/17/11 - The state attorney general’s office wants
the power to criminally charge suspects who defraud people using
websites and phones. Currently, attorney general investigators can
subpoena phone records, Internet addresses and payment information only
to build civil cases. They can seek fines and restitution, but no
criminal punishment, such as jail time. Legislation introduced
yesterday would give the attorney general criminal subpoena power for
cases of... read
more.
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Dayton Business Journal... Report:
GM and UAW deal includes $5K bonus, by DBJ
Staff
Sunday, September 18, 2011 - General Motors Co. will give a $5,000
signing bonus to hourly workers for approving a tentative contract
agreement reached going into the weekend by the company and the United
Auto Workers union going, the Detroit News is reporting. The News
article said the proposed agreement also includes a pay raise for
entry-level workers, profit sharing based on North American... read
more.
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State Representative Jim Buchy... Buchy
and Henne promote Issue 2
Dayton, Ohio - On Tuesday evening, Representative Michael Henne
(R-Clayton) and Representative Jim Buchy (R-Greenville) addressed
members of the Dayton Public School Board at their regularly scheduled
meeting. The two members of the Ohio House felt a need to
address
the Board after a series of letters to the editor and newspaper
articles on the topic of Issue 2 appeared in the Dayton Daily News over
the... read
more.
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The
White House... Remarks
by
the President on Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction
Rose Garden - September 19, 10:56 a.m. THE PRESIDENT: Good
morning, everybody. Please have a seat. A week ago today, I
sent
Congress the American Jobs Act. It’s a plan that will lead to
new
jobs for teachers, for construction workers, for veterans, and for the
unemployed. It will cut taxes for every small business owner
and
virtually every working man and woman in America. And the
proposals in this jobs bill are the kinds that have been supported by
Democrats and Republicans... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... On
SB 5,
which study to believe? By Alan Johnson
In comparison with their private-sector counterparts’ total
compensation, public employees in Ohio earn ... A) more, B) less, C)
about the same, or D) depends on which side of the Senate Bill 5 debate
I’m on? With yesterday’s release of a study concluding that public
employees have a 43.4 percent edge in wages, benefits and job security,
both sides in state Issue 2’s collective-bargaining debate now have
facts and figures to support their position... read
more.
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Cleveland
Plain Dealer... State
official encourages Berea High students to vote, obtain job skills
By Joanne Berger DuMound - BEREA -- Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted
encouraged Berea High students today to register to vote. His words
apparently were heard. “What he said really inspired me to vote, to go
out and voice my opinion through voting,” said Dan Medvetz, a Berea
11th grader. “I plan to register when I’m 18.” Husted discussed the
responsibilities and roles of his office to the students and some state
and national issues that affect even those who are too young to vote...
read
more.
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Boehner
Statement on
the President’s Debt Plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) issued the
following statement in response to the President’s latest debt plan.
“Pitting one group of Americans against another is not leadership. The
Joint Select Committee is engaged in serious work to tackle a serious
problem: the debt crisis that is making it harder to get our economy
growing... read
more.
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Rasmussen...
What
They Told Us:
Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
Saturday, September 17, 2011 - The presidential primary process doesn’t
begin for real for another four months, but the fluctuations in our
polling over the past week are a good indicator of how topsy-turvy
things are likely to be in the race for the Republican nomination.
Before he entered his first debate as a presidential candidate, Texas
Governor Rick Perry was the Republican frontrunner and held a
three-point lead in a hypothetical matchup against President Obama. But
Perry was... read
more.
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Kasich
Week in Review... Saturday,
Sept. 10 through Friday, Sept. 16, 2011
Sunday, September 11, 2011 - Gov. John R. Kasich participated in the
“Call to Duty” ceremony for Alpha Battery 1-134th FA of the Ohio
National Guard in Marion. Monday, September 12, 2011 - Kasich, along
with Commerce Director David Goodman, and State Fire Marshall Larry
Flowers, participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the State Fire
Marshall’s headquarters in Reynoldsburg, recognizing and remembering
firefighters who have fallen in the last year... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Critics
say
GOP congressional map will add to political dysfunction,
By Jim Siegel
A coalition that is pushing lawmakers to draw congressional districts
that are more compact and competitive said yesterday that only two of
the 16 new GOP-drawn districts would be politically competitive.
Neither is in central Ohio. Jim Slagle, manager of the Ohio Campaign
for Accountable Redistricting, said 14 of 16 districts have political
indexes of at least 55 percent favoring one of the parties, a status
that the group defines as uncompetitive. The group made its evaluation
with data... read
more.
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Dayton Business Journal... 9/11
defense funding boom ending, by Joe Cogliano,
DBJ Senior
Reporter
Sunday, September 11, 2011 - On the heels of the Sept. 11 attacks,
America’s defense budget boomed. Ten years later, annual defense
spending has grown from nearly $320 billion to more than $680 billion,
and many of those companies that support the government have seen a
corresponding boost in sales, profit and employment. In the Dayton area
alone, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
has grown to
27,000 employees and... read
more.
