| Story Archive - March, 2005 |
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| Mar 1, 2005 |
| • Court will decide if family can sue for damages over fear that a child will develop HIV/AIDS |
| • Execution scheduled for next week ordered halted by a judge |
| • Most of Ohio's law enforcement linked up for the first time |
| • Supreme Court's decision on death penalty for juveniles could affect Ohio |
| • Taft gets worst grade in the nation on money management from conservative think-tank |
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| Mar 2, 2005 |
| • Anti-gambling AG warns communities on bargaining with Native American tribes on casinos |
| • Bill requiring arbitration in malpractice claims gets support of doctors, draws anger from lawyers |
| • Woman shot by ex offers emotional testimony on bill to toughen domestic violence laws |
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| Mar 3, 2005 |
| • Advocate for mental health services tells her own story to fight budget cuts |
| • Front-license-plate question is front and center at the Statehouse |
| • New industry dealing with the very small could be very big for Ohio |
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| Mar 4, 2005 |
| • Activists predict cutting benefits for the poor will cost the state in the future |
| • Business groups unveil their own tax reform plan to compete with governor's |
| • President Bush comes back to Ohio to talk about energy |
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| Mar 7, 2005 |
| • Advocates call in real people from state programs to tell the stories behind budget cuts |
| • Execution scheduled for Tuesday is likely to go forward |
| • For the first time in Ohio, state parks visitors will pay five-dollar parking fee |
| • State proposes raising the number of deer hunters can take down this fall |
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| Mar 8, 2005 |
| • Issue of which communities have rights to the Cuyahoga River goes to the Ohio Supreme Court |
| • Number of jobless Ohioans drops a little |
| • ODOT has big orange-barrel plans for 2005 |
| • Ohio executes 16th killer in six years; he asks forgiveness from victim's family |
| • Ohio-based retailer reports breach of private customer information |
| • Poll shows number of Ohio smokers has dropped dramatically |
| • Uninsured Ohioans paying much more for health care than insurance companies are |
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| Mar 9, 2005 |
| • Another Ohio-based company reports a break-in into sensitive databases |
| • Bush comes back to Ohio for the first time since election day, to talk about energy |
| • Five of Ohio's biggest manufacturers unite against governor's tax plan |
| • Senators overwhelmingly approve anti-terrorism law over concerns of civil rights group |
| • Statehouse Democrats take their budget concerns "on tour" throughout Ohio |
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| Mar 10, 2005 |
| • Activists spark up a petition drive for a statewide smoking ban |
| • Prison workers warn: cut our budget and safety will suffer |
| • Sexual abuse victims have more time to file lawsuits under proposed law |
| • State welfare department says fewer children are uninsured |
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| Mar 11, 2005 |
| • Collectors want smokers buying out of state to cough up state taxes |
| • Governor defends his business tax reform proposal as critics complain |
| • Politicians and leaders unite across party lines to save Ohio's military bases |
| • Soaring gas prices fuel fury of Ohio drivers |
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| Mar 14, 2005 |
| • Big changes afoot at a landmark institution in southern Ohio |
| • Family of convicted killer rejoices at parole board recommendation, while victims' family mourns |
| • High prices at the pump in Ohio are hitting diesel truckers especially hard |
| • Lawmakers say bill puts state workers' rights against state money concerns |
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| Mar 15, 2005 |
| • Fight goes on over voting machines, as one legislator proposes a change in state law |
| • Lawmakers push for insurers to require cancer test, over the governor's concerns |
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| Mar 16, 2005 |
| • City and community leaders predict that if local government funds are cut, everyone will suffer |
| • Hatchet-wielding man shot to death by trooper after bizarre series of hit-skip crashes on I-71 |
| • Health care funds for poor children taken in budget cuts may be restored |
| • Heart-health activists want a new requirement for schoolkids - phys ed standards |
| • Senate unanimously passes bill to help clergy sex abuse victims go after their attackers |
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| Mar 17, 2005 |
| • Drug buyers could get refunds through settlement |
| • Governor's plan to hike dumping fees gets trashed by critics |
| • Ohio congressman picked to be top US trade agreements salesman |
| • Pro- and anti-gambling forces argue over the chances of Indian gaming in Ohio |
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| Mar 18, 2005 |
| • Ohio congressman makes his "farewell" speech, talks about his new job |
| • Ohio's jobless rate jumps dramatically |
| • Petition drive begins to halt Ohio's new campaign finance law |
| • Power company strikes billion-dollar deal to end a lawsuit |
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| Mar 21, 2005 |
| • Former lawmaker gets his school funding idea to Ohio's ballot |
| • Gas prices in Ohio spike up to all-time high |
| • Scams against elderly top list of investment schemes |
| • Secretary of State clashes with Congresspeople at hearing on Ohio's 2004 vote |
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| Mar 22, 2005 |
| • Anti-gambling forces pulling together to fight off the chance of casino gambling in Ohio |
| • Death row moved from Mansfield to "supermax" facility in Youngstown |
| • Taft touts trade and tourism to Ohio's northern neighbors |
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| Mar 23, 2005 |
| • Experts say investors are driving up the price of gasoline for drivers |
| • Judge rules anti-gay marriage amendment changes domestic violence law for live-in relationships |
| • Schiavo case prompting people to examine their own feelings about "the right to die" |
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| Mar 24, 2005 |
| • Effort launched to cap charter schools in Ohio, as those institutions defend themselves |
| • Ohio prisons soon to be smoke free, for inmates and workers |
| • Pro-gambling groups meet to pull together ideas, including pulling in voters |
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| Mar 25, 2005 |
| • Activists seize Good Friday as opportunity to protest in support of parents of brain-damaged woman |
| • Lawyers, unions say workers' comp reforms could end up before voters |
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| Mar 28, 2005 |
| • Drive to put new campaign finance reform law before voters dies |
| • Historians point to Ohio's hills as key factors in major Civil War battle |
| • Statehouse gets new weapon in screening packages for explosives and biological agents |
| • Troopers make two big drug busts on same freeway |
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| Mar 29, 2005 |
| • Gambling issue is bringing together some unusual political bedfellows |
| • Lawmaker proposes first of possibly many bills related to the new "marriage-defining amendment" |
| • Nearly three-quarters of tax filers so far have sent in forms on line |
| • Ohio joins settlement over major video store chain's policy on "late fees" |
| • State's chief attorneys association pushing for courtrooms to be safer |
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| Mar 30, 2005 |
| • Afghan women traveling through Ohio robbed when their van is stolen outside Cleveland hotel |
| • Judge rules with labor unions, blocks part of new campaign finance law |
| • Lawmaker proposes tax break for those who donate organs |
| • Power plan planned for poor Ohio county could help employment and environment |
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| Mar 31, 2005 |
| • House GOP leadership puts plan to charge parks visitors for parking in reverse |
| • OET executive director misspent money, state investigator says |
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