| Story Archive - July, 2005 |
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| Jul 1, 2005 |
| • Another Native American tribe sues the state, just after a casino-interested tribe goes to court |
| • Ride inspectors gear up as summer fair season gets underway |
| • State decides to retry death row inmate whose conviction is in question |
| • Voting group says election reform bill does accomplish what it should |
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| Jul 4, 2005 |
| • As always, Fourth of July tradition alive and independent in Columbus |
| • Politics expected to be key player as battle for Third Frontier looms on the horizon |
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| Jul 5, 2005 |
| • Low egg prices brings good and bad news for Ohio |
| • National story-sharing project comes to the Statehouse to gather the memories of Ohioans |
| • Not just casinos at stake in Native American battle - fish could be caught up in it too |
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| Jul 6, 2005 |
| • City offers big bait to lure in a company and jobs |
| • Lawmaker proposes state adopt "official" language |
| • Lawsuit says governor can't shield certain documents in rare coin scandal |
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| Jul 7, 2005 |
| • BWC reports another multi-million dollar investment loss |
| • Consumer group calls on phone users to watch out for higher rates |
| • State ups terror threat level to "orange" on public transit systems |
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| Jul 8, 2005 |
| • Black bear are still rare, but they're on the rise in Ohio |
| • OU professor working in London relieved and horrified by Underground blasts |
| • Soaring gas prices raising interest in public transportation in Ohio |
| • State encouraging millions of Ohioans to become organ donors with new online registry |
| • State logs its first human case of potentially deadly West Nile virus for 2005 |
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| Jul 11, 2005 |
| • Drivers are overheated over new all-time record high price for gas |
| • Farmers desperately needing rain are watching the skies - and watching the clock |
| • Governor outlines plans for fall trade mission to Europe |
| • Legislator proposes tougher penalties for sexually violent predators - life in prison without parole |
| • Ohio voters won't decide on casino gambling issue in November |
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| Jul 12, 2005 |
| • Activists battle high cost of nicotine patches with a new proposal - make them free |
| • Proposal for a committee to investigate BWC investments is praised and jeered |
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| Jul 13, 2005 |
| • Both sides in the abortion issue concerned about "morning after pill" in ERs |
| • Lawmaker sounds off on BWC "profiteering" by hospitals |
| • Southeast Ohio woman outraged at "bad connection" in her phone book |
| • Supreme Court judges, mostly substitutes, order BWC to hand over rare coin records |
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| Jul 14, 2005 |
| • Governor refuses to testify, and a company tries to join state's lawsuit against hedge fund |
| • Northwest Ohio school board implicated in charter school scandal blasts back |
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| Jul 15, 2005 |
| • Family of President Thomas Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings gather for Ohio reunion |
| • School funding amendment still planned for ballot, as opponents plan to fight it |
| • Summer expected to be a hot season for petition signature gatherers |
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| Jul 18, 2005 |
| • Democrats blast Republican justices in lawsuit against governor |
| • Group plans lawsuit to block new tax on food, saying it's illegal |
| • More money moving in to two crimefighting programs |
| • State pushes motorcycle riders to consider two-wheeling to work Wednesday |
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| Jul 19, 2005 |
| • Drivers fuming over gas prices appear to be trying everything but conservation |
| • Insect deadly to millions of trees turns up in another Ohio county |
| • Lawmaker takes aim at gun bans, but cities say they have the right to enact them |
| • Legislature schedules August showdown on Third Frontier ballot issue |
| • Oversight Commission hears startling news - no one knows how much money BWC has |
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| Jul 20, 2005 |
| • As governor files new ethics reports, ethics head says changes may be useless under state law |
| • Governor releases hundreds of pages of records, but lawmaker says he might not drop lawsuit |
| • Hamster blamed in three human deaths; virus could force extermination of other animals |
| • Incidents of lead poisoning in kids is down, but not eliminated |
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| Jul 21, 2005 |
| • AG says rare coin manager stole money from state; asks court to stop sales of assets |
| • Group hopes to change major issues in state politics with sweeping ballot issues |
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| Jul 22, 2005 |
| • Amendment limiting state spending is seen as a "guardrail" by some, a "gimmick" by others |
| • Numbers of drive-offs at Ohio gas pumps are rising along with prices |
| • Ohio's jobless rate doesn't budge, but there's a story behind that number |
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| Jul 25, 2005 |
| • "Adjustable bed" manufacturer loses lawsuit over the way it sells that product |
| • More Ohioans are buckling up, but advocates are strapping themselves in to prepare for a fight |
| • Ohio asks for more green to battle destructive emerald ash borer |
| • Possible Democratic presidential hopefuls join party faithful at the center of a key state in 2004 |
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| Jul 26, 2005 |
| • State officials biting down on illegal buying and selling of lizards, turtles and snakes |
| • Top Taft aide will be deposed in rare-coin fund related lawsuit against governor |
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| Jul 27, 2005 |
| • Health care industry taking advantage of "talking" technology |
| • Taft aide gives deposition in lawsuit against governor |
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| Jul 28, 2005 |
| • Amendment that seeks to "fix" school funding likely won't be on this fall's ballot |
| • Taft not talking about possible ethics charges against his former chief of staff |
| • Thousands of would-be pets at distribution center will be put to death over virus concerns |
| • Voting rights group files suit over 30 years of election concerns in Ohio |
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| Jul 29, 2005 |
| • Former Taft chief of staff pleads no contest to ethics violations |
| • Lawmakers may avoid showdown over Third Frontier jobs issue |
| • School funding amendment off this fall's ballot, but voters could see two proposals next year |
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