| Story Archive - March, 2007 |
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| Mar 1, 2007 |
| • "Tight" state budget won't stop activists for going to the governor with their money requests |
| • Lawmakers pumped up about making sure stations aren't passing along "bad" gas |
| • Organization that began helping Ohioans cook up business is hot |
| • State constitution goes on display for the first time in years to celebrate Ohio Statehood Day |
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| Mar 2, 2007 |
| • Classic fast-food restaurant in downtown Columbus closes up for the last time |
| • Deadly crash of college baseball team bus claims six victims from Ohio |
| • State hopes to expand access to social welfare assistance phone number |
| • State hopes to expand access to social welfare assistance phone number |
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| Mar 5, 2007 |
| • Lawmaker says cool scent of anti-freeze needs to be changed |
| • Lawmakers to hear about the "death tax", new plates for sexual predators |
| • Ohioans who lost money to unscrupulous lawyers are winning some of it back |
| • Republicans say veto is wrong, but Democrats say other GOP laws could be in jeopardy if it is |
| • Those licensed to carry conceal weapons say that permit should cover them while hunting |
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| Mar 6, 2007 |
| • Lawmaker wants state to stop referring to mentally ill as "imbeciles" and "idiots" |
| • State legislators argue Iraq war policy, and whether Ohio should host refugees |
| • Taxpayers paying a multi-million dollar tab for meals for leaders and workers at state agencies |
| • Unemployment numbers drop, but some say they're not impressed |
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| Mar 7, 2007 |
| • AG settles big lawsuit that cost Ohio's pension funds millions of dollars |
| • Former state senator promoted to leader of state's colleges and universities |
| • Presidential possibilities poll shows one candidate leading in two swing states - but not Ohio |
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| Mar 8, 2007 |
| • Advocates for diabetics try again to help push through a diabetes "parity" bill |
| • As Iraq war goes on, investment in Iran has some state lawmakers up in arms |
| • Lawmaker says he'll try a third time to get colleagues fired up about medical marijuana |
| • Ohio farmers and their friends plow ahead to Washington to push for farm bill |
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| Mar 9, 2007 |
| • Both sides clash at a hearing on a new nuclear power plant in southeast Ohio |
| • Prices at the pump soar again, as warm weather approaches |
| • State scrambles to make sure this weekend's time change will happen on time |
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| Mar 12, 2007 |
| • Agencies will see less money, but Strickland says average Ohioans won't suffer |
| • Governor not amused by calls that the first day of school be delayed till after Labor Day |
| • School funding ballot issue backers having trouble making the grade with lawmakers |
| • Strickland hints budget problems will be fixed by closing tax loopholes |
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| Mar 13, 2007 |
| • Advocates for many issues pushing the governor and pulling for more money |
| • Governor says he'll be making cuts, but one agency will be spared the axe |
| • Observers looking for hints on what will be included in Strickland's first State of the State speech |
| • One issue both Democrats and Republicans say they can identify with - ID theft |
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| Mar 14, 2007 |
| • Cleveland goes to court over changes in concealed-carry weapons law, saying cities need power |
| • Friends cheer, opponents jeer Strickland's first State of the State speech |
| • Strickland's first State of the State speech marked by surprises and spending proposals |
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| Mar 15, 2007 |
| • Education, energy are in the spotlight in Strickland's first budget |
| • Governor's call for conditional tuition freeze has some fired up |
| • Some embrace Strickland's property tax break proposal, but others wonder if now is the right time |
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| Mar 16, 2007 |
| • Health care groups have much to look over in Strickland's proposed budget |
| • Strickland denies clemency - first execution under his adminstration could happen Tuesday |
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| Mar 19, 2007 |
| • Agencies under meal spending freeze go back to the governor for help |
| • Campaign finance reform activists say system is broken, but Ohio GOP's pointman disagrees |
| • Court stays execution that would have been the first under Strickland administration |
| • Money and sex on lawmakers' agenda at the Statehouse this week |
| • Secretary of State wants members of troubled Board of Elections to elect to leave office |
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| Mar 20, 2007 |
| • Donation brings athletes injured in Atlanta bus crash new way to cruise around campus |
| • Governor creates new post to help bridge achievement gap, and fills it with well-known Democrat |
| • Killer's execution called off after nearly six hours of waiting |
| • Strickland appoints new cabinet members to head BWC and Youth Services |
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| Mar 21, 2007 |
| • Bills targeting corrupt politicians committing crimes in office get hearings and questions |
| • Department of Health reverses itself, stubs out prohibits on no smoking at some private clubs |
| • House promotes chancellor to cabinet, but demotes board he will oversee |
| • Ohioans give Strickland good grades in new poll |
| • Speaker says Governor may be using some "new math" to talk about school funding |
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| Mar 22, 2007 |
| • Governor suggests withholding money from "abstinence-only" sex ed programs |
| • Justices set date to hear case involving governor's veto just hours after taking office |
| • Secretary of State takes the next step after asking board members to resign |
| • Stores yank thousands of pounds of wet pet food, after reports of animal illness and death |
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| Mar 23, 2007 |
| • Doctors say new law is the cure for paperwork problems, but patients may not feel better |
| • Dreaded auto emissions testing program won't disappear this year - E-check is back in the budget |
| • Numbers of Ohio residents with contagious, potentially deadly respiratory disease on the rise |
| • Southeastern Ohio college revs up for expansion with new money for energy research |
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| Mar 26, 2007 |
| • BWC audit blames lack of oversight, communication problems and abuse of power for scandal |
| • Group says more Ohioans are losing their homes to foreclosure |
| • More courts seeking help to communicate with people who don't speak English |
| • Wife of Democratic presidential hopeful says she's "inspired" in the wake of her cancer news |
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| Mar 27, 2007 |
| • Condemned killer gets unprecedented sixth reprieve as lawyers wait for DNA tests |
| • Former governor presides over the last event of his adminstration - the unveiling of his portrait |
| • Raids by largest task force ever on dogfighting score half a dozen indictments |
| • Unemployment rate falls to lowest number in half a decade |
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| Mar 28, 2007 |
| • Campaign hopes to push kids to be the first in their family to go to college |
| • Lawmaker wants apartments to be required to have CO detectors, but owners have questions |
| • Lawmakers pass proposal to make sure sex crimes stay on predators' records |
| • OU yanks degree from graduate over charges he copied his work |
| • Sirens scream all across the state to remind Ohioans that tornadoes can happen anytime |
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| Mar 29, 2007 |
| • Foreclosure filings zoom up again, but lenders say the blame isn't housed with them |
| • Ohioans may be able to get a break on energy costs by changing their schedules - dramatically |
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| Mar 30, 2007 |
| • Lawmakers warn of problems if governor puts the brakes on parts of the transportation budget |
| • Retailers don't buy governor's budget proposal that they say will cost them millions |
| • State gets in deep by going forward with the latest in clean-coal technology |
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