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FEATURE HEADLINES: Tthe latest news on the investigation into claims of sexual harassment in the Attorney General's office, and the AG's admission that he had an affair with a staffer in his office.
The payday lending industry in Ohio may soon undergo a dramatic change, under a bill that passed the House in a controversial and unusually political session. The bill from Republican representative Chris Widener was described as the nation's toughest crackdown on payday lenders, who process 6.4 million loans worth 3.3 billion dollars each year through 16-hundred locations in Ohio.
Lawmakers move to dismantle the Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation.
INTERVIEW SEGMENT: There have been some published reports that Gov. Ted Strickland and members of the state school board are meeting privately to talk about a plan to oust state schools superintendent Susan Zelman. The governor's plan would reduce to advisory roles both the current board and the superintendent it hires. Strickland has said that there needs to be a direct line of accountability and responsibility. But some Republicans have seen this as a power grab. State Board of Education member Colleen Grady offers some intimate knowledge about what's happening with the board and what Strickland's proposal would do
The payday lending industry in Ohio may soon undergo a dramatic change, under a bill that passed the House in a controversial and unusually political session. The bill from Republican representative Chris Widener was described as the nation's toughest crackdown on payday lenders, who process 6.4 million loans worth 3.3 billion dollars each year through 16-hundred locations in Ohio.
Lawmakers move to dismantle the Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation.
INTERVIEW SEGMENT: There have been some published reports that Gov. Ted Strickland and members of the state school board are meeting privately to talk about a plan to oust state schools superintendent Susan Zelman. The governor's plan would reduce to advisory roles both the current board and the superintendent it hires. Strickland has said that there needs to be a direct line of accountability and responsibility. But some Republicans have seen this as a power grab. State Board of Education member Colleen Grady offers some intimate knowledge about what's happening with the board and what Strickland's proposal would do
May 2, 2008