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Darke County Republican Mens Club… Sheriff to continue Modified
Level Three
Plan
By Bob Robinson - Spencer also discussed funding, special response
incidents and the two 911 operations “Well, this is one of my least
favorite topics, but I know I’ll be asked, so I’ll bring it up now.”
After a brief summary of how the Darke County Fair went from the
perspective of law enforcement – it went well – Darke County Sheriff
Toby Spencer delved into the issue that he said he thought was
likely... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Locals
criticize state auditor for raising fees, By
Catherine
Candisky
Auditor Dave Yost is increasing the fee his office charges to conduct
audits, a hike expected to cost Ohio schools, townships and other
government entities more than $5.2 million over the next two years. The
move comes after state lawmakers approved a two-year state budget that
whacked funding to schools and local governments by hundreds of
millions — and operating funds for the auditor by nearly $2 million.
Those picking up the tab for the auditing of their books say the fee
increase... read
more.
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Cleveland
Plain Dealer... Business
Roundtable study finds compensation gap favors public workers
By Henry J. Gomez - CLEVELAND, Ohio -- As Ohio’s public-employee unions
fight to keep collective-bargaining power, a group of executives from
the state’s largest corporations is pushing a study that depicts less
lucrative compensation in the private sector. The study, conducted by
the conservative American Enterprise Institute, found that based on
wages alone, public workers earn about 2.5 percent less than comparable
private employees. But when factoring in benefits, including
pensions... read
more.
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Dayton
Daily News... Boehner
could get more of Dayton, its suburbs, By Ken
McCall and
William Hershey
COLUMBUS — The Ohio House today is set to take a politically charged
vote on a map creating 16 new U.S. House districts that could pit two
Dayton-area Republican congressmen, Mike Turner of Centerville and
Steve Austria of Beavercreek, in an epic 2012 primary showdown. Today’s
vote comes after a House committee Wednesday approved the
Republican-drawn plan on a party-line vote that left minority Democrats
fuming and Republicans blaming Democrats for not coming up... read
more.
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House
Speaker John Boehner... Address
on “Liberating America’s Economy”
Sep 15, 2011 - Washington - In remarks to the Economic Club of
Washington, DC today, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) called for
bipartisan action on “Liberating America’s Economy,” saying
private-sector job creators have been “slammed by uncertainty from the
constant threat of new taxes, out-of-control spending, and unnecessary
regulation from a government that is always micromanaging, meddling,
and manipulating.” “President Rubenstein, members of the
board... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Obama
woos
young voters with plan, By Alex Stuckey
More than 3,200 people erupted in cheers and booming applause as
President Barack Obama mounted the stage at Fort Hayes high school in
Columbus. Spectators leapt from their seats or stood on their tiptoes
to get a glimpse of the leader of the free world. “Now we’re rock ’n’
rollin’,” shouted a woman from the crowd, as another plopped her
grandson on the metal rail for a better look. Among those present were
many young people, eager to hear the man they admired inspire hope that
there might be... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... State
education board members weigh in on public-school funding
By Catherine Candisky - Gov. John Kasich hopes to unveil his plan for
funding public schools by the end of next month, with hopes of having
it approved by state lawmakers in time for the 2012-13 school year.
“Our overarching goal is to prepare our students for when they leave
the kindergarten through 12th-grade environment,” Barbara Mattei-Smith,
the governor’s assistant education policy adviser, told the state Board
of Education yesterday. The administration sought ideas from the
19-member... read
more.
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“I
am Living the
American Dream” By Lyn Bliss, Senior Scribe
Judge Sharon Kennedy Addresses GOP Women - GREENVILLE – “I am
living the American Dream. I realize that many people believe that the
way things are going in this country, and in this state, that the
American Dream is about to be extinguished. But, I am here to say that
I am living proof of the American Dream. And, I am, because my parents
were working people. “If anyone had once... read
more.
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Yahoo
Finance... Top
Stealth
Home Energy Hogs, by William Pentland
Thursday, September 8, 2011 - The relentless rise of electricity prices
over the past decade has made many consumers more conscientious about
how they use electric power. Many of those conscientious people may
find it frustrating — to put it mildly — that their daily or even
hourly efforts to turn off devices they’re not using hasn’t delivered
the results they’d expected. The blame belongs to the growing number of
“vampire” or “phantom” electronic products that populate today’s... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Obama
presses Congress to act on jobs now, By Joe
Vardon
Fort Hayes speech promoting his plan highlights help for schools -
Congress had had its hands on President Barack Obama’s jobs bill for
about 24 hours before the president was asking a Columbus crowd
yesterday why it hadn’t been passed yet. “What on Earth are we waiting
for?” Obama said. The Democratic president touted his American Jobs
Act, a $447 billion stimulus plan, in a 13-minute speech to about 3,250
people at the Fort Hayes Arts and Academic High School... read
more.
