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A somewhat surprising endorsement for Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland came this week - the National Rifle Association selected Strickland over Republican challenger John Kasich as its preferred candidate for governor. New fundraising figures show that Strickland leads Kasich by about $2 million, and the candidates have raised $20 million between them - on the way to what will in all likelihood be the most expensive governor's race in Ohio history. The candidates for US Senate made their first back-to-back appearances at the same event this week - talking about health care before the Ohio Hospital Association. The Ohio Republican Party has filed a complaint against Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Eric Brown, alleging the Democrat violated campaign fundraising laws.
A political novice with a well-tested name is joining the crowded race for Cuyahoga County executive - 64 year old real estate broker Victor Voinovich, the younger brother of retiring U.S. Sen. George Voinovich, has decided to make his first run for office.
Something unusual is going on in the campaign surrounding the fall ballot issue on allowing slot machines at horseracing tracks - with just a few months to go before the November vote, there are no organized "vote yes" efforts by the group Let Ohio Vote, which wanted voters to decide the issue. Two of the key figures in the effort aren't talking, but former state representative Tom Brinkman made some cryptic comments about the issue to Ohio Public Radio's Bill Cohen.
State lawmakers worked a lot of late nights in the final two weeks before taking off for the summer. Among the bills that passed was one that offered tax breaks to developers of wind and solar energy in Ohio. This week, the second of a two-part discussion about alternative energy in Ohio with 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.
It's a great debate - what makes something "historical"? For many Ohioans, the band Devo doesn't have any qualities that might answer that question. But experts at the Ohio Historical Society disagree, and have unveiled an exhibit at the center on the Akron-based band, hailed as "the band of the future" by David Bowie when it first emerged in the 1980s.
A political novice with a well-tested name is joining the crowded race for Cuyahoga County executive - 64 year old real estate broker Victor Voinovich, the younger brother of retiring U.S. Sen. George Voinovich, has decided to make his first run for office.
Something unusual is going on in the campaign surrounding the fall ballot issue on allowing slot machines at horseracing tracks - with just a few months to go before the November vote, there are no organized "vote yes" efforts by the group Let Ohio Vote, which wanted voters to decide the issue. Two of the key figures in the effort aren't talking, but former state representative Tom Brinkman made some cryptic comments about the issue to Ohio Public Radio's Bill Cohen.
State lawmakers worked a lot of late nights in the final two weeks before taking off for the summer. Among the bills that passed was one that offered tax breaks to developers of wind and solar energy in Ohio. This week, the second of a two-part discussion about alternative energy in Ohio with 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.
It's a great debate - what makes something "historical"? For many Ohioans, the band Devo doesn't have any qualities that might answer that question. But experts at the Ohio Historical Society disagree, and have unveiled an exhibit at the center on the Akron-based band, hailed as "the band of the future" by David Bowie when it first emerged in the 1980s.
June 18, 2010