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View the full archive of WKSU News Canton's historic Timken Stables a no sale The owner wanted more than $800,000. The buyer offered less than a quarter of that. And the auction of one of Northeast Ohio's most distinctive structures was a "no sale" Thursday. Some see it as a broader commentary on the beleaguered state of commercial real estate throughout the region. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Report says 17 million children in US live in homes where food sometimes runs short A new national hunger report estimates nearly 17 million children in the U.S. are living in homes where food sometimes runs short. And the number of children who are not just "food insecure" but are actually living in hunger is up over a million.Karen Pozna of the Cleveland Food Bank says the report underscores one that came out this spring that ranked Ohio third in the country in hunger among preschool children. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio legislators take on income tax cut plan this week The debate over whether Ohio legislators should delay this year's cut in the state income tax may come to a climax this week. State senators may vote on the plan, or they may amend it so much, it will be a totally different plan. No one knows at this points, not even the senators themselves. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen has a preview on that, plus other topics lawmakers plan to tackle this week. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio legislator introduces bill to repeal 2004 marriage amendment In 2004, Ohio voters okayed a constitutional amendment that basically bans gay marriage and domestic partner benefits, granted by state government. The vote was 62% to 38%. But now, a state legislator is proposing that his fellow lawmakers put a new measure onto the ballot. It would give voters a chance to repeal the anti-gay marriage amendment. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Changes to Ohio's execution methods may begin in December Ohio's next execution is scheduled for December 8, and it could make history. The state may become the first in the nation to use a single drug to put an inmate to death, or may be the first ever to allow a lethal injection to be shot into a muscle rather than a vein. Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler talked to some experts about these changes to the lethal injection process. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Class action lawsuit forces Vonage to change its cancellation procedures Ohioans who think they've been improperly charged for services by the internet telephone service, Vonage, now have some recourse. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website GOP state senators to go along with plan to cut legislators' pay republicans who control the Ohio Senate still won't tip their hand and revel whether they will go along with the Democrats' plan to delay this year's 4.2% cut in the state income tax. But, the GOP senators are making one thing clear. They will go along with the Democrats' plan to trim legislators pay. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Study predicts Ohio's budget mess will get worse in the next two years The budget mess that state government in Ohio is facing right now is going to get so much worse in two years, it will probably take spending cuts, government re-organization, and tax hikes to plug the money hole. That's the bottom line of a study by a group representing Ohio's 23,000 Certified Public Accountants. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Study predicts Ohio's budget mess will get worse in the next two years The budget mess that state government in Ohio is facing right now is going to get so much worse in two years, it will probably take spending cuts, government re-organization, and tax hikes to plug the money hole. That's the bottom line of a study by a group representing Ohio's 23,000 Certified Public Accountants. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inspector General delivers reports on ODOT employees Ohio's offical watchdog has issued a pair of reports on how three employees were really spending time when they were supposed to be working for the state. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio lawmakers continue budget struggle An impasse continues in the Ohio legislature over how to fill a projected 850 million dollar hole in the state budget. Some of the Republicans who dominate the state senate floated a plan today (Wednesday) to partially delay this year's cut in the state income tax, but the idea was quickly shot down by two groups of lawmakers who had totally opposite reasons for their criticism. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website An impasse continues in the Ohio legislature over how to fill a projected $850 million hole in the state budget. Some of the Republicans who dominate the state senate floated a plan Wednesday to partially delay the cut in the state income tax, but the idea was quickly shot down by two groups of lawmakers. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website An impasse continues in the Ohio legislature over how to fill a projected $850 million hole in the state budget. Some of the Republicans who dominate the state senate floated a plan Wednesday to partially delay the cut in the state income tax, but the idea was quickly shot down by two groups of lawmakers. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines - Police end search at the home of Anthony Sowell- Cleveland Clinic and MetroHealth to join in a regional ER network- Wizards 108, Cavs 91 - James: 31 pts, no other Cav scored more than 10- NFL fines Brady Quinn undisclosed amount for chop block on Ravens' Terrell Suggs Monday night WKSU's Jeff St. Clair reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cuyahoga County government transition team in place The team that will help Cuyahoga County transition from a three commissioner form of government to a county executive system is now in place. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Where there was one, now there are two Voters earlier this month decided to make Cuyahoga County only the second of Ohio's eighty-eight counties to be run by charter and an executive-council form of government. But the first is right down Interstate 77. And WKSU's Tim Rudell reports that Summit County leaders are prepared to share if their colleagues to the north want information or advice. WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website March of Dimes gives Ohio an 'F' for premature births Ohio is one of 17 states getting a failing grade from a group that tracks premature births and newborn deaths. The March of Dimes analyzed data from 2007, and found more than 13% of Ohio babies were born too early - before 37 weeks - which earned Ohio an 'F'. Dr. Jay Iams is a professor of maternal/fetal medicine at Ohio State, and notes Ohio's grade is lower than the overall U.S. grade of 'D'. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Republican State Senators agree to partially go along with income tax cut delay to fill budget hole Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen has learned that Republicans who dominate the state senate have decided to go along - partially - with a plan to delay this year's 4.2 per cent cut in the state income tax and files this report. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What do wins and losses do to pro teams impacts on region? The Cleveland Cavaliers' season is off to a good start...but the Browns are one-and-eight, and the Indians finished near the bottom in September. Those kind of numbers can do damage to a city's image. Top officials of Cleveland's big-three franchises discussed their team's impact on the community at a business luncheon today. And they talked about the role of winning and losing. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RTA driver who hit and killed a man convicted of vehicular homicide A former Cleveland bus driver who hit and killed a man as he cross the street is to spend the next six months in jail. That's because a jury opted today for a lesser conviction of in a case that hung largely on the question of a cell phone. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. 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