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August 18 - 24, 2009
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Ohio Lottery Commission approves rules on
integrating slot machines at state race tracks (The
Plain Dealer, August 18, 2009) The Ohio Lottery
Commission faced no opposition Monday as its
members voted unanimously for rules on integrating
slot machines at the state's seven horse racing tracks.
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Ohio Third Frontier Drives RFID Technology
Investment and Business Development in
Dayton(PR Newswire, August 18, 2009) The Ohio
Third Frontier is a main driver supporting new
technology investment, innovation and business
development in the Dayton's emerging radio frequency
identification (RFID) technology field. Since its
inception, the program has created or commercialized
more-than 500 companies and has attracted $3.5
billion in private investment to Ohio, a 9:1 return on
investment.
Wind turbine factory to bring jobs (Fremont News
Messenger, August 19, 2009) A new wind turbine
manufacturing company is open for business and
expects to create 25 jobs in Northwest Ohio, one of the
owners said. SUREnergy expects to open a facility on
Gill Road outside Port Clinton and another in Toledo,
said Curtis Stokes of Oak Harbor, a partner in the
venture.
State rerouted donations for blind, organ
donations to balance budget (Columbus Dispatch,
August 21, 2009) State government took from funds to
prevent blindness and promote organ donations in
order to balance the budget. Millions of Ohio motorists
were blindsided by a June 9 raid on $2.7 million they
had voluntarily paid to thwart blindness in children and
help solve the critical shortage of organ donations.
When The Dispatch opened Gov. Ted Strickland's
eyes yesterday to his administration's grab of $1.4
million intended for the Save Our Sight Fund, he
promised that the money would be returned.
University of Akron enrollment climbing (Akron
Beacon Journal, August 22, 2009) Buoyed by a sour
economy and the unveiling of a new stadium,
enrollment at the University of Akron is expected to
surge nearly 7 percent this fall.
Ballot in Akron draws big crowd (Akron Beacon
Journal, August 23, 2009) Are you running for Akron
City Council? No? Well, 56 people can answer ''yes'' to
this question. Also unique this election are several
slates - a phenomenon that hasn't been seen in Akron
since the mid-1990s, when a reform group opposed to
Mayor Don Plusquellic and council incumbents loosely
banded together.
Editorial: As school starts, let's focus on students
(Newark Advocate, August 23, 2009) When you bring
up education in Ohio, a lot of things spring to mind: the
current, flawed funding system, teaching to proficiency
tests, school levies and other worries.
Ohio's jobless debt grows (Toledo Blade, August 23,
2009) Ohio's unemployment compensation system is
falling further into debt at the rate of about $150 million
a month as the players at the table fret over how much
to raise employer taxes, decrease worker benefits, or
both.
Editorial: Officials must use profits from pipeline
project wisely (Lancaster Eagle Gazette, August 23,
2009) The Rockies Express Pipeline project, which
when finished will span the 1,679-mile from Colorado
to Monroe County here in Ohio, is creating a windfall
for 13 counties within the state -- including Fairfield
County. And the future revenues, not to mention the
money being spent in the local economy, couldn't be
coming at a better time. Let's just hope the added
revenues are put to good use by local elected officials.
'Locavores' eating their way through summer
(Canton Repository, August 23, 2009) They've been
dubbed locavores - those who advocate eating locally
grown or raised food. Five locavores, including Kyle
Valentini, launched the Tuscarawas Valley Family
Farm Market, with a focus on "the local farmer as
opposed to the backyard gardener."
Editorial: Sweet lays foundation to help YSU face
future (Youngstown Vindicator, August 23, 2009) By
this time next year, Youngstown State University will
have a new president who will offer his or her vision for
the open admission, urban institution at the "State of
the University" address that precedes the start of the
fall semester.
Salaries hold up despite budget cuts (Mansfield
News Journal, August 24, 2009) Richland County
commissioners are scrambling to come up with $4.6
million to save 9-1-1 services and the sheriff's road
patrol. Yet for all of the layoffs, outsourcing and
shortened work weeks that commissioners have
undertaken to balance the county's 2009 budget -more than $7 million was cut -- union contracts and
high salaries for some of the county's employees
continue to dog efforts to trim.
Editorial: Mixed economic stats offer some hope,
even in Ohio (Dayton Daily News, August 24, 2009)
Someplace in between the society as a whole and the
individual are the state of Ohio and the Dayton region.
At those levels, much still depends upon the
circumstances and decisions of specific industries.
Taxpayers will owe $13M to stadium fund
(Cincinnati Enquirer, August 24, 2009) Hamilton
County taxpayers will owe $13 million next year to the
fund that pays construction debt for Paul Brown
Stadium and Great American Ball Park, Hamilton
County Commissioners learned today. This is
important to Hamilton County residents because the
fund also pays for a property tax rollback. So if it goes
in the red, their rollback might be in jeopardy.
Edited and compiled by: Molly Schnoke, Center for Civic Education, Maxine Goodman
Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University
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