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Cleveland
Plain Dealer... Ohio
moves ahead with shale exploration while other states take a break
By Aaron Marshall - Sunday, September 11, 2011 - COLUMBUS, Ohio - While
several states have slammed the brakes on allowing fracking to release
energy reserves buried deep in shale formations this summer, Gov. John
Kasich presses forward with plans to develop Ohio’s resources. Last
week, Kasich shifted his state Department of Natural Resources chief,
David Mustine, into a top leadership position with the governor’s
private job-creation board. Mustine’s new charge: lead the... read
more.
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Dayton Business Journal... Conservative
think tank says public workers earn 43% premium
by Jeff Bell - Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - Another salvo was fired
in the battle over Senate Bill 5 on Wednesday, this time by a
conservative think tank that says Ohio’s public workers are better
compensated than their private-sector counterparts. The study by the
Washington, D.C.-based American Enterprise
Institute
found public workers in Ohio enjoy a 43.4 percent premium in total
compensation... read
more.
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Dayton
Business Journal... Local
hiring outlook dims for 4Q, by Ginger Christ
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - The Dayton-area employment situation is
expected to worsen during the fourth quarter, as more companies plan to
cut staffing and fewer plan to hire. That’s the findings of a recent
Manpower survey, which showed only 13 percent of local employers plan
to hire in the next quarter, down from 19 percent during the third
quarter. And 9 percent intend to reduce staffing levels, up from 6
percent the previous quarter. On the bright side, 75 percent of
employers... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Ohio
congressional map could send Kilroy back to Washington
By Jessica Wehrman and Jack Torry - Democrats have
best
chance in new Franklin County district - Tuesday September 13, 2011 -
WASHINGTON — Former Democratic congresswoman Mary Jo Kilroy is emerging
as a likely candidate for a new U.S. House seat in Franklin County
being created by Ohio Republicans. The district, which is to include
most of the Democratic areas of Columbus and Franklin County, is part
of a new congressional map that will be submitted today to... read
more.
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H&R
Block will
not offer Refund Anticipation Loans in 2012
H&R Block announced today that it will not offer refund
anticipation loans (RAL) during the 2012 tax season. However, the
company will continue providing low-cost financial solutions next year.
“We evaluated our options to determine what was best for our clients,
the business and our shareholders,” said Bill Cobb, H&R Block
president and CEO. “Knowing we had a strong 2011 tax season without
RALs, our analysis did not present a compelling reason to bring back
the product in 2012... read
more.
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Cleveland
Plain Dealer... Safety
forces launch billboard push against Issue 2,
By Henry J.
Gomez
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Three labor groups representing safety forces will
spend about $60,000 to urge voters to strike down Senate Bill 5, the
Republican-backed law that restricts the collective bargaining power of
Ohio’s public unions. With the Greater Cleveland Peace Officers
Memorial as a backdrop, leaders from the Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s
Association, Northern Ohio Fire Fighters Association and Ohio
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association announced their outdoor advertising
push... read
more.
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Dayton
Daily News... Ohio
lawmakers return to controversial agenda, By
William
Hershey
COLUMBUS — When the Ohio House returns this week from its summer
recess, one of the agenda items — changing the date for next year’s
presidential primary — is expected to produce unusual agreement between
majority Republicans and minority Democrats. But that may be the only
act of bipartisanship this year. The House Republican map of proposed
new congressional districts is expected be unveiled before a committee
on Tuesday, and could be voted on by the full... read
more.
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Cincinnati
Enquirer... Portman:
$1.5 trillion in cuts not enough
The so-called “super committee,” which is tasked with reducing the
deficit by $1.5 trillion over the next decade, met for the first time
today and Ohio Sen. Rob Portman already has a bigger vision for the
group. “Cutting $1.5 trillion means cutting just 3 and a half percent
of the total projected federal spending over the next decade. Some have
asked whether we shouldn’t be doing more.” “Our goal of $1.5 trillion
would reduce (the growth of the federal debt) by only 12 percent,” the
Terrace Park Republican... read
more.
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Toledo
Blade... Ohio
renewable
energy law in danger, By Jim Provance
GOP bill would strip ‘green’ requirements from state utilities -
COLUMBUS -- Ohio’s mandate that utilities find a quarter of their power
from renewable and advanced technology sources by 2025 would become a
thing of the past under a bill introduced this week. State Sen. Kris
Jordan (R., Powell) has proposed stripping the requirement from Ohio’s
2008 rewrite of energy law. The bill has two Republican co-sponsors
from the Cleveland and Cincinnati areas. “With one of the worst... read
more.
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Rasmussen...
What
They Told Us:
Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
Saturday, September 10, 2011 - This past week may well have been a
preview of the headlines for months to come, with Texas Governor Rick
Perry coming out swinging on the national stage and President Obama
trying once more to give the struggling economy a shot in the arm.
Whether Obama can get his new jobs plan to work may go a long way
toward determining whether he keeps his job for another four years.
Making a better life for the next generation has long been the... read
more.
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Gov.
