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- Ohio legislator wants more Cuyahoga County Commissioners
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Tue, 2 Dec 2008 15:37:54 -0500 Author: niedermier@wksu.org (Kevin Niedermier)
A state senator wants to increase the size of the body that governs Cuyahoga County. The proposal comes as state lawmakers are considering a less extreme plan for improving Cuyahoga County's efficiency. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. - Kent State University Fashion School receives a major grant (0mb)
Tue, 2 Dec 2008 15:10:52 -0500 Author: goodman@wksu.org (Vivian Goodman)
The donor that helped create the Kent State Fashion School is supporting it again in a big way. The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation has made a million-dollar grant. WKSU's Vivian Goodman reports. - Bill to wipe out mayor's courts gains steam (2mb)
Tue, 2 Dec 2008 14:27:10 -0500 Author: schultze@wksu.org (M.L. Schultze)
The latest attempt to do away with mayor's courts in Ohio may go for a vote before this year is through. And it would shut down about 75 such courts in northeast Ohio including the most active in the state. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. - New breathalyzers for Ohio cops put on hold (0mb)
Tue, 2 Dec 2008 10:49:38 -0500 Author: letters@wksu.org (Jo Ingles)
A panel of Ohio lawmakers has put on hold a plan that would allow the state to buy 700 new breathalyzer machines for law enforcement agencies. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. - Some credit counseling agencies struggling to keep up with demand (0mb)
Tue, 2 Dec 2008 06:12:05 -0500 Author: rabinowitz@wksu.org (Amanda Rabinowitz)
The rough economy is driving more people to seek credit counseling. While at least one non-profit counseling agency in the U.S. is folding without support from banks, Northeast ohio's Consumer Credit Counseling agency says its keeping up with demand. WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz reports. - Latest attempt to get rid of mayor's courts brings Ohio's supreme court justice to the statehouse (1mb)
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 18:00:39 -0500 Author: schultze@wksu.org (M.L. Schultze)
The latest attempt to do away with mayor's courts, including scores of them in Northeast Ohio, will bring Ohio's supreme Court chief justice to the statehouse Tuesday. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. - Ohio's budget shortfalls growing fast (2mb)
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 17:32:34 -0500 Author: letters@wksu.org (Bill Cohen)
More big cuts in state programs and the layoff of hundreds of state employees are a growing possibility. Governor Ted Strickland and his budget advisors have unveiled some stunning new numbers that show state government is facing a new and growing budget deficit --- actually TWO of them. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. - Plain Dealer newsroom layoffs expected tomorrow (1mb)
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 16:16:12 -0500 Author: schaefer@wksu.org (Karen Schaefer)
Nearly thirty people in the Plain Dealer's newsroom will be getting lay-off notices tomorrow. WKSU's Karen Schaefer reports. - Cuyahoga County hopes a land bank eases home forelosure aftermath (2mb)
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 16:07:24 -0500 Author: niedermier@wksu.org (Kevin Niedermier)
Cuyahoga County's treasurer says local governments need to help themselves out of the foreclosure crisis, because state and federal authorities are unable or unwilling to tackle the problem. Treasurer Jim Rokakis will be in Columbus tomorrow pushing a bill to allow Ohio counties to start "land banks" to turn around thousands of foreclosed and abandoned properties. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. - Cleveland scientists save giant turtle (1mb)
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 06:12:39 -0500 Author: stclair@wksu.org (Jeff St. Clair)
The last remaining wild specimen of an endangered Asian turtle was saved from the soup-pot by a team of scientists from the Cleveland Zoo. Experts from the Zoo's Asian Turtle Program working in Vietnam say this is not just any turtle. WKSU's Jeff St. Clair reports. - A merger of modern art and music pays off (4mb)
Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Author: goodman@wksu.org (Vivian Goodman)
Contemporary art and music have always had their detractors. Orchestras don't program a lot of atonal music and avant garde art takes a back seat to the old masters in most museums. But in Cleveland, a collaboration between the Cleveland Orchestra and the Museum of Contemporary Art has opened ears, eyes, and minds. WKSU's Vivian Goodman reports. - Sweatshop-free shopping (1mb)
Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:32:21 -0500 Author: letters@wksu.org (Jo Ingles)
