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With a 3.2 billion dollar hole in the upcoming budget gaping before them, state officials are trying to figure out how to patch that up in the few days that remain before the end of the fiscal year June 30. And now we know what agencies are telling the governor if their budgets are cut by as much as 30%. Those outcomes ranged from uncomfortable - for instance, marketing budgets reduced and informational mailings eliminated - to unpleasant - for example, padlocked state parks - to unthinkable - including greater risk for disease, shut-down prisons and thousands of state employees out of work.
Though it's been heralded as a new beginning for nuclear energy in this country, a lead utility company says there is no firm commitment to build a proposed nuclear power plant in Pike County that politicians are hailing as a gateway to clean energy and a source of much needed jobs and revenue in rural Appalachia. US Energy Secretary Steven Chu commented on the Piketon plant plans while in Columbus for an event promoting the use of federal stimulus funds to weatherize homes, and announcing $106 million in federal dollars is on its way to Ohio.
This economic crisis has cost many Ohioans their homes. The foreclosure tracking company RealtyTrac says Ohio logged 11,360 foreclosure filings in May, which is one in every 446 homes. That's the 10th highest in the nation, but it's down 8 percent from April and 13 percent from a year ago. Donna Daniels of Columbus is one of those homeowners. Daniels tells her story, and Cindy Flaherty at the Ohio Housing Finance Agency explains how other homeowners in trouble are getting help.
Health problems are a leading cause of family financial stress. And that was the topic for four experts in health care reform at the Columbus Metropolitan Club this week - Bill Hayes with the Health Policy Institute, Rob Edmund with the Ohio Business Roundtable, Doug Anderson with Ohio Department of Insurance and Cathy Levine at the Health Care Action Network. The panel debated Ohio's relative health when it comes to health insurance, and what needs to be considered when it comes to changing the current system.
Though it's been heralded as a new beginning for nuclear energy in this country, a lead utility company says there is no firm commitment to build a proposed nuclear power plant in Pike County that politicians are hailing as a gateway to clean energy and a source of much needed jobs and revenue in rural Appalachia. US Energy Secretary Steven Chu commented on the Piketon plant plans while in Columbus for an event promoting the use of federal stimulus funds to weatherize homes, and announcing $106 million in federal dollars is on its way to Ohio.
This economic crisis has cost many Ohioans their homes. The foreclosure tracking company RealtyTrac says Ohio logged 11,360 foreclosure filings in May, which is one in every 446 homes. That's the 10th highest in the nation, but it's down 8 percent from April and 13 percent from a year ago. Donna Daniels of Columbus is one of those homeowners. Daniels tells her story, and Cindy Flaherty at the Ohio Housing Finance Agency explains how other homeowners in trouble are getting help.
Health problems are a leading cause of family financial stress. And that was the topic for four experts in health care reform at the Columbus Metropolitan Club this week - Bill Hayes with the Health Policy Institute, Rob Edmund with the Ohio Business Roundtable, Doug Anderson with Ohio Department of Insurance and Cathy Levine at the Health Care Action Network. The panel debated Ohio's relative health when it comes to health insurance, and what needs to be considered when it comes to changing the current system.
June 19, 2009