John Kasich... Week
in
Review
Saturday, September 3 through Friday, September 9, 2011 - Gov. John R.
Kasich reappointed Bill W. Dingus to serve as a member of the
Transportation Review Advisory Council and appointed Donald Edward
Franks to serve as a member of the Ohio Ethics Commission. Kasich sent
a letter to President Obama urging him to announce approval in his
Thursday speech of a loan guarantee for the proposed new Piketon
uranium enrichment facility. Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor spoke at PR Machine
Works... read
more.
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The
White House... Here’s
how
the American Jobs Act works
Good afternoon - Last night President Obama walked Congress and the
nation through the American Jobs Act, his plan to create jobs in
America now. It’s up to Congress to act on this set of bipartisan ideas
that put people back to work and put more money into the pockets of
working Americans. Here are a few important points about how the
American Jobs Act works, and why Congress should act quickly: First, it
provides a tax cut for small businesses, not big corporations, to help
them... read
more.
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Ohio
Supreme Court... Chief
Justice Delivers first State of Judiciary Address
Sept. 8, 2011 - In her first state of the Judiciary address delivered
Sept. 8, Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor announced the formation of a
new joint task force to study the application of the death penalty in
Ohio and called on Ohio’s judges to come together during these
difficult economic times to continue to improve the administration of
justice in the state. The remarks were delivered to a full house of
more than 300 judges from across Ohio at the Ohio Judicial Conference
2011 Annual Meeting... read
more.
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From
WHIO-TV Channel 7... 2
identified in Darke Co. fog-related crash,
Steve Baker,
Northern Bureau Chief
September 11, 2011 - DARKE CO., Ohio -- Two people from Troy were
seriously injured when their SUV collided with a semi truck Saturday
morning in Darke County. At about 7:40 a.m., the SUV pulled into the
intersection of Hogpath Road and U.S.127 and into the path of the
tractor-trailer. “Fog was extremely heavy at the time of the crash,”
said Sgt. Steve Royer of the Darke County Sheriff’s Department.
Deputies identify the driver as David C. Dorsey, 20, and his
passenger... read
more.
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Canton
Repository... SB5
repeal
would be harmful, Kasich says, By Robert Wang
Sep 09, 2011 - CANTON — Gov. John Kasich, in a meeting
Thursday
with The Repository’s editorial board, said he believes that if voters
reject Senate Bill 5 in November, it will hurt job creation and Ohio’s
economy. “If we don’t win this, the setback is how does Ohio get
labeled in the minds of companies around this country. Is it a slow
heavy labor state? Which tends to scare decision makers, CEOs,” said
Kasich, who was accompanied to The Repository’s newsroom only by his
press... read
more.
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Washington
Examiner... Wisconsin
schools buck union to cut health costs, By
Byron York
07/07/11 - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker performs a ceremonial bill
signing of the new budget law outside his office at the Wisconsin State
Capitol on March 11, 2011 in Madison. The new law helped the
Hartland-Lakeside School District save money on health care costs by
switching providers. The Hartland-Lakeside School District, about 30
miles west of Milwaukee in tiny Hartland, Wis., had a problem in its
collective bargaining contract with the local teachers union. The
contract required... read
more.
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State Rep. Adams... Adams
to
Serve on Workforce Development Study Committee
COLUMBUS—State Representative Richard Adams (R-Troy) has been appointed
by Speaker of the House William G. Batchelder (R-Medina) to serve on
the Workforce Development Study Committee, a bipartisan committee that
solicits feedback from Ohioans to make Ohio a national leader in
developing a well-trained and educated workforce. “The work of this
committee is an important component... read
more.
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Jo Ann Davidson Ohio Leadership Institute... Lyn Bliss Named to 2011-12
Leadership Class
COLUMBUS - Betty D. Montgomery, Chair of the Jo Ann Davidson Ohio
Leadership Institute Board (JADOLI), today announced that Lyn Bliss has
been selected to be a member of the 2011-2012 class of the prestigious,
statewide leadership institute. “I am very pleased that Lyn has been
selected to be in our class this year. She is an impressive woman, with
an impressive resume, and this will not only help the... read
more.
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Cleveland
Plain Dealer... U.S.
Secr. of Education Duncan urges community support of schools
By Patrick O’Donnell - CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Secretary of Education Arne
Duncan urged the entire community - parents, neighbors, churches,
non-profits - to help schools and provide support for students as he
stopped in Cleveland Wednesday as part of a week-long tour of the
Midwest. Duncan, the top education official under President Obama,
headed a 45-minute discussion of community involvement in schools at
Cleveland’s East Technical High School, stressing that students... read
more.
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GTS
cuts
out-of-county transportation
Effective October 1, 2011, GTS will no longer provide transportation to
Dayton or Miami County locations in order for that driver to stay in
town and provide more transportation here in Greenville. Those
requiring transportation to Dayton or Miami County have transportation
available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day thru other agencies. Some other
options would be: 1. Medicare clients thru local ambulette services
such as Spirit or Integrity... read
more.
