| Story Archive - February, 2013 |
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| Feb 1, 2013 |
| • Attorney General and local cops crack down on synthetic drugs |
| • Backers of government-supported social welfare programs hope new budget is kind to them |
| • Both sides debating expansion of vouchers in Governor’s education plan |
| • Final step in JobsOhio creation finished, as liquor profits are transferred |
| • Four Ohio cities now rank in the top fifteen for concentration of poverty |
| • Kasich releases budget on Monday afternoon, followed by town hall meeting that night |
| • Landowners in eastern Ohio uniting for better oil and gas lease deals |
| • Superintendents relieved that there won't be cuts, but wonder about impact of Governor's formula |
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| Feb 4, 2013 |
| • Governor proposes a huge tax shift in his second two-year budget |
| • Kasich unveils two-year budget, with tax cuts and tax increases |
| • Kasich's budget expands Medicaid, but Governor says he’s not giving the green light to Obamacare |
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| Feb 5, 2013 |
| • Attorney General says cleveland police shooting reveals systemic flaws |
| • Ohio ranks in the middle of the states for how it runs its elections |
| • Proposed cost cutting measures in prison budget worry prison guards |
| • Prosecutor in Amish beard-cutting case requests life in prison for bishop |
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| Feb 6, 2013 |
| • Experts only offering partial breakdown on tax savings v. tax increases in budget |
| • Local government still examining budget to see how much money they'll get |
| • Postal Services cuts delivery on Saturdays |
| • Sales tax broadening would hit haircuts, cable TV, movies and more |
| • Schools are starting to learn how they’d fare under Gov. Kasich’s new funding formula |
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| Feb 7, 2013 |
| • Casino numbers are down, and anti-gambling activists say they would have bet on that |
| • Political reaction on Gov. Kasich's budget is strong, swift and getting personal |
| • Wright-Patterson Air Force Base struggling with what might happen under sequestration |
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| Feb 8, 2013 |
| • Budget gurus analyze Gov. Kasich’s second budget and find agreement and argument |
| • Gun owners gather on Statehouse lawn to protest possibility of more federal gun laws |
| • Ohio Parole Board makes decision on clemency for upcoming death row inmate |
| • Progressive think-tank says higher-wealth Ohioans win, lower-income folks lose in budget |
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| Feb 11, 2013 |
| • Dems blast tax shift plan but suggest they'd embrace tax cut if changes are made |
| • More districts have scrubbed data, according to Auditor's latest report on scandal |
| • Ohio's U.S. Senators talk about what they want to hear from the President in tonight's speech |
| • State government study shows a fracking "boomlet" is going on in eastern Ohio |
| • State school board president apologizes for Facebook post, survives vote to oust her |
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| Feb 12, 2013 |
| • GOP Senators unveil their "top ten" bills that they're introducing right away |
| • Grade cards to be re-calculated for schools identified in state audit on data scrubbing |
| • Republicans balk at fully endorsing Governor's tax shift plan during first committee hearing |
| • Senate Republicans looking cautiously at budget as hearings continue in the House |
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| Feb 13, 2013 |
| • Black lawmakers release their list of priorities for this session of the General Assembly |
| • Federal plan on manufacturing that Pres. Obama is promoting could end up benefitting Ohio |
| • Governor responds to state treasurer’s letter urging lawmakers to reject Medicaid expansion |
| • Kasich defends new taxes on services, saying if he doesn’t tax them, someone else will |
| • Lawmakers start work on another push to shut down internet cafes around Ohio |
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| Feb 14, 2013 |
| • Gay marriage activists use Valentine's Day as opportunity to gather signatures for ballot issue |
| • Ohio getting a piece of settlement with automaker over unexpected acceleration |
| • Youngstown-area man facing federal charges for dumping drilling wastewater into storm sewer |
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| Feb 15, 2013 |
| • Early-onset flu season continues to fade as spring starts coming closer |
| • Lawmakers to consider bill creating database of mentally ill people for use by police |
| • More than a hundred thousand jobless Ohioans got overpayments in benefits last year |
| • Ohio's shale industry moving into a new phase with new needs for expensive infrastructure |
| • Parents of kids at "failing" schools could get more power in Gov. Kasich's proposed budget |
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| Feb 18, 2013 |
| • Labor secretary defends President's proposal to hike minimum wage for lowest-paid workers |
| • Redistricting was hotly debated last year, but promised changes may or may not happen in 2013 |
| • State of the State speech on Tuesday will make news, but maybe not for what's in it |
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| Feb 19, 2013 |
| • Democrats have priorities they hope Republican Gov. Kasich will mention in State of the State |
| • Governor delivers third State of the State speech to mixed responses from both sides of the aisle |
| • Redistricting hasn't made the "top ten" lists of lawmakers' agendas, but changes still may be coming |
| • Youngstown frackwater drilling incident sparks push for new regulations on drillers |
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| Feb 20, 2013 |
| • Democrats say watchdog over Governor's office needs to be picked by lawmakers, not Governor |
| • Two big announcements from Ohio State today - for graduating students and for new ones |
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| Feb 21, 2013 |
| • Attorney General issues a rare "crime alert" to warn parents of man who may be trying to grab kids |
| • Ford bringing hundreds of jobs back to Ohio to produce popular new engine |
| • Lawmakers and activists want a crackdown on elder abuse passed into law |
| • Tea Party prepares to battle Governor over plans to expand Medicaid |
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| Feb 22, 2013 |
| • Appeals judges strike down Ohio’s child enticement law |
| • Flu cases once again continue to drop in Ohio |
| • Military vet booed at Republican primary debate takes a stand on gay marriage in Ohio |
| • Public school teachers storm the Statehouse to lobby lawmakers over proposed education plans |
| • Rate of inmates returning to Ohio prisons after release at a record low |
| • Tea Party says it will help challenge Republicans but probably not Kasich |
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| Feb 25, 2013 |
| • Budget tops the agenda for lawmakers at the Statehouse this week, but there are other items too |
| • Democrats run down Kasich's turnpike plan as full of promises he can't keep |
| • Ohio's junior senator comes to state's largest military base to speak about sequestration |
| • White House issues list of possible sequester impacts on Ohio, but there are questions |
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| Feb 26, 2013 |
| • Like their public school counterparts, eschool parents are lobbying lawmakers on funding |
| • Veterans' group speaks out on internet cafes crackdown, but opponents also sound off |
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| Feb 27, 2013 |
| • After long delay, official report cards for Ohio's public schools finally released |
| • Concealed carry permits hit new record in Ohio |
| • There's no ballot issue coming on medical marijuana, but opponents are still speaking out |
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| Feb 28, 2013 |
| • Governor decides on clemency for killer of adult book store employee in 1995 |
| • Health warning issued on dangerous cosmetics coming to Ohio from the Middle East |
| • Lawyers are latest to share their thoughts on Gov. Kasich's budget proposal |
| • New poll has good numbers for Gov. Kasich |
| • State opens up exotic animals facility before locking it down to take them in |
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