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HEADLINES: The Ohio Supreme Court will settle the issue of whether cities can target areas where carry concealed weapons aren't allowed. The bills that would crack down on payday lenders in Ohio haven't moved, but public hearings on the issue go on. Attorney General Marc Dann has drawn a lot of interest in the last few days, because of sexual harassment claims filed by two women who worked in his office against Dann's general services director. After lawmakers announced they'd be nicking most of the money in the state's anti-tobacco agency's budget to pay for an economic stimulus package, the Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation lit into those plans with a daring counterattack.
SEGMENT 1: These last few months have seen some of the worst economic news in years. On set to talk about the challenges of dealing with these grim statistics regarding Ohio's unemployment and home-foreclosure rates is Helen Jones-Kelley, the director of the state's Department of Job and Family Services.
SEGMENT 2: The orange barrels are starting to bloom along Ohio's highways, marking the start of the most expensive construction season in state history. The Ohio Department of Transportation will spend $2.5 billion dollars in the next year and a half on more than a thousand projects this year. ODOT director James Beasley says the costs of construction projects continue to climb, but state gas tax revenues are flattening, so other ideas to fund highway work have to be considered.
SEGMENT 1: These last few months have seen some of the worst economic news in years. On set to talk about the challenges of dealing with these grim statistics regarding Ohio's unemployment and home-foreclosure rates is Helen Jones-Kelley, the director of the state's Department of Job and Family Services.
SEGMENT 2: The orange barrels are starting to bloom along Ohio's highways, marking the start of the most expensive construction season in state history. The Ohio Department of Transportation will spend $2.5 billion dollars in the next year and a half on more than a thousand projects this year. ODOT director James Beasley says the costs of construction projects continue to climb, but state gas tax revenues are flattening, so other ideas to fund highway work have to be considered.
April 11, 2008