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Politico...
Romney
resists tea
party lures at S.C. event, By Emily Schultheis
9/5/11 - COLUMBIA, S.C. – Asked by leading conservatives to join them
in embracing hard-line conservative positions, Mitt Romney pushed back
— and left them thinking about Rick Perry. The former Massachusetts
governor’s more moderate stances are one of his main liabilities in the
race for the Republican nomination — and here in this staunchly
conservative state that hosts a key early primary. But pressed to give
base-friendly answers on abortion, financial regulations and health... read
more.
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September 11 News... The
Day the
World Changed forever
On Tuesday morning, September 11, 2001, the U.S. is attacked by
terrorists in New York City and Washington, and the world changes
forever. Sept. 11: Hijacked jetliners hit the World Trade Center in New
York and the Pentagon outside Washington. A fourth hijacked plane
crashes into a field in Pennsylvania. Trading on Wall Street is
stopped. The Federal Aviation Administration... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Kasich
cuts
convictions in mother’s school case, By Alan
Johnson
September 8, 2011 - Rejecting the unanimous opinion of the Ohio Parole
Board, Gov. John Kasich yesterday gave a “second chance” to an Akron
mom who was jailed for fraudulently switching her children to a
neighboring school district. Kasich used his clemency authority as
governor to reduce Kelley Williams-Bolar’s two felony convictions for
tampering with records to first-degree misdemeanors. There are strings
attached: Williams-Bolar faces monthly visits to the probation
office... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Obama’s
speech already doubted, By Jessica Wehrman
Ohio Republican representatives want to hear president propose
something different on jobs - WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama
addresses a joint session of Congress tonight, he’ll face what
comedians might call a “tough crowd.” Obama will push a second stimulus
plan that would pump hundreds of billions into the economy through tax
cuts and federal spending while facing a Republican-led House that has
bucked his will on everything from the timing of the speech... read
more.
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FoxNews.com...
With
Obama Speech
Over, Battle Begins Over Price Tag of $450 Billion Jobs Plan
Published September 09, 2011 - With one of the most anticipated
speeches of his presidency in the rear-view mirror, President Obama now
faces what Republicans already have signaled will be an uphill battle
getting his jobs plan passed. Obama outlined the $450 billion plan’s
mix of tax cuts, tax credits, infrastructure investments and other
measures in his speech Thursday night to Congress, urging lawmakers
repeatedly to pass it “right away” to help put millions of Americans
back... read
more.
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Kasich
reduces felony
convictions
Williams-Bolar Felony convictions reduced to misemeanors - COLUMBUS –
Today Governor John R. Kasich announced that he has used his executive
clemency authority to reduce the offenses of Kelley Williams-Bolar from
two third-degree felonies to two first-degree misdemeanors.
Williams-Bolar was convicted in January, 2011, of two counts of
tampering with records, felonies of the third degree, for falsifying...
read
more.
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FoxNews.com...
The
Best Paying
Jobs of the Future, By Michael B. Sauter
Published September 02, 2011 - If you decided on a new career path
today, wouldn’t you like to know which jobs will be in high demand and
pay the most once you were out of school? To serve as a guide, 24/7
Wall St. has identified the best-paying jobs of the future. These jobs
will grow the most in the next decade and have median incomes well
above the national average. Almost without exception, these occupations
will be in highest demand because of changes in the nation’s
population... read
more.
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Secretary
of State Jon Husted... Agreement
reached on ballot mailings
COLUMBUS – The following may be attributed in whole, or in part, to
Secretary of State Jon Husted regarding the mailing of unsolicited
absentee ballot request forms and maintaining uniformity in how
elections are administered in Ohio: “Yesterday (Sept. 1) I met with
Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald and Councilman Michael
Gallagher to gain a better understanding of our mutual concerns
regarding the distribution of unsolicited absentee ballot request
forms... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Issue
3’s
reach is too wide, foes say, David Eggert
Backers say vote on insurance is about more than health-care law -
Ohio’s ballot measure targeting the federal health-care law is written
so poorly that it could thwart efforts to update existing laws covering
programs such as child support and workers’ compensation, opponents
said yesterday. Liberal advocacy group Innovation Ohio enlisted the
help of two Case Western Reserve University law professors to analyze
Issue 3, which aims to cancel out the 2010 federal law in Ohio... read
more.
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Gov. Kasich’s Office: The Toledo Blade... Despite doubts, Kasich’s jobs
machine rolls
on
By David Kushma, Blade Editor - Printed Tuesday, September 06, 2011 -
As Labor Day approaches, Mark Kvamme has come to Toledo to talk about
jobs. He aims to help create a lot of them in Ohio. Mr. Kvamme is chief
investment officer of JobsOhio, the private corporation created by Gov.
John Kasich to oversee state government’s efforts to attract and keep
jobs and promote economic growth... read
more.
