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Spring weather savaged northwest Ohio last weekend, leaving five people dead and houses, businesses and other buildings in pieces. The Ohio Democratic Party is blasting GOP governor candidate John Kasich for his mixed messages on his role at the now-bankrupt Wall Street firm Lehman Brothers, but Kasich's spokesman says his candidate has nothing to hide, and voters care more about the economy. It was another big week for the Ohio Supreme Court, starting with a decision that keeps former coin dealer turned political fundraiser Tom Noe in jail. The court also ruled that drug traffickers can still face major penalties, even if the drugs they were supposedly selling are never found, and found that Ohio-based businesses can sue residents of other states who disparage their products on the Internet. And the court also heard arguments on a case involving so-called "skill games" that lawmakers believe are too much like slot machines, which are illegal outside the four casinos that are yet to be built. And it's been nearly a year since state lawmakers created a budget planning and management commission. The commission members are now wrangling not over what to cut, but when and whether to meet.
Schools out for summer in most districts around Ohio, and while that's a great event for most kids - and mixed news for many parents - it's a sad situation for anti-hunger advocates. They note that while hundreds of thousands of children eat free or reduced-price lunches each weekday during the school year, only around 1 in 10 get summer lunch in their communities. Lisa Hamlar Fugitt with the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Food Banks explains the situation.
Ohio's portion of Lake Erie will soon be the home of the world's first fresh water wind farm. State lawmakers have been talking about alternative energy options, even as the state's utilities are staring down a mandate that they get more of their power from alternative and renewable sources in the next few years. A panel of experts start the first of a two-part talk about energy - they are Jack Shaner, Senior Director of Legislative and Public Affairs for the Ohio Environmental Council, Tom Stewart, executive vice president of the Ohio Oil and Gas Association, and Mike Carey, President of the Ohio Coal Association.
Schools out for summer in most districts around Ohio, and while that's a great event for most kids - and mixed news for many parents - it's a sad situation for anti-hunger advocates. They note that while hundreds of thousands of children eat free or reduced-price lunches each weekday during the school year, only around 1 in 10 get summer lunch in their communities. Lisa Hamlar Fugitt with the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Food Banks explains the situation.
Ohio's portion of Lake Erie will soon be the home of the world's first fresh water wind farm. State lawmakers have been talking about alternative energy options, even as the state's utilities are staring down a mandate that they get more of their power from alternative and renewable sources in the next few years. A panel of experts start the first of a two-part talk about energy - they are Jack Shaner, Senior Director of Legislative and Public Affairs for the Ohio Environmental Council, Tom Stewart, executive vice president of the Ohio Oil and Gas Association, and Mike Carey, President of the Ohio Coal Association.
June 11, 2010