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Port of Cleveland looking ahead despite recent setbacks Recent upheavals at the Port of Cleveland have put into question major plans that would open a large swath of prime downtown lakefront for development. Earlier this month, the port's president, Adam Wasserman, abruptly quit with a $300,000 buyout the port won't discuss. Then, port officials announced the agency doesn't have the 158-million dollars it needs to start building a new containment area for dredge material. A new containment facility is essential to shipping, and to the planne ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio governor says politics needs to cede to necessity Ohio's normally even-tempered governor was not today when he was asked about a nearly $1 billion state budget shortfall and the failure of the Legislature to fill it. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Start-up company first in Akron's bio-medical corridor A dozen Ph.D's -- and the Akron start-up company they're part of -- are expanding to Akron's new biomedical corridor, despite being courted by South Carolina and other Ohio communities. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Smucker's profits more than double in the second quarter Orville-based jam and jelly maker J.M. Smucker's is continuing to see profits that surpass expectations thanks to its acquisition of Folger's. WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Portage Park District purchases 504 acres near Shalersville The Portage Park District is buying 504 acres east of Streetsboro that will become the county's largest park. The parcel was once part of an international freight airport and will now become a conservatory for hiking and bird watching. Portage Park District Executive Director Christine Craycroft says that the district will focus on preservation of the land now, but hopes to open it to the public in the future. Dan Nawrocki reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New proposal in Ohio legislature would crack down on "wage theft" Once in a while, Ohio companies short-change their workers on pay. Critics are calling that "wage theft", and they're proposing a new state law to crack down. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio legislators head home without progress on state budget shortfall It appears that the impasse over Ohio's $850 million budget shortfall may continue for at least another 2 weeks. That's because state legislators have gone home for a Thanksgiving holiday vacation, and don't plan to return until December. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bill in Ohio Senate would require Ohio schools to offer healthier food choices, more time for exercise A proposal to fight childhood obesity by requiring Ohio schools to offer healthier food and more time for exercise has picked up support from a wide variety of legislators and special interest groups. That's why it may finally have a good chance of becoming law this legislative session. Democratic State Senator Eric Kearney is one of the co-sponsors. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bill in Ohio Senate would require Ohio schools to offer healthier food choices, more time for exercise A proposal to fight childhood obesity by requiring Ohio schools to offer healthier food and more time for exercise has picked up support from a wide variety of legislators and special interest groups. That's why it may finally have a good chance of becoming law this legislative session. Democratic State Senator Eric Kearney is one of the co-sponsors. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Supreme Court rules on case involving disrupting public service The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled for the first time on whether a law against disrupting public service can be applied only to people who are trying to stop police from responding to incidents where groups of people are in danger, or whether it can be applied to a single case. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Former aide to former attorney general Marc Dann sentenced in theft in office case The former employee of the Ohio Attorney General's office who was at the center of a sexual harassment scandal will be spending some time behind bars. But the sentence is a light one. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Plan to partially delay cut in state income tax shot down in Ohio Senate 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 today 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 Plan to partially delay cut in state income tax shot down in Ohio Senate 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 today 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 - Former Lorain County Commissioner Michael Ross convicted on bribery charges - Prosecutors moving ahead with rape and kidnapping charges against Anthony Sowell - Ohio lawmakers leave Capitol for the holiday without resolution on state budget gap - Akron hosts Bowling Green in MAC East clash tonight at 5:30 - The Game kicks off at noon in Ann Arbor - #10 Ohio State at Michigan, noon - Kent State heads to MAC East leader Temple tomorrow WKSU's Jeff St. Clair reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Ohio elections changes in the works The Ohio House has approved a bill that is meant to reform elections in Ohio. Democratic House representative Dan Stewart says this bill will solve problems that have surfaced during elections in recent years. WKSU's Jo Ingles 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 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 Northeast Ohio's MetroHealth Medical System and the Cleveland Clinic announce formation of regional ER network Two of Northeast Ohio's largest hospitals have formed a cooperative program to treat trauma patients that they say will save money and lives. 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. 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 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 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 Ohio Parole Board against clemency for Kenneth Biros An Ohio death row inmate got a reprieve of sorts two years ago. He'd been scheduled to be executed, but that was put on hold because of a legal dispute. Now, the inmate is facing a new execution date, and it appears his death will happen on schedule. That's because the Ohio Parole Board is recommending the governor not grant clemency. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen has the story of Kenneth Biros. 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 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 Morning Headlines - Cleveland community thanks coroner for quick ID of Sowell victims - New anti-discrimination legistation comes before Akron City and Summit County Councils - Ohio Turnpike offers buyouts as system goes automated - Payments to medical mart developers may be suspended if negotiations drag - Auto sales in Northeast Ohio drop sharply in October - New wind turbine powers Pearl Road auto shop - First phase completed in PNC-National City shift - Governor Strickland gearing up for 2010 gube ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NE Ohio's largest university is looking across state lines Discounts on tuition are aimed at making Kent regional campuses a more attactive choice for out of state students who live near Ohio WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cavs steadily improving and Akron soccer is tops in NCAA tourney While Browns fans continue to gripe about their abysmal team, there are several bright spots in Northeast Ohio's spots scene. The Cavs are steadily getting back to form and the University of Akron is the top seed in the NCAA men's soccer tournament. The Plain Dealer's Terry Pluto joins WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz for a weekly check on sports. WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines - 45 Summit County sheriff deputies could be laid off if union cannot agree on cuts - Kent St. trustees vote to lower out-of-state surcharge, extend President Lester Lefton's contract - Digging resumed this morning on the Cleveland home of suspected serial killer Anthony Sowell - Sandy Alomar Jr. rejoins Indians, named 1st base coach - Cavs 114, Warriors 108 - James: 31 pts, 12 ast. Hickson: 21 pts, 9 rebs WKSU's Jeff St. Clair reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Indians name Sandy Alomar Jr. 1st base coach One of the most beloved members of the Indians teams of the 1990s is rejoining the team. Sandy Alomar has been hired as first-base coach. Alomar spent 11 seasons catching with the Indians. He made the All-Star team six times and has been inducted into the Indians Hall of fame. His best season came in 1997, when the Indians made it to the World Series. That was also the year he was named the All-Star game's MVP. Manager Manny Acta says Alomar proved his merits at a coach after he retired f ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Merchandise says feasibility study failed to detect Public Auditorium utility problems The antiquated electrical and ventilation equipment hidden in Cleveland's old Public Auditorium are big reasons the building is no longer part of plans for a new convention center and medical equipment showroom. The snag in the publicly funded $425 million project was addressed at Cleveland City Council today. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio, Attorney General Cordray settle class action suit against Marsh and McLennan Companies Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray is announcing a $400 million settlement in a class action securities lawsuit against Marsh and McLennan Companies. Cordray says money recovered as a result of this settlement will be given back to two state pension funds that, along with the Ohio Bureau of Worker's Compensation, lost money as a result of investments with those companies. This is just the latest case in which Cordray has served as one of the lead plaintiffs. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Petition over slots at horse racetracks still going forward Governor Strickland's slots-at-racetracks plan is no longer in his list of ideas to balance the state budget, since the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that voters must weigh in on that proposal. But with casinos coming to four Ohio cities after last week's vote, some Ohioans might be wondering if it's worth it to take the slots plan to the ballot at all. LetOhioVote.org is the group that sued over the slots plan, and spokesman David Hansen says even though Strickland has decided not to includ ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lucas Holko goes home A 4-year-old Northeast Ohio boy hit by a foul ball at a minor league game this summer is out of the hospital. But he's still undergoing five hours of therapy a day. His family and his doctor talked about his progress at a press conference Tuesday. WKSU's M.L. Schultze has more. WKSU's M.L. Schultze and Morgan Marucco report. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cleveland Mayor wants new fees for some residents, businesses Cleveland residents and the city's non-profits organizations could be paying more in fees to help stave off a pending budget crunch. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier 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 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 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 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 to change its execution methods Two months after a botched execution attempt, Ohio has decided to change the way it will put condemned inmates to death. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website More Americans going hungry than ever before, says report The nation's latest hunger report shows nearly 50 million Americans don't have enough food, and that includes 17 million children. The food banks that serve Northeast Ohio say they've been living that story for the last two years. WKSU's M.L. Schultze has more. 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 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 Mentor woman, 22, aims to make history with cross-Atlantic row A Mentor woman who, at the age of 22, has already made history in endurance challenges is about to begin her most ambitious one yet. Katie Spotz has run marathons, swum hundreds of miles and cycled across the country. Now, she's attempting to be the youngest person to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean. WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines - Hotline launched by Cleveland Rape Crisis Center searching for other possible Sowell vicitms - Mayor Jackon contemplates fees for non-profits to close budget gap - Columbus Dispatch reports on Ohio's leniency towards domestic violence - Ohio tax dollars defend three former state employees in "Joe the Plumber" suit - Today's Atlanis mission launch carries Cleveland natives - Facebook tips helps Medina police nab criminals - United Way shifts donation focus to "Community Impact Fund" ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown sponsoring bill to make veterans benefits easier to apply for Cutting through red tape to receive disability benefits might become easier in the future if some U.S Senators get their way. Right now, disabled veterans have to go through two different steps to qualify for benefits under the Veterans Administration and the Social Security Administration. Democratic U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown is sponsoring a bill in the Senate that he says would cut down on the time it takes to process those claims. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Health departments across Ohio taking steps to streamline clinics distributing the H1N1 vaccine Health departments throughout the state are holding clinics to provide H1N1 vaccinations to people in high risk groups for the disease. There have been long lines and shortages of vaccines at some of those locations. Some health departments are taking steps to make those clinics run more smoothly. In an interview with Statehouse correspondent Jo Ingles, Delaware General Health District spokesman Jesse Carter explains what his agency is doing to help make their clinics run more smoothly. WKS ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Health officials reminding Ohioans that the seasonal flu is coming too With all of the attention being showered on the H1N1 or swine flu virus, Ohio's health officials are reminding Ohioans to take precautions against the seasonal flu. Ohio Health Department spokesman Kristopher Weiss says it poses a real threat to Ohioans every year. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Health officials reminding Ohioans that the seasonal flu is coming too With all of the attention being showered on the H1N1 or swine flu virus, Ohio's health officials are reminding Ohioans to take precautions against the seasonal flu. Ohio Health Department spokesman Kristopher Weiss says it poses a real threat to Ohioans every year. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Candidate for Secretary of State proposes changes for petition circulators It seems that, often in recent years, when a citizens group collects signatures on petitions to put a proposal onto the Ohio ballot, some of the paid petition circulators are caught, giving misleading or downright false sales pitches. Instances of forged petition signatures also pop up regularly. That's why the Democrat who wants to be elected Ohio's top elections official has just proposed a new law to more closely regulate petition campaigns. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Candidate for Secretary of State proposes changes for petition circulators It seems that, often in recent years, when a citizens group collects signatures on petitions to put a proposal onto the Ohio ballot, some of the paid petition circulators are caught, giving misleading or downright false sales pitches. Instances of forged petition signatures also pop up regularly. That's why the Democrat who wants to be elected Ohio's top elections official has just proposed a new law to more closely regulate petition campaigns. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Alleged cell phone use scuttles R.T.A. drivers' plea agreement The alleged use of a cell phone during a fatal pedestrian accident has led a judge to say no to an R.T.A. bus drivers' plea bargain. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Former Congressman Rob Portman pulls ahead in U.S. Senate race in new poll A new poll shows that, for the first time this year, a Republican is ahead in the race for a U.S. Senate seat from Ohio. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Former Congressman Rob Portman pulls ahead in U.S. Senate race in new poll A new poll shows that, for the first time this year, a Republican is ahead in the race for a U.S. Senate seat from Ohio. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Akron men's soccer team takes 18-0-0 record into playoffs When it comes to sports at the University of Akron, the men's soccer team rules. The Zips soccer program is having one of the most successful seasons in its history, going undefeated in the regular season. It's been ranked the top team in Division I soccer since September, and shows no signs of slowing down as Akron heads into the MAC conference and NCAA tournaments. Dan Nawrocki reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sowell arraigned in rape case that led to mass murder discovery Mass murder suspect Anthony Sowell was arraigned this morning.....charged with the rape that led to the discovery of eleven bodies in and around his eastside Cleveland home. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines - Anthony Sowell to be arraigned in alleged rape case that lead to the discovery of 11 bodies in his Cleveland home - Laid-off firefighters in Akron challenge the city's assertion that layoffs were necessary to fill budget gap - Former Congressman Portman pulls ahead of Brunner and Fisher in latest U.S. Senate poll - Browns avoid local blackout of Monday night's game vs. Ravens - Cavs 111, Heat 104 - James: 34 pts, Williams: 25 pts, Hickson: 18 pts, O'Neal: 14 pts WKSU's Jeff St. Clair ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website N.R.C. not pleased with Perry nuclear plant employee performance The Nuclear Regulatory Commission wants to know why Northeast Ohio's Perry nuclear power plant has more human errors than most other nuclear plants in the country...and what's being done about it.WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Environmental group reports on state's carbon dioxide emissions For all of the talk about new energy, Ohio relies largely on old-coal for its electricity. And environmental groups such as Environment Ohio hope a new report on climbing fossil fuel emissions will convince the state to back global climate change bills. WKSU's M.L. Schultze has more. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio ranks 4th in nation for fossil-fueled carbon dioxide emission For all of the talk about new energy, Ohio relies largely on old-coal for its electricity. And environmental groups such as Environment Ohio hope a new report on climbing fossil fuel emissions will convince the state to back global climate change bills. WKSU's M.L. Schultze has more. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New public opinion poll shows the governor's race in a dead heat A new public opinion poll released today has some bad news for Governor Ted Strickland. It showes his job approval rating is continuing to sink, and his Republican challenger in next year's election has pulled even with him. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New public opinion poll shows the governor's race in a dead heat A new public opinion poll released today has some bad news for Governor Ted Strickland. It showes his job approval rating is continuing to sink, and his Republican challenger in next year's election has pulled even with him. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Senate Finance Committee working on proposal to delay income tax cut An Ohio Senate committee is still working on a plan to fill a projected $850 million hole in the state budget. But the chair of the panel isn't offering any clues about that the final plan will be. The Ohio House has already voted to fill the hole by delaying this year's cut in the state income tax, but it's not clear if the Senate Finance Committee will endorse that approach. Statehouse correspondent reports on the today's panel hearing. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Casino developers meet with Governor Strickland, House Speaker Budish, Senate President Bill Harris The developers behind the casino ballot issue that Ohio voters approved last week met with the governor and legislative leaders today. The businessmen figured they needed to reach out, because two of the three politicians had been against the casino plan. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Casino developers meet with Governor Strickland, House Speaker Budish, Senate President Bill Harris The developers behind the casino ballot issue that Ohio voters approved last week met with the governor and legislative leaders today. The businessmen figured they needed to reach out, because two of the three politicians had been against the casino plan. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website State legislators considering proposal to relax limits on conceal carry permits People who have permits to carry concealed weapons can wear them in many stores, restaurants and parks. But businesses that sell beer and booze have always been off limits. Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler reports on an effort to change that. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website State legislators considering proposal to relax limits on conceal carry permits People who have permits to carry concealed weapons can wear them in many stores, restaurants and parks. But businesses that sell beer and booze have always been off limits. Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler reports on an effort to change that. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Proposal could give charities leftovers from class action settlements Ohio charities could be in line for millions of dollars if a proposal that state legislators are considering eventually becomes law. The measure would steer unclaimed money from settlements in class-action lawsuits to charities. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Proposal could give charities leftovers from class action settlements Ohio charities could be in line for millions of dollars if a proposal that state legislators are considering eventually becomes law. The measure would steer unclaimed money from settlements in class-action lawsuits to charities. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Most Northeast Ohio charitable donations steady despite down economy The recession and unemployment rate have left Northeast Ohio charitable organizations coping with increased need, and a dent in an important source of donations...employee contributions.WKSU's Kevin Niedermier looks at how one group of organizations is being affected.WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines - 10th victim identified in Cleveland mass murder case while FBI joins the search for evidence- First Merit announces it's buying 24 Chicago-area branches from St. Louis based First Bank- New poll shows Ted Strickland's job approval rating down, governor's race now even- Cavs 102, Magic 93 - James: 36 pts, 8 reb. Williams: 28 pts WKSU's Jeff St. Clair reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Study recommends Cleveland reduce its workforce and combine departments The City of Cleveland has avoided layoffs by saving money through increased efficiency...but a new financial report says those days may be over. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cleveland Orchestra Severance Hall season The Cleveland Orchestra is back from its international tour. Now the focus returns to Severance Hall and the guest artists including opera singers to be featured this season. Music Director Franz Welser Most is also excited about new programs for children and young adults. WKSU's Vivian Goodman reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Storycorps hears from Akron veteran of World War II The Italian immigrant parents of Fred Tomei couldn't read or write English so someone else had to translate their son's draft notice. He was the last of four boys to be called up for service in World War II. It wouldn't be long before the 19-year-old Fred was huddled in the bottom of a landing craft headed for Omaha Beach on D-Day as a member of the 29th Division, 115th Infantry. He told his story to a friend of the family, Amie Cajka. WKSU's Mark Urycki reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cleveland Orchestra Severance Hall season The Cleveland Orchestra is back from its international tour. Now the focus returns to Severance Hall and the guest artists including opera singers to be featured this season. Music Director Franz Welser Most is also excited about new programs for children and young adults. WKSU's Vivian Goodman reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website There was a "re-capitation" ceremony in NE Ohio In May the school acquired a statue of the 20th president, who attended and was once president of the college, and decided to put it in a park across from the campus. That's when their project was "headed off" ...literally WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fort Hood tragedy not far from local vets minds The Veterans Business symposium at Kent State today was all about military vets as entrepreneurs. But any gathering linked to the military today had to include thoughts for Fort Hood. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Northeast Ohio vets say expanded benefits are working The new GI bill isn't perfect. But a group of Northeast Ohio veterans says it comes closer than its predecessors in fulfilling government promises to ex-military. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The main targets in ODOT's garage scandal charged The primary targets in the Ohio Department of Transportation garage scandal were indicted today, but the investigation still isn't over. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines - With two more victims identified from Sowell home, police investigate military stations - Public outcry over $300,000 buyout of Cleveland Port Authority CEO - Ohio Department of Health orders another half-million of H1N1 vaccine - Former Parma police officer McCombs scheduled for pre-trial today - OSU testing office of two employees with lung ailment - Cleveland City Council considers transgender addition to anti-discrimination ordinance - Tuskegee Airmen member donates memorabilia ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Private community partners will run Ohio historical sites The new model to keep most of OHio's nearly 60 historical sites open and oeprating is selling well, at least as measured by the reaction of Zoar historical village. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A march for the missing in Northeast Ohio Black On Black Crime Incorporated chose a spot near the house where eleven murder victims were found as the starting point for the march WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Private community partners will run Ohio historical sites The new model to keep most of OHio's nearly 60 historical sites open and oeprating is selling well, at least as measured by the reaction of Zoar historical village. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Health Department orders another shipment of H1N1 vaccine Ohio health officials have ordered yet another shipment of H1N1 vaccine for the Buckeye state, and it's supposed to be arriving Tuesday. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Republican Senators in Ohio Senate offer an expanded furlough plan to close gap in state budget Republicans who dominate the Ohio Senate continue to be skeptical about the plan from Democrats to delay this year's 4/2% state income tax cut. G.O.P. lawmakers say Democrats who dominate the Ohio House acted too quickly in approving the idea. Republican Senators contend there are alternative ways to raise enough cash to fill a projected $850 million dollar hole in the state budget. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio legislators wrestling with budget problems this week Ohio legislators plan to continue grappling this week with a costly question - how should they fill a projected $850 million hole in the state budget? Democrats like the idea of delaying an income tax cut, but Republicans are reluctant to approve it. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen has a preview of that and other topics lawmakers are scheduled to take up. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Health Department changes recommendation regarding masks against the flu The Ohio Health Department is changing a recommendation it's been making for health professionals who deal with flu infected patients. In the past, it's been recommended that health professionals use a special kind of mask that contains a respirator inside. But Kristopher Weiss says those masks are in short supply so the department is changing its recommendation. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Health Department changes recommendation regarding masks against the flu The Ohio Health Department is changing a recommendation it's been making for health professionals who deal with flu infected patients. In the past, it's been recommended that health professionals use a special kind of mask that contains a respirator inside. But Kristopher Weiss says those masks are in short supply so the department is changing its recommendation. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Health Department changes recommendation regarding masks against the flu The Ohio Health Department is changing a recommendation it's been making for health professionals who deal with flu infected patients. In the past, it's been recommended that health professionals use a special kind of mask that contains a respirator inside. But Kristopher Weiss says those masks are in short supply so the department is changing its recommendation. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines - Some surprises from Ohio representatives in House health-care reform vote - Fire in Ohio City boarding house claims 4 lives - Seven of ten victims identified from suspected killer Sowell's home - Ohio adoption services hit hard since July budget cuts - Western Ohio Preble County Sheriff dies of H1N1 - Backlog at Ohio BMV racks up hundreds of overtime hours - Old Ravenna arsenal becomes new National Guard training site - Cavs are 4-3 in the season, facing off against the Magic in O ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website East German native reflects on 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall Today marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. And the 20th anniversary of a 35 mile car ride that eventually took Birgit Lindemann from a small-town in East Germany to a small town in Northeast Ohio. WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cleveland bus driver's trial to begin A former Cleveland bus driver is to go on trial today on a charge of aggravated vehicular homicide in an accident linked to a cell phone. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Northeast Ohio delegation crosses party lines in health-care vote The vast majority of congressmen and women who voted AGAINST the House version of health-care reform this weekend were Republicans or conservative "blue-dog" Democrats. But that wasn't the case in Northeast Ohio WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio awarded grant to boost energy efficiency The White House has announced that Ohio is being awarded more than 30 million dollars for projects that will boost energy efficiency by manufacturers. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio's political leaders looking forward to 2010 Ohio's political leaders are looking at the outcomes of this past election and using that information to come up with strategies for winning next November. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio's political leaders looking forward to 2010 Ohio's political leaders are looking at the outcomes of this past election and using that information to come up with strategies for winning next November. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Higher than expected costs change Cleveland's Medical Mart and convention center plans The downtown site for Cleveland's Medical Mart and convention center project has changed because of a higher than expected cost. The move delays the project's first phase, but officials say the end result could be better. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Chinese officials visit Ohio to look for solution to its garbage problem The economic boom that's being enjoyed in China is forcing that country to look at a problem the US has been trying to handle for years - how to dispose of the garbage its people produce. A group of Chinese officials have come to Ohio to see what's being done here. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio House considering bill to overhaul state's election system Democrats in the Ohio House are considering yet another bill that would overhaul the state's election system. But this time, the bill contains a new measure that the legislation's sponsor, democratic representative Dan Stewart, says would make it easier for people to register to vote. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Backers of Issue 3 reveal Minnesota casino company helped bankroll the campaign During the heated campaign over the Ohio casino ballot issue, there were suspicions that a Minnesota casino company was helping finance the Vote Yes side. Backers of the plan said that wasn't true, but now, it turns out - it is true. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rep. John Boccieri considering voting against a health care bill barring changes Democrat John Boccieri is leaning towards voting against a health care bill. House leaders plan to bring it to the floor for a vote this weekend. Sara Sciammacco has more from Washington. Sara Sciammacco reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Summit County settles civil suit over the death of Mark McCullaugh Summit County has settled a civil suit over the death of a prisoner for nearly $900,000, over the objections of Sheriff Drew Alexander. Mark McCullaugh died three years ago during a confrontation with deputies in the jail's mental health unit. He was beaten, tazed, and pepper sprayed. Sheriff Alexander says, while the situation was tragic, his deputies did nothing wrong ans he believes McCullaugh should not have been in the jail. Morgan Marucco and Dan Nawrocki reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website University lawyer is recommending DNA be stricken The University of Akron is reconsidering a rule that would have allowed it to collect DNA from job applicants. That follows a national civil liberties outcry and objections by faculty. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines - Third victim identified in Cleveland mass murder case - Officials say members of the Ohio National Guard stationed at Fort Hood were not among casualties of yesterday's shootings - Congress extends unemployment benefits for 20 additional weeks - Bulls 86, Cavs 85 - Chicago snaps Cleveland's 3-game winning streak. Cavs are in New York to play the Knicks tonight - #16 Ohio State hosts #11 Penn State Saturday afternoon at 3:30 - Kent State heads to Akron to battle for the Wagon Wheel to ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sweeney stays as Cleveland City Council president The message in Cleveland politics this week is continuity. First, Mayor Frank Jackson won in a re-election landslide and now one of his key allies will remain City Council President. From WKSU's Cleveland studios, Kevin Niedermier reports. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sweeney still Cleveland Council president The message in Cleveland politics this week is continuity. First, Mayor Frank Jackson won in a re-election landslide, and now one of his key allies will remain City Council President. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jail death law suit settled The civil suit filed by his family has now been tentatively settled for $862,000 WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Alcoa investing more than $100 million in Cleveland With the help of a s much as $20 million in state incentives, Alcoa is putting $110 million into is Cleveland works. It will be building the backbone of the world's newest fighter jet. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Casino plan may already face changes Just hours after Ohio voters okayed a ballot issue authorizing gambling casinos in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus and Toledo, some critics are already proposing changes. And under one scenario, voters would be asked to approves them next May. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Casino plan may already face changes Just hours after Ohio voters okayed a ballot issue authorizing gambling casinos in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus and Toledo, some critics are already proposing changes. And under one scenario, voters would be asked to approves them next May. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A look at the next steps now that Casinos are legal in Ohio State-wide voter approval opens the way for four casinos including one in downtown Cleveland. WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines - Cleveland Police return to home of Anthony Sowell to continue the search for evidence. - Cleveland Clinic breaks ground today on Twinsburg Family Health & Surgery Center, bringing 300 jobs. - 18 year-old prepares to take her spot on Jackson Local Schools Board of Education after a win in Tuesday's election. - Summit County plans to lay off 45 deputies unless unions agree to contract concessions. - Ohio State will reveal new uniforms to honor 1954 national championship team against Mich ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Former assistant to former Attorney General Marc Dann is told to repay Ohio Workers Compensation Bureau A board of the Ohio Workers Compensation Bureau is telling the former General Services Director for former Attorney General Marc Dann to pony up money. The agency's Melissa Vince says Anthony Guitterez argues he doesn't owe the agency money for payment for people he says were independent contractors for his Youngstown area construction company. But Vince says the bureau's adjudicating committee has determined otherwise. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Senator Voinovich leads boycott during hearings on climate change bill Ohio Republican George Voinovich sparked a partisan boycott on the Senate environment committee. The fight is over a climate change bill that could have a big impact on Ohio's economy. Matt Lazlo reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Inspector General finds problems in Ohio Highway Patrol's activities account Ohio's Inspector General has found a lot of things wrong with the way the Ohio State Highway Patrol has handled its activities account. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio recognized as one of the most business-friendly states in the country Ohio is getting better and better grades when it comes to its business climate. Site Selection Magazine says Ohio is now one of the top states in the nation, when it comes to being business-friendly. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner happy with how yesterday's vote went There were reports of a few problems in voting - three communities in Summit County ran out of paper ballots, and some workers in Dayton were late getting the polls open. But overall, Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner says the 2009 election went very well. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohioans approve measure to create livestock board Ohioans have said "yes" to a change in the state's constitution that will create a 13 member appointed board to oversee livestock care in Ohio. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio voters approve plan to raise money for veterans bonuses The first statewide issue on the ballot was winning from the beginning, and ended up the night with 73% of the vote. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Casino proposal approved with strong support in Northeast, Southwest Ohio Ohio voters have approved that ballot proposal to authorize full-scale gambling casinos in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Toledo. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cuyahoga County government transition getting underway Cuyahoga County is now in the process of changing the form of government it has had in place since the mid-1800s. Voters overwhelmingly approved Issue 6 this week. It scraps the 3 commissioner form of government in favor of an elected county executive and 11 elected council members. Of the current set-up, the only remaining elected county official will be the prosecutor. The government transition will be final in January 2011. Now that the election is over...WKSU's Kevin Niedermier look ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Poll shows Ohioans are worried about getting the H1N1 virus More than half of all Ohioans are worried that their household will be impacted directly by the H1N1 virus. At least that's what people have told pollsters from the University of Cincinnati. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Senator George Voinovich and Senator Barbara Boxer square off over climate change bill The Senate environment committee wrapped up three long days of hearings on a climate change bill. But Ohio Republican George Voinovich says the committee needs to go further. Matt Lazlo reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Senator George Voinovich and Senator Barbara Boxer square off over climate change bill The Senate environment committee wrapped up three long days of hearings on a climate change bill. But Ohio Republican George Voinovich says the committee needs to go further. Matt Lazlo reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New poll shows Governor Strickland's approval rating dropping A new independent poll is confirming what other polls have shown - Governor Ted Strickland's job approval rating is dropping among Ohioans, and it's the same story for President Obama. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Two farm groups offer very different opinions on Issue 2 On this fall's ballot, Ohioans are deciding on a constitutional amendment that would create a panel to determine standards of care for livestock in Ohio. The state's largest farmers' group, the Ohio Farm Bureau, backs Issue 2, but the smaller Ohio Farmers' Union opposes it. Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler talked with two Ohioans who own small farms and have very different perspectives on Issue 2. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Two farm groups offer very different opinions on Issue 2 On this fall's ballot, Ohioans are deciding on a constitutional amendment that would create a panel to determine standards of care for livestock in Ohio. The state's largest farmers' group, the Ohio Farm Bureau, backs Issue 2, but the smaller Ohio Farmers' Union opposes it. Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler talked with two Ohioans who own small farms and have very different perspectives on Issue 2. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Two farm groups offer very different opinions on Issue 2 On this fall's ballot, Ohioans are deciding on a constitutional amendment that would create a panel to determine standards of care for livestock in Ohio. The state's largest farmers' group, the Ohio Farm Bureau, backs Issue 2, but the smaller Ohio Farmers' Union opposes it. Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler talked with two Ohioans who own small farms and have very different perspectives on Issue 2. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New attack ads debut against Issue 3 Just a few days before Election Day, two separate groups that are opposed to the Ohio casino ballot issue are hammering away at it. They're hoping they can reverse a recent statewide public opinion poll, showing a majority of registered voters endorsing the measure. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Supporters of a puppy mill ban fear passage of Ohio Issue 2 Backers of a bill that would ban puppy mills in Ohio fear that passage of State Issue 2 would make banning the large scale, unsafe dog breeding operations impossible. But backers of the ballot say that's not true. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Supporters of a puppy mill ban fear passage of Ohio Issue 2 Backers of a bill that would ban puppy mills in Ohio fear that passage of State Issue 2 would make banning the large scale, unsafe dog breeding operations impossible. But backers of the ballot say that's not true. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Election night brought certain change to the Akron political scene The city charter now makes it harder to launch a recall effort; and Akron's board of education has a very different look WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cleveland mayor Frank Jackson re-elected by a large margin Cleveland voters have overwhelmingly elected Mayor Frank Jackson to a second term. Jackson easily defeated his challenger, former city councilman Bill Patmon. Jackson ran on his record of keeping the city's budget balanced without layoffs while other big cities are struggling with finances. During his victory speech, Jackson said he will not stop to savor his win. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Northeast Ohio voters heard loud and clear on major issues Tuesday's election drew more voters than expected in many counties in Northeast Ohio. And when it comes to the big issues of the day, they spoke with a pretty loud voice. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Voters approve changing Cuyahoga County government Cuyahoga County will be revamping its form of government. Voters overwhelmingly approved Issue 6..... WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cleveland police find more bodies at home of convicted rapist Police now say they've found ten bodies in the Cleveland home of a convicted rapist. 50-year-old Anthony Sowell has so far been charged with aggravated murder, rape, felonious assault and kidnapping in the death of five of the women whose bodies were found in his home and yard since last weekend. Cleveland Police Chief Michael McGrath says that police and fire crews will keep searching the property to make sure that no other bodies are in the house. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Summit County experiences a shortage of ballots Voting went smoothly throughout the state except for a few glitches caused by late poll workers in Dayton and a shortage of ballots in Summit County. Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner says poll workers in Summit County called her for permission to photocopy ballots around 5 o'clock, when it became clear they weren't going to have enough. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tonight's election in Ohio may give some clues to how the state will go in 2010 This is an off year election in Ohio, but some are watching the state for hints of what might be ahead for the big contests in 2010. Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler reports this vote seems to be dominated by one concern that will likely be top of mind next year too... WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cuyahoga County may delay statewide results because of switch to new equipment Numbers from more than a month of early absentee voting are coming in, along with the tallies from today's voting in precincts around the state. Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler says officials are hoping it won't be a long night... WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Issue 3 helps draw larger voter turnout than expected Though it's an off-year election, voters are turning out in heavier than expected numbers today - many drawn by Issue 3. The constitutional amendment would set up four casinos in Ohio, including one in Cleveland. Outside a polling place in Stark County, voter Kelson Buckingham told me the history of gambling in Ohio has been long on promise and short on delivery, and that he opposes expanded gambling on principle. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Issue 3 helps draw larger voter turnout than expected Though it's an off-year election, voters are turning out in heavier than expected numbers today - many drawn by Issue 3. The constitutional amendment would set up four casinos in Ohio, including one in Cleveland.Outside a polling place in Stark County, voter Kelson Buckingham told me the history of gambling in Ohio has been long on promise and short on delivery, and that he opposes expanded gambling on principle. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website UPDATE: 7:45pm Ohio issues helped drive voters to the polls There are nearly 18-hundred tax questions, school levies and local races and issues on the ballot throughout the state today, along with three statewide issues. Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler starts our election coverage by talking to voters about what brought them out to the polls. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner unsure of voter turnout Voters in Ohio are deciding on 1,700 local issues around the state, along with three statewide issues. Most of those are local tax proposals, but there are fewer school levies on the ballot this year than last year. This is considered an off-year election, so Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner didn't estimate how many voters would turn out. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Voter turnout better than expected early in Summit County Voter turnout in Summit County is better than expected despite a few early glitches at the polls. WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Voters in Stark and Summit Counties talk about Issue 3 Voters leaving polls in Stark and Summit counties talked a lot about a constitutional amendment to allow casinos in Ohio, although for many their concern wasn't about gambling. WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Early voter turnout steady in Cuyahoga County Voter turnout has been steady in Cuyahoga County where two competing government reform measures are on the ballot. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Akron voting on a charter amendment to change requirements for recall vote Failed mayoral recall attempts roiled the political scene in two Northern Ohio cities this summer, Toledo and Akron. And in Akron, voters are voting today on a charter amendment to require a much larger number of signatures on petitions to force a recall election. WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Turnout steady at Cuyahoga County polls Voter turnout has been steady in Cuyahoga County where two competing government reform measures are on the ballot. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Flu causing Election Day problems in Summit County Voter turnout in Summit County is better than expected despite a few early glitches at the polls. WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines -A Cleveland coroner narrows search in identification of rape victims -$475 million bill signed for the cleanup of Great Lakes and Cuyahoga River -New financial officer for Green-based Diebold -Surveys from AP and Site Selection magazine rank Ohio economic & business climate -Team led by Ohio State researcher evaluates Kilimanjaro climate -Browns without a general manager after Kokinis leaves WKSU's Jeff St. Clair reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Correctional officers picket Mansfield Correctional Facility Corrections officers at the Mansfield Correctional Facility are on the picket line today in front of the institution. They are warning the public of dangerous conditions at that facility. But a corrections department spokeswoman says things are not as bad as the union is making them appear. Ohio Public Radio's Jo Ingles has details. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Issue 2 debate continues in the last hours Ohioans going to the polls will have to make a decision on whether to establish an appointed board that would have constitutional authority to oversee animal and livestock care in the buckeye state. Issue two would give 12 people the authority to establish rules for how livestock is treated. The head of the Humane Society of the United States, Wayne Pacelle says Issue Two is a bad idea. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Issue 2 debate continues in the last hours Ohioans going to the polls will have to make a decision on whether to establish an appointed board that would have constitutional authority to oversee animal and livestock care in the buckeye state. Issue two would give 12 people the authority to establish rules for how livestock is treated. The head of the Humane Society of the United States, Wayne Pacelle says Issue Two is a bad idea. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Statewide issues bring voters to the polls There aren't any statewide candidates on the today's ballot, but millions of Ohioans are still expected to troop to the polls. One reason: three statewide issues on the ballot. Statewide correspondent Bill Cohen reports. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website No cause yet for review of for-profit Western Reserve Hospital, says Cordray When one of Northeast Ohio's non-profit hospitals was converted to a for-profit venture, state regulators had to approve. Now, a major non-profit competitor is raising questions about the doctor-owned operation. WKSU's Tim Rudell talked with Ohio's Attorney General to see if that could lead to a review of the deal. WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Two Northeastern Ohio hospitals debate for-profit healthcare A new for-profit hospital owned in part by doctors in Northeast Ohio continues to draw fire from a major non-profit healthcare group. Tim Rudell reports from our Akron studios. WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wind powers northeast Ohio school Three, nearly 200-foot wind turbines and tower stand behind Western Reserve High School's football stadium today, making it what's believed to be the first school district in the state to operate to any large degree on wind energy. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Families hold out hope for missing relatives at vigil outside Cleveland mass murder home Families with missing relatives held a vigil last night outside a Cleveland home where six unidentified bodies have been found. The family members are holding out hope their relatives are somewhere else..alive......but they are also looking for closure. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Early voting becomes a pattern for Northeast Ohio Even in an off-year election, Northeast Ohio voters increasingly are taking advantage of no-fault absentee voting. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines -Bodies found in rape suspect's house were all female and victims of homicide, says coroner -Cleveland native among the missing in California air collision -Big push for Issue 3 in the last hours -John the Baptist Church closes doors despite protests on Saturday -Timken steelworkers approve new contract -Shots fired at state wildlife officials in Western Ohio -Cleveland Public Library comes to the table with its union -Salaries of Ohio private college and university heads compared na ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wind will power new Northeast Ohio schools Ohio Governor Ted Strickland will be in northeast Ohio today to dedicate wind turbines that will power a school district. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tuesday's election focuses on state and local issues Tomorrow is election day in Ohio. And, as is often the case in off-year elections -- the issues are more likely to draw interest than the candidates. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Obama Administration ready to vet input on national water policy and Great Lakes grants Federal officials now have all the input they've sought to draft a national policy for coastlines, lakes and rivers...and for doling out nearly a half-Billion dollars for Great Lakes projects. The last of several hearings nationwide was held in Cleveland last week. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Changing Ohio's constitution for casinos: Good business or risky move? For the past several months, both sides of Issue 3 have inundated Ohio voters about a plan to put a casino in each of the state's four largest cities. Beneath the attack ads and rallies is the issue of what voters actually have to do allow casinos to operate in Ohio - a change in the state's constitution. Some experts say a constitutional amendment would be a costly gamble. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Akron's mayor is not up for re-election but voters will be deciding whether to make it harder to un-elect the city's chief executive This summer's recall election set the amendment wheels in motion WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 13 Cleveland City Council seats to be decided next week Cleveland voters will decide 13 races next week for Cleveland's downsized City Council. Last year voters approved reducing council from 21 wards to 19. Contests in the two re-structured wards pit current council members against newcomers, including a pharmacist and a Communist. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The man George Voinovich wants to take his seat in the Senate is stumping NE Ohio He had the economy on his mind as he talked about what he would do as a Senator WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bill to consolidate state government meets resistance from state workers' union It's no surprise the largest state workers' union is opposed to a bill that its sponsor says would trim the state payroll by thousands of employees. But the union says it's concerned about more than just its membership. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Casino developers promising to hire locals is Issue 3 passes With just a week to go before Election Day, Ohio casino developers are making a promise to voters. The businessmen are vowing to hire local residents for almost all of the jobs that would be created. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Columbus hosts dueling rallies over Issue 3 There were dueling rallies in Columbus Wednesday over state issue 3, the casino ballot issue. Supporters of the proposal to authorize casinos in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Toledo made "new jobs" the theme of their event. And, ironically, critics of the plan also focused on the jobs issue, but they talked about lost jobs. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Columbus hosts dueling rallies over Issue 3 There were dueling rallies in Columbus Wednesday over state issue 3, the casino ballot issue. Supporters of the proposal to authorize casinos in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Toledo made "new jobs" the theme of their event. And, ironically, critics of the plan also focused on the jobs issue, but they talked about lost jobs. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website State regulators hold hearing on First Energy's light bulb giveaway The controversy sparked by a mandatory giveaway for compact fluorescent light bulbs by the largest Ohio-based utility lit up a hearing before state regulators today. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website State regulators hold hearing on First Energy's light bulb giveaway The controversy sparked by a mandatory giveaway for compact fluorescent light bulbs by the largest Ohio-based utility lit up a hearing before state regulators today. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Twinsburg prepares for life after Chrysler As the fifty year history of Chrysler's Twinsburg stamping plant comes to a close, so does the era of easy money for the city of Twinsburg. A proposed income tax increase could recoup some of the lost revenue, but some say, it may also keep new businesses from choosing Twinsburg. WKSU's Jeff St. Clair reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines - First Energy proposing voluntary light bulb giveaway to replace mandatory plan.- Bookkeeper for Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church pleads guilty of stealing money from the church.- Akron, Summit County open swine flu clinic to get vaccine to high-risk patients.- Timken reports $50 million third quarter loss.- Raptors 101, Cavs 91 - James: 23 pts., 12 ast., 11 reb., 25th triple double of career WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Swine flu shot clinics are opening in Northeast Ohio That's because it is not clear yet just how much vaccine will be available how quickly WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cleveland mayoral candidates hold last debate The candidates for Cleveland mayor both want to create jobs for the struggling city, but they differ on how to do it. Mayor Frank Jackson and challenger Bill Patmon gave their opinions on economic development today (wed) in their last debate before next week's election. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Goodyear reports substantial increase in 3rd quarter profits Akron-based Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company says its profits have more than doubled in the third quarter, helped in part by new products. WKSU's Karen Schaefer reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Supreme Court rulings could mean early release for thousands of prisoners Tens of thousands of prisoners could be freed from prison or be released from court supervision because of rulings handed down by the Ohio Supreme Court earlier this year. Julie Walburn with the Ohio Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says the agency will need to review 14,000 cases because of the court actions. She says that will mean taking a closer look at the cases of people who've already served their time and are out on post-release monitoring. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Senator George Voinovich wants to the Senate to wait on climate change bill vote Ohio Republican George Voinovich says Senators should hold off voting on climate change legislation until they know its true cost. Matt Lazlo reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Debate over Issue 3 gets heated In a little over a week, we'll know whether Ohioans have voted to allow casinos to be built in four Ohio cities, or whether they've rejected expanding gambling for the fifth time in two decades. Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler sat in on a heated conversation for and against Issue 3 to hear their final arguments. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Some Ohio farmers worried Issue 2 could shut them down Some Ohio farmers worry they will be regulated out of business if Ohioans pass State Issue 2, the proposed constitutional amendment that would create an appointed board to determine how livestock is handled in the Buckeye state. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Some Ohio farmers worried Issue 2 could shut them down Some Ohio farmers worry they will be regulated out of business if Ohioans pass State Issue 2, the proposed constitutional amendment that would create an appointed board to determine how livestock is handled in the Buckeye state. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Terry Pluto: How good will the "new" Cavs be? Should Mangini go? Is Manny Acta a good choice for the Indians? In the Cleveland Cavaliers home opener, LeBron James scored 38 and Shaquille O'Neal added 10 points. But that wasn't enough as the Boston Celtics beat Cleveland 95-89 Tuesday night. WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz talked with commentator Terry Pluto from the Plain Dealer about the Cavs potential and other Cleveland sports happenings WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines -PUCO to hold hearing today allowing First Energy to explain foiled light bulb plan. - Sen. Voinovich says the Senate should hold off on climate change bill vote. - Akron firefighter apologizes to Mayor Plusquellic for 911 call. - Gov. Strickland says he wants Ohio in any new government-run healthcare plan. - Celtics 95, Cavs 89 - James: 38 pts., 8 ast., 4 blk. O'Neal: 10 pts., 10 reb. in Cavs regular season debut - Men's Soccer: #1 Akron hosts Penn State tonight WKSU's Amanda Rabinow ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio libraries turn to voters in record numbers More than three dozen public libraries in Ohio are going to local taxpayers this election for more money, and they're likely a precursor of what's to come next year. WKSU's M.L. Schultze has more on the shifting balance of one of the country's top library systems. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines -Two Cuyahoga County attoneys erroneously tied to corruption case -Portage County judge Plough likely to lose license -Heated Issue 3 debate at KSU Monday night -Ohio finds execution advice hard to come by -Secretary of State Bruner lags in campaign fundraising -3.3 million grant to bring solar power training to Ohio -Max & Erma's files Chapter 11 -Tea partiers protest healthcare reform outside Cleveland Clinic -All systems go for the scheduled Ares launch Tuesday morning at 9:49am ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Vice President Biden touts stimulus funding successes in Cleveland Vice President Joe Biden used a Cleveland Hopkins International Airport project as an example of how federal stimulus dollars are helping local economies. The Democrat was in Cleveland Monday to tout stimulus fundings successes. But Republicans say the stimulus money is not working. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Emerald Ash Borer continues unabated through Ohio The Emerald Ash Borer, a tree-killing beetle, is continuing to spread across Ohio. Officials at the state Agriculture Department have just confirmed the bug's presence in yet another county. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Attorney General Cordray calls for stricter regulation of debt service communication Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray is joining 40 attorneys general throughout the country to try to get the federal government to take action against companies that promise to settle the debts of consumers but do not follow through on those claims. In an interview with Statehouse correspondent Jo Ingles, Cordray explains what the A.G.'s want the Federal Trade Commission to do. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Will 2009 be the year for casinos? A new independent public opinion poll is sparking a lot of buzz in the campaigns for and against State Issue 3. Sponsored by Ohio newspapers and conducted by the University of Cincinnati, the statewide poll shows most registered voters continue to back the issue, even though four earlier gambling expansion plans were soundly rejected by voters. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Will 2009 be the year for casinos? A new independent public opinion poll is sparking a lot of buzz in the campaigns for and against State Issue 3. Sponsored by Ohio newspapers and conducted by the University of Cincinnati, the statewide poll shows most registered voters continue to back the issue, even though four earlier gambling expansion plans were soundly rejected by voters. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bill proposes changes to the phone land line services More and more Ohioans have purchased cell phones in recent years, and in many cases are chucking their land lines and using only cell phone service. That's why companies that provide basic phone service say change is needed. But as Statehouse correspondent Jo Ingles reports, consumer advocates are taking issue with the proposed changes. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bill proposes changes to the phone land line services More and more Ohioans have purchased cell phones in recent years, and in many cases are chucking their land lines and using only cell phone service. That's why companies that provide basic phone service say change is needed. But as Statehouse correspondent Jo Ingles reports, consumer advocates are taking issue with the proposed changes. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio House Republicans propose consolidating state government to save money In times of fiscal crisis, budget battles often boil down to raising revenue or cutting spending. The Governor and House Democrats - with the help of two Republicans - have voted to raise revenue by pulling back the final year of a five-year income tax cut. But Republicans have talked up a plan to cut spending by consolidating state government. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio House Republicans propose consolidating state government to save money In times of fiscal crisis, budget battles often boil down to raising revenue or cutting spending. The Governor and House Democrats - with the help of two Republicans - have voted to raise revenue by pulling back the final year of a five-year income tax cut. But Republicans have talked up a plan to cut spending by consolidating state government. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio House Republicans propose consolidating state government to save money In times of fiscal crisis, budget battles often boil down to raising revenue or cutting spending. The Governor and House Democrats - with the help of two Republicans - have voted to raise revenue by pulling back the final year of a five-year income tax cut. But Republicans have talked up a plan to cut spending by consolidating state government. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Conference in Athens this week to discuss how Appalachia can grow green jobs The demand for clean energy and efficient energy use is creating a new energy sector and generating new opportunities for business growth and job creation. This is the backdrop for a two day conference in Athens starting on Tuesday. Officials from the 13 Appalachian states will come to town to talk about how the region can grow green jobs in today's evolving energy economy. The Appalachian Regional Commission event it designed to share ideas on how communities can use their energy resources ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines -Vice President Biden visits Ohio today -Polls show strong support for Issue 3 -Area hospitals without H1N1 vaccines, claim "poor planning" -Ohio's pre-kindergaten cuts highest in nation -Support for lightbulb program vanishes as customers complain -Southern Ohio looks at alternative energy during the Appalachian Regional Commission conference -October brings increase in gas prices across Ohio -Manny Acta fills the Indians' manager gap -Browns are now 1 and 6 as they lost to the Pa ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website State lawmakers proposing alternatives to State Issue 3 Less than two weeks before Election Day, thousands of Ohioans are already casting absentee ballots on a proposal to authorize a gambling casino in Ohio's four biggest cities, including one in downtown Cleveland. But that's not stopping some state legislators from proposing alternatives. The new proposals are drawing fire from supporters of the casino plan. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Questions being asked about who would run casinos if Issue 3 is approved In less than three weeks, Ohio voters will decide whether to change the state's constitution to allow four casinos to be built and operated in Ohio. If it is approved, some Ohioans have questions about who will operate those facilities. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Questions being asked about who would run casinos if Issue 3 is approved In less than three weeks, Ohio voters will decide whether to change the state's constitution to allow four casinos to be built and operated in Ohio. If it is approved, some Ohioans have questions about who will operate those facilities. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lost Airlines This week, Cleveland's hub airline, Continental, will take on some new partners, such as United, and say good-bye to some old ones, such as Delta. The new group is called the Star Alliance. It may bode well for Cleveland travelers. But the change has commentator Paul Gaston thinking about airlines no longer with us-- and about what has been lost in the age of deregulation. WKSU's Paul Gaston reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Legacy of John Brown is on view at the Akron Art Museum In Akron, a seminal moment in American history is being commemorated through music and visual art. "The Passion of John Brown" premiered last month at the Akron Symphony. And "The Legend of John Brown" is on view through mid-February at the Akron Art Museum. It's part of a sesquicentennial observance of the Civil War and the role of one of Akron's most famous residents in sparking it. WKSU's Vivian Goodman reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Manny Acta meets Cleveland media today The Cleveland Indians have hired former Washington Nationals manager Manny Acta, a move the team hopes will work well with the Indians' roster of younger players. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FirstEnergy to defend light bulb program later this month How many electric utility customers does it take to screw in a light bulb? For one Ohio utility the answer seems to be nearly two-million. That's how many residential customers Akron-based FirstEnergy Corporation wants to send a pair of energy-efficient bulbs " and then charge nearly three times what they cost. WKSU's Karen Schaefer reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rwandan survivor brings her story, and a message, to NO Ohio Walsh University in North Canton presented her with an honorary degree and she met with the freshman class to talk about her experience, her message that forgiveness is the key to peace, and her book entiled LEFT TO TELL WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rwandan survivor brings her story, and a message, to NO Ohio Walsh University in North Canton presented her with an honorary degree and she met with the freshman class to talk about her experience, her message that forgiveness is the key to peace, and her book entiled LEFT TO TELL WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Five-year-old Dayton boy dies from H1N1 virus A five year-old Warren County boy is the latest Ohioan killed by complications from the H1N1 virus or swine flu. Ohio Health Department spokesman Kristopher Weiss tells Statehouse correspondent Jo Ingles the number of Ohioans dying from the disease is now in double digits. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Appeals court rules against state in smoking ban enforcement suit An appeals court in Toledo has ruled against the state over the way it has been enforcing the statewide smoking ban. Health departments levy fines on business owners if someone smokes in their establishments. But an attorney for a Toledo bar, Maurice Thompson, says that's not in accordance with the statewide law. Thompson says the law says a business can only be fined if it permits smoking. He says in many cases, the bars are being fines for non-compliance are doing what they should be doin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Appeals court rules against state in smoking ban enforcement suit An appeals court in Toledo has ruled against the state over the way it has been enforcing the statewide smoking ban. Health departments levy fines on business owners if someone smokes in their establishments. But an attorney for a Toledo bar, Maurice Thompson, says that's not in accordance with the statewide law. Thompson says the law says a business can only be fined if it permits smoking. He says in many cases, the bars are being fines for non-compliance are doing what they should be doin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tax cut delay approved by Ohio House of Representatives A proposal to delay this year's 4.2 percent cut in the state income tax got an okay from the Democrat-dominated Ohio House of Representatives Wednesday evening. The plan now faces an uncertain fate in the Republican-dominated Ohio Senate. The House debate lasted about 3 hours, mostly along party lines. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tax cut delay approved by Ohio House of Representatives A proposal to delay this year's 4.2 percent cut in the state income tax got an okay from the Democrat-dominated Ohio House of Representatives Wednesday evening. The plan now faces an uncertain fate in the Republican-dominated Ohio Senate. The House debate lasted about 3 hours, mostly along party lines. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Execution of another Ohio death row inmate delayed A federal judge has stayed the execution of another death row inmate in Ohio. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 3 NAACP chapters endorse Issue 3 The battle over State Issue 3 - the ballot measure that would authorize gambling casinos in Ohio - has created some strange political bedfellows. For example, a West Virginia casino and Ohio church leaders who oppose all gambling expansions are on the same "vote no" side. Meanwhile, the battle has also caused a rift between long-time allies on the political left. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 3 NAACP chapters endorse Issue 3 The battle over State Issue 3 - the ballot measure that would authorize gambling casinos in Ohio - has created some strange political bedfellows. For example, a West Virginia casino and Ohio church leaders who oppose all gambling expansions are on the same "vote no" side. Meanwhile, the battle has also caused a rift between long-time allies on the political left. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Another Northeast Ohio Marine has died in Afghanistan Another Northeast Ohio Marine has died in Afghanistan...the third in 2 months. Lance Corporal David Baker of Lake County was killed by a roadside bomb Tuesday in Helmand province. Baker was scheduled to finish his tour of duty and return home before Christmas. He joined the Marines after graduating from Riverside High School in Painesville in 2006. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier spoke with Bakers' recruiter...and with some veterans who've fought in this decades' wars in the Middle East. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New leader named for Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy Gershen will become the 6th president of NEOUCOM on January 15th, 2010 WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website YMCA tries to spell out its future in Canton The economy has stalled, and now apparently ended, plans to turn part of the downtown Canton YMCA into trendy loft housing. It's also raised big questions about the shape of the Y's future downtown. WKSU's M.L. Schultze and Amadeus Smith report. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Government reform could be confusing for Cuyahoga voters The push to reform corruption-plagued Cuyahoga County government could be confusing for some voters. When they go to the polls November 3rd, they'll see two reform proposals, and 29 potential government review members to choose from. Representatives of the opposing slates debated today at the Cleveland City Club.WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Health Department opens hotline for H1N1 questions Ohioans who have questions about the H1N1 virus can get answers by calling the Ohio Health Department's call center. Agency spokesman Kristopher Weiss explains many Ohioans are calling the toll free number. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Department of Health orders more H1N1 vaccine The state has ordered another 219,800 doses of the H1N1 flu vaccine, which should start arriving at providers' offices today or tomorrow. Kristopher Weiss at the Ohio Department of Health says there's a lot of flu going around. He says that the experts are assuming that anyone with flu-like symptoms has the H1N1 virus. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Department of Health orders more H1N1 vaccine The state has ordered another 219,800 doses of the H1N1 flu vaccine, which should start arriving at providers' offices today or tomorrow. Kristopher Weiss at the Ohio Department of Health says there's a lot of flu going around. He says that the experts are assuming that anyone with flu-like symptoms has the H1N1 virus. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New program started to keep graduates in Ohio A new program designed to help keep Ohio's college graduates in Ohio went into effect Monday. The new Grants for Grads program provides graduates help with a down payment on a home in Ohio. Doug Garver of the Ohio Housing Finance Agency says Ohioans who graduated with a bachelors, masters, or doctorate from accredited Ohio colleges are eligible. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New program started to keep graduates in Ohio A new program designed to help keep Ohio's college graduates in Ohio went into effect Monday. The new Grants for Grads program provides graduates help with a down payment on a home in Ohio. Doug Garver of the Ohio Housing Finance Agency says Ohioans who graduated with a bachelors, masters, or doctorate from accredited Ohio colleges are eligible. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Company hired to canvass for casino issue backers resigns Amid charges of fraud, a company hired by backers of the Ohio casino ballot issue has resigned. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio's jobless rate drops for the 2nd straight month For the second straight month, Ohio's official unemployment rate has dropped. But it's not the "good news" that some people might think it is. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio's jobless rate drops for the 2nd straight month For the second straight month, Ohio's official unemployment rate has dropped. But it's not the "good news" that some people might think it is. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Supreme Court looking at law designed to protect children online The Ohio Supreme Court is looking over an Ohio law that was created to protect children form receiving or seeing adult material when they're online, after an appeals court ruled the law was too broad to be constitutionalWKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Supreme Court looking at law designed to protect children online The Ohio Supreme Court is looking over an Ohio law that was created to protect children form receiving or seeing adult material when they're online, after an appeals court ruled the law was too broad to be constitutionalWKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Elections Commission issues preliminary report in casino ad case Supporters and opponents of the Ohio casino ballot issue have been sniping at each other for months. Each side has claimed the other is lying in campaign statements and TV ads. Now, the Ohio Elections Commisssion haas released a preliminary verdict. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Vets hit NE Ohio on tour linking climate change to national security Places like the American Legion hall in Canton are used to welcoming vets and hearing them campaign for causes ranging from expanded GI education benefits to an overhaul of VA hospitals. But the six vets who arrived on a converted tour bus last night were arguing that global climate change is as big, or an even bigger, issue for vets, active-duty troops and the rest of America. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Youngstown mayor not opposed to casinos, but he's against State Issue 3 The mayor of Youngstown says he's not against the casino gambling State Issue 3 would bring to Ohio's 4 largest cities. But Mayor Jay Williams is strongly opposed to changing Ohio's constitution to allow the casinos. Williams debated Issue Three today at the Cleveland City Club with Cleveland Cavalier's owner Dan Gilbert. Gilbert could build two casinos if voters pass the amendment November 3rd. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website African-Americans mark the 150th anniversary of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry One hundred-fifty years after John Brown made his unsuccessful raid on the U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry, some Americans are still not sure what to make of him. But for many African-Americans, Brown was a hero and so were the men who followed him. This weekend more than fifty descendants of one of Brown's raiders returned to the place where Brown and his men fought and died with the goal of freeing the slaves. WKSU's Karen Schaefer reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New bill proposing expansion of Ohio's Venture Capital Fund Many companies start up with money provided by venture capital firms. For their investment in those companies, those venture capital firms take a percentage of those companies and hope they are successful. In Ohio, some of those firms get the venture capital from the sale of bonds by banks. And two state lawmakers want to expand the state's committment to the Ohio Venture Capital Fund. Ray Leach heads Jumpstart, a venture capital firm in Cleveland. He says this kind of investment plays a hu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New bill proposing expansion of Ohio's Venture Capital Fund Many companies start up with money provided by venture capital firms. For their investment in those companies, those venture capital firms take a percentage of those companies and hope they are successful. In Ohio, some of those firms get the venture capital from the sale of bonds by banks. And two state lawmakers want to expand the state's committment to the Ohio Venture Capital Fund. Ray Leach heads Jumpstart, a venture capital firm in Cleveland. He says this kind of investment plays a hu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Supporters of Issue 2 rally at the Statehouse More than one hundred backers of a proposed constitutional amendment that would set up an animal care and standards board rallied in Columbus this afternoon. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Opposing sides on Issue 3 meet in a debate Both sides in the debate over whether voters should allow a group of developers to build one casino each in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus and Toledo met for a head-to-head debate Wednesday - with credibility being the big prize. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Opposing sides on Issue 3 meet in a debate Both sides in the debate over whether voters should allow a group of developers to build one casino each in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus and Toledo met for a head-to-head debate Wednesday - with credibility being the big prize. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Northeast Ohio rail museum is no more A pair of vintage diesel locomotives and some equally vintage cars will be going to other museums WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In Akron, R.N.C. chair vows continued health overhaul fight and better campaigns Republican Nation Committee Chairman Michael Steele says he'll continue fighting against the mostly Democratic national health reform bill...And he'll push his party to adopt higher tech campaign methods. Steele spoke in Akron Thursday night. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Northeast Ohio lands a defense contract The surveillance craft will be constructed at the company's Akron unit. WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Northeast Ohio lands a defense contract The surveillance craft will be constructed at the company's Akron unit. WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Northeast Ohio sees glimpses of good news in UAW-Ford contract The tentative union contract between the UAW and Ford Motor includes good news for Brook Park and could even mean a boost for one of Northeast Ohio's few remaining stamping plants. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Northeast Ohio hospitals fare well in Medicare based performance rating 8 Ohio hospitals are on this year's list of the nation's 50 top-performing hospitals based on Medicare records. And most of those hospitals are in Northeast Ohio. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Effort to ban dog auctions gets approval to gather signatures People who are pushing for a state law that would ban dog auctions are one step closer to that goal today. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio House Democrats present a new way to fill holes in state budget Some Ohio House Democrats say they have a new way to fill holes in the state budget and protect social welfare programs - hike taxes on Ohio's wealthiest families. A Republican lawmaker, though, is calling that a recipe for even worse economic problems. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio House Democrats present a new way to fill holes in state budget Some Ohio House Democrats say they have a new way to fill holes in the state budget and protect social welfare programs - hike taxes on Ohio's wealthiest families. A Republican lawmaker, though, is calling that a recipe for even worse economic problems. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website State Auditor finds questionable spending in latest audit of Ohio's books The state auditor has found more than $3.7 million in questionable spending by 10 state agencies. It's a very small fraction of the state's budget, but the auditor says this audit may show an opportunity to save money. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit challenging slots plan The Ohio Supreme Court has dismissed a key lawsuit, challenging the power of the governor and state legislators to authorize electronic slot machines at Ohio's seven race tracks. The justices say the slots plan is now in limbo, because of an earlier court ruling, so this latest challenge is moot. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio State Senator wants a tougher bullying bill Ohio already has a law on the book that deals with bullying in schools but Democratic State Senator Teresa Fedor says it doesn't go far enough. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio State Senator wants a tougher bullying bill Ohio already has a law on the book that deals with bullying in schools but Democratic State Senator Teresa Fedor says it doesn't go far enough. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Former GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee in Columbus to support John Kasich A possible contender for the presidency is in Ohio today. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee says he's not focusing on another presidential campaign in 2012, but he's not ruling it out either. Huckabee says his own party - the GOP - is partly responsible for the economic mess the nation is in. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Former GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee in Columbus to support John Kasich A possible contender for the presidency is in Ohio today. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee says he's not focusing on another presidential campaign in 2012, but he's not ruling it out either. Huckabee says his own party - the GOP - is partly responsible for the economic mess the nation is in. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines - Government audit questioning $3.7 million of Ohio's spending - Former Akron councilman trying to get issue on ballot to cap city debt - Ohio Supreme Court dismisses last lawsuit against slot machine plan - Cavs guard Delonte West returns to team, will not play in tonight's exhibition game - Men's soccer: #1 Akron 2, Virginia Tech 0 - Sophomore Teal Bunbury scores his fifth goal in four games, Zips off to school's best start (12-0) WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cleveland Orchestra leaves on tour The Cleveland Orchestra embarks Tuesday on a two-week tour to five countries. Just before a rehearsal last week at Severance Hall we got a preview from the Music Director. WKSU's Vivian Goodman reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ford and UAW reach tentative contract Leaders of Ford's UAW locals made the same trek to Detroit Tuesday that their Chrysler and GM counterparts made earlier this year. They're getting a first look at a tentative contract filled with concessions that they're bringing back to rank-and-file members for a vote. The deal may have one special carrot for the autoworkers at a Brook Park engine plant. WKSU's M.L. Schultze has more. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ford and UAW reach tentative contract Leaders of Ford's UAW locals made the same trek to Detroit Tuesday that their Chrysler and GM counterparts made earlier this year. They're getting a first look at a tentative contract filled with concessions that they're bringing back to rank-and-file members for a vote.The deal may have one special carrot for the autoworkers at a Brook Park engine plant. WKSU's M.L. Schultze has more.WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Impact of new Cleveland texting and driving ban uncertain While Ohio and the federal government are considering texting while driving bans...Cleveland officials are still evaluating the impact of the city's own ban. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Regulators allow utility reconnect fees to rise State regulators have allowed gas and electric utilities to increase the price they charge to reconnect service - by 80 percent. That's a fee that hit more than 347-thousand Ohioans last year. Utilities are defending the increase, but critics say it's coming at the wrong time for people who are already suffering. Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler reports. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Regulators allow utility reconnect fees to rise State regulators have allowed gas and electric utilities to increase the price they charge to reconnect service - by 80 percent. That's a fee