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Crain’s
Cleveland Business... JobsOhio
chief Kvamme outlines plans for new job creation program
By Jay Miller - August 30, 2011 - Mark Kvamme, chief investment officer
of the new JobsOhio job creation program, only has been in Ohio since
January, but he showed a mastery of the state and its economic
strengths and weaknesses before about 300 of Northeast Ohio’s economic
development professionals this morning. The meeting set up by JobsOhio
at an Embassy Suites ballroom in Independence was the first chance for
many of the economic development officials... read
more.
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Dayton
Daily News... National
poll: Perry leads GOP pack; Obama, Romney in dead heat
By William Hershey - Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - Texas Gov. Rick Perry
has zoomed to the front of the pack among registered Republicans in the
race for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination in a national Quinnipiac
University poll released Wednesday (Aug. 31). In a matchup with
Democratic President Barack Obama, however, Obama edges Perry, a
latecomer to the presidential race, 45-42 percent, among all voters. In
another matchup, Obama and Republican Mitt Romney, the... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Zeno’s
bar
will argue smoking-ban case before high court,
By David
Eggert
The Ohio Supreme Court will hit the road to hear one of its biggest
cases of the year — a challenge of Ohio’s indoor smoking ban. Zeno’s, a
Victorian Village bar challenging the 4-year-old law, gets its day in
the high court on Oct. 19 in Hillsboro, 60 miles southwest of Columbus.
The case is being argued there as part of the court’s semi-annual
program that allows students to see Supreme Court proceedings outside
Columbus. Hillsboro is not far from Brown County, the heart of
tobacco... read
more.
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Grandson
Involved in
Aggravated Robbery Incident
On September 6, 2011 at approximately 1325 hours, the Darke County 911
Center received a call requesting help in reference to a man that was
observed holding a revolver up to the head of another family member
inside the residence located at 2861 Cox Road. Deputies from the Darke
County Sheriff’s Office responded to that residence and learned that
the male suspect involved had already left the residence and was the
grandson of the victim... read
more.
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Felony
Warrant turns
to stand-off with hostage
On Sept. 7, 2011, at approximately midnight the Darke County Sheriff’s
Office received information that Leona Cheadle, age 24 was located at
130 East Water Street in the City of Greenville. Leona Cheadle was
wanted on three outstanding warrants including a felony warrant for
failing to appear on a probation violation out of Darke County Court...
read
more.
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The
Columbus Dispatch... Adapt
to cuts, locals told, By Jim Siegel
Friday August 26, 2011 - Two months after passing a two-year budget
that cut local government funding by $633 million, GOP budget experts
continue to press cities, townships and schools to make significant
changes to live with reduced funding levels. Asked during a roundtable
budget discussion whether funding cuts that helped spare a state tax
increase would just push up local tax rates, Sen. Chris Widener of
Springfield, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said some... read
more.
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Dayton
Daily News... National
poll: Obama approval hits all-time low; Congress ranks worse
By William Hershey - Thursday, September 1, 2011 - President Barack
Obama’s overall job approval rating hit an all-time low among American
voters in a national Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday, but
voters rated Congress even worse. In the survey, 52 percent disapproved
Democrat Obama’s performance, while 42 percent approved, compared to a
47 percent approved, 46 percent disapproved rating in July. Democratic
and Republican in Congress were in a virtual tie for... read
more.
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Rasmussen...
What
They Told Us:
Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
Saturday, September 03, 2011 - Lucky for President Obama the election
is still 14 months away because the economic news couldn’t get much
worse, capped with Friday’s report of zero job growth in August. That
forced the president to kill plans for tougher clean air rules that
critics said were a job killer, but the decision is sure to infuriate
voters on his side of the aisle. In August, the president’s full-month
Job Approval Index rating fell four points to –21, by far the lowest
finding since... read
more.
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Dayton Business Journal... Government
to sue big banks over mortgages, by DBJ Staff
Friday, September 2, 2011 - The Federal Housing Finance Agency, which
oversees U.S. mortgage markets, is preparing to file suit against more
than a dozen big banks. The agency said the banks misrepresented the
quality of mortgages they packaged and sold during the housing bubble,
according to an article in the The New York Times. The federal housing
agency, which oversees Fannie Mae and... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Drug
tests
for legislators? By Jim Siegel
Proposal to screen public-aid recipients prompts call to test state
officials - Last week, a northeastern Ohio Republican said he plans to
introduce a bill requiring anyone who gets public assistance from the
state to first pass a drug test. Yesterday, a Democrat from the same
region countered with a proposal requiring the same of legislators and
Ohio Supreme Court justices. “Pass me the cup — I’m ready to go,”
responded Sen. Timothy J. Grendell, R-Chesterland, regarding his
willingness... read
more.