Ohians who are scouring ads for bargains this holiday shopping weekend are being asked to do a little research on the products they plan to buy. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. - Akron might buy former Bridgestone complex (0mb)
Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:28:48 -0500 Author: rabinowitz@wksu.org (Amanda Rabinowitz)
The city of Akron is finalizing a deal to buy the Bridgestone complex if the company can't sell it when it builds its new facility. WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz reports. - Another Cleveland bank cutting jobs (1mb)
Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:28:04 -0500 Author: niedermier@wksu.org (Kevin Niedermier)
Another Cleveland-based bank is shedding jobs. AmTrust Bank will cut an undisclosed number of employees following an order from the Federal Office of Thrift Supervision to improve its finances. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. - Ohio Supreme Court to rule on provisional ballots (1mb)
Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:22:45 -0500 Author: letters@wksu.org (Jo Ingles)
A federal appeals court had ruled that the Ohio Supreme Court should decide whether to count about a thousand provisional ballots. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. - Gratitude Attitude (1mb)
Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:15:15 -0500 Author: letters@wksu.org (Paul Gaston)
Recent research at the University of California-Davis and Miami, Florida shows that gratitude plays an important role in our happiness, in our healthy adjustment to life, and even in our physical well-being. With Thanksgiving upon us, WKSU commentator Paul Gaston is working on his health plan. WKSU's Paul Gaston reports. - Ohio Supreme Court faced with decision on sex stings and child prostitution (0mb)
Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:41:06 -0500 Author: letters@wksu.org (Karen Kasler)
Ohio's Supreme Court will decide on a key point in the kind of case that plays out on TV quite often - if someone arranges to have sex with a minor but it's a sting, can that person be charged with compelling child prostitution? A Summit County man's fate rests on this question. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. - Ohio jobless rate stabilizes for short time (0mb)
Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:46:24 -0500 Author: letters@wksu.org (Bill Cohen)
Ohio's official unemployment is hoolding fairly steady, but the people who track the numbers say they don't expect that to last. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. - Corn growers say corn prices aren't the reason for high food prices (0mb)
Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:52:44 -0500 Author: letters@wksu.org (Jo Ingles)
Corn growers say it's time to put blame for higher food prices where blame is due. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. - New bill to change the way Ohio coal mining permits are issued. (2mb)
Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:37:12 -0500 Author: letters@wksu.org (Jo Ingles)
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is currently in charge of issuing permits to coal companies but some Ohio lawmakers want to change that. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. - KENO revenue does not live up to expectations (1mb)
Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:31:32 -0500 Author: letters@wksu.org (Bill Cohen)
Earlier this year, amid a flurry of controversy, Governor Ted Strickland asked Ohio lottery officials to launch a new game - KENO. The governor said it could bring in enough extra profits to protect Ohio schools from spending cuts that were hitting other state programs. Now comes word that revenue predictions for KENO may have been too rosey....WAY too rosey. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. - State will decide whether Portage County officials should repay misused funds (1mb)
Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:18:43 -0500 Author: schaefer@wksu.org (Karen Schaefer)
The Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services is investigating whether Portage County officials should pay back nearly 30-thousand dollars in federal workforce training funds they used to send their kids to college. WKSU's Karen Schaefer reports. - More than a witness to history: Michael Scharf helps shape trials ranging from Saddam to the Khmer Rouge (4mb)
Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:14:45 -0500 Author: schultze@wksu.org (M.L. Schultze)
Case Western Reserve law professor Michael Scharf helped prepare the judges for the "Mother of All Trials:" Saddam Hussein's. Scharf's job included figuring out how to conduct a fair trial when everything from culture to an escalating war argued against it. And he and partner Michael Newton have now published the back-stage story of the trial, titled "Enemy of the State." WKSU caught up with Scharf at a book-signing in Cleveland. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports.