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Dayton
Daily News... Kasich
appoints mostly males, By Laura A. Bischoff
Thursday, August 25, 2011 - Number of minorities and women doesn’t
reflect population. COLUMBUS — Early in his tenure as governor,
Republican John Kasich took heat for appointing an all-white cabinet
that was dominated by men. The governor later appointed black men to
lead two departments and pledged to diversify his leadership team over
time. But a Dayton Daily News examination shows Kasich has named
predominantly white males to boards, commissions and open... read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Private
firms get only one prison
By Alan Johnson - State proclaims deal a success; union workers
relieved by news - It wasn’t what was expected: one state prison sold
instead of five; $72.7 million for state coffers instead of
$200 million; a private prison reverting to state operation. But when
the smoke cleared from yesterday’s Ohio Department of Rehabilitation
and Correction announcement, Gov. John Kasich’s administration seemed
satisfied and the union representing state employees was relieved... read
more.
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Horner
receives
award, gains new audiences
Greenville Senior High School student Elizabeth Horner has been saying
“wow” often lately with good reasons to feel triumphant. She
summarizes her thoughts and feelings this way... “Wow, I can’t believe
that this is happening. Wow, I feel honored. Wow, I hope I
can
live up to everybody’s expectations.” What’s the recent news? Elizabeth
Horner received an e-mail from Daly City, CA from the U.S. Director... read
more.
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WHIO-TV...
Severe
thunderstorms
strike in the Miami Valley
Several reports of downed trees and power lines came pouring into the
News Center 7 newsroom on Saturday night while power crews worked to
restore power to about 1,200 customers across several counties. Tornado
sirens went off in Greenville around 8:30. Darke County dispatchers
told us the city set the sirens off, even though there wasn’t a tornado
warning or watch in effect. A severe thunderstorm warning was issued
for Darke County, but weather officials said they had seen no evidence...
read
more.
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Cleveland
Plain Dealer... Supreme
Court could affect health care reform: Here’s how,
By
Sabrina Eaton
Washington --The U.S. Supreme Court eventually will get the last word
on the legality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s
mandate that individuals buy health insurance if they can afford it, or
face a tax penalty. Meanwhile, conflicting lower-court decisions have
raised a big question: What would happen to the reform package if the
Supreme Court decides it’s unconstitutional for the government to force
people to buy health insurance? The requirement’s purpose is to...
read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Central
tax-man plan has few fans, By
Joe Vardon
8/31/11 -
Cities
cold toward Kasich idea for local tax collection - Centralizing
municipal income-tax collections is an idea Gov. John Kasich has kicked
around for months, and it continues to percolate within the Department
of Taxation. But as Tax Commissioner Joseph Testa approaches some
municipal leaders about the possibility, he has been met with tough
questions from some and opposition from others. “Conceptually, we don’t
agree with the statewide collection of local taxes...
read
more.
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Dayton
Daily News... Lawmaker
pushing
to add tribute to Wright brothers on Ohio seal
By
William Hershey - Alteration
would be a tribute to the Wright brothers. COLUMBUS — The Wright
brothers’ history-making airplane will be added to the Great Seal of
the State of Ohio if one local lawmaker has his way. State Rep. James
Butler, R-Oakwood, on Tuesday introduced legislation to put a
representation of the first piloted airplane flown by the Wright
brothers in 1903 above and to the left of the sun on the current seal.
“Ohio is the center of innovation and certainly...
read
more.
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Toledo
Blade... Obama
campaign
fighting Ohio voting law, By
Jim Provance
Rules on absentee, early votes opposed - COLUMBUS -- President Obama’s
campaign sees enough of a threat in Ohio’s new law restricting early
and absentee voting that it has become involved in what is otherwise an
internal state fight. If a current petition effort is successful, House
Bill 194 would be placed on hold until at least after the November,
2012, presidential election. With 30 percent of all Ohio votes in the
2008 presidential election cast before the polls opened, Mr. Obama...
read
more.
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Toledo
Blade... Ohio
OKs $16M for
Chrysler
By Jim Provance - COLUMBUS -- Ohio Monday dangled about $16 million in
incentives in front of Chrysler Group LLC in hopes of persuading the
automaker to follow through with proposals to invest $437 million in
plants in Toledo and Perrysburg Township. The five-member Ohio Tax
Credit Authority unanimously sanctioned $10 million in job-creation tax
credits for Chrysler’s proposed $365 million expansion and upgrade of
its factory that makes the Jeep Liberty and Dodge Nitro vehicles...
read
more.
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Dayton
Daily News... Businesses
complain to panel about commercial activity tax
By Jeremy
P. Kelley - State
reps are looking to rewrite Ohio’s tax code. DAYTON — A half-dozen
business owners from the Miami Valley and around Ohio on Monday urged
10 state representatives on the Tax Structure Study Committee to
address what they see as the unfairness of Ohio’s commercial activity
tax. “We all need to pay taxes, and we’re willing to pay our fair
share, but this is a grossly inequitable tax system on the businesses
in this state,” said Jerry Parisi, CEO of I-Supply...
read
more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Medicaid
won’t be used to pay guardians for developmentally disabled
By Catherine Candisky - The Ohio Department of Developmental
Disabilities stopped seeking Medicaid funding to pay for protective
services for thousands of adults after state auditors questioned the
agency’s accounting for more than $1.3 million in program costs. To
avoid any interruption in services for the mentally retarded and
disabled, Director John Martin said he is using non-Medicaid tax
dollars to cover the expense. “These are vital services,” he said...
read
more.
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Columbus Dispatch... New
bill
would require drug tests for public aid, By
Catherine
Candisky
Ohioans seeking cash assistance or other types of public aid would have
to first prove that they are not using drugs under legislation that
will be introduced in the state Senate. “Hardworking taxpayers of the
state of Ohio should not have to pay for the drug habits of
illegal-drug users. This assistance from the state is for those who
need these funds for food and shelter, not illegal drugs,” said Sen.
Tim... read
more.
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Five
injured in
head-on-collision east of Versailles
On September 1st, 2011 at approximately 3:05 PM, Darke County Deputies
along with Versailles Fire and Rescue, Osgood Rescue, Houston Rescue,
three Careflight Helicopters from Miami Valley and one Life Flight
Helicopter from Toledo were dispatched to the 11900-Block of State
Route 47 in reference to a two vehicle head on injury accident.
Preliminary investigation revealed a white Ford... read
more.
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Politico...
Rick
Perry panic
fires up the left, By Ben Smith &
Maggie Haberman
8/30/11 - In his two weeks as a presidential candidate, Rick Perry has
done something that neither Barack Obama nor Mitt Romney could do: wake
up the left. Perry panic has spread from the conference rooms of
Washington, D.C., to the coffee shops of Brooklyn, with the realization
that the conservative Texan could conceivably become the 45th president
of the United States, a wave of alarm centering around Perry’s
drawling, small-town affect and stands on core cultural issues such as
women’s...
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Dayton
Business Journal... AT&T
app seeks to reduce texting while driving, by
DBJ Staff
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - AT&T Inc. has launched the DriveMode
mobile application as part of its It Can Wait campaign against texting
while driving. When downloaded and activated, DriveMode automatically
sends a customizable reply to an incoming text, notifying the sender
that the user is driving and unable to respond. The app can also be set
to disable emails, incoming and outgoing calls, and Web browsing. “As a
leading service provider, we want to educate and equip wireless...
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Dayton Business Journal... Cox
newspapers to consolidate operations, by
Ginger Christ
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - More job cuts could be on the way for Cox
Media Group’s Dayton staff. That’s because the parent company of the
Dayton Daily News could eliminate another
40
positions if the company opts to centralize its copy editing process
elsewhere. Lou Grieco, president of the Dayton Newspaper Guild and a
DDN reporter for the past 18 years, said Cox is still... read
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Dayton Business Journal... Hurricane
Irene costs to top $45 billion
Monday, August 29, 2011 - Hurricane Irene’s price tag will be a big one
-- about $20 billion in direct damage and another $25 billion in loss
of business activity. That’s according to Peter Morici, a professor at
the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. But
Morici, an economist, said Irene’s aftermath might actually give the
beleaguered construction industry... read
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Patriot
Update... Boehner
asks
Obama for billion-dollar list
August 27, 2011 - Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is pressing the Obama
administration to provide Congress with a list of upcoming regulations
that will have an economic effect greater than $1 billion. Boehner’s
letter to President Obama Friday comes ahead of planned House votes
this fall on GOP legislation that would require congressional approval
of major federal regulations. “This year the Administration’s current
regulatory agenda identifies 219 planned new regulations that have...
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Cleveland
Plain Dealer... Doctor
shortage threatens U.S. and Ohio: The Changing Face of Medicine
By Ellen Kleinerman - CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Northeast Ohio is beginning to
feel the pinch of the looming nationwide doctor shortage. Major medical
centers, including the Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth System and
University Hospitals, are looking for neurosurgeons, urologists,
pediatric oncologists and other specialists to fill the gaps. But the
largest and most immediate need in this region and nationwide remains
primary care doctors -- an umbrella term for family medicine, internal
medicine...
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more.
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Columbus
Dispatch... Pro-SB
5
campaign has work cut out, By Jim
Siegel and
Joe Vardon
When a record number of Ohioans signed the petition to place a repeal
of Ohio’s new collective-bargaining law on the ballot, it not only gave
opponents of Senate Bill 5 plenty of signatures to qualify for a
statewide vote, it gave them a significant head start in the campaign.
We Are Ohio collected about 915,000 valid signatures, nearly four times
the number needed to qualify for the ballot. The key question now is
whether the coalition of Democrats and union supporters pushing for a
repeal...
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Columbus Dispatch... All
sides
hail new livestock-care rules, By Alan Johnson
State to pioneer broad standards on managing, moving, slaughter - The
swords of what promised to be a fierce battle at the ballot box have
been molded into plowshares as Ohio’s first-ever livestock-care
standards kick in on Sept. 29. In one of those rare events in
government, calmer heads prevailed, averting a costly, divisive
political campaign in 2009. Now, two years later, the result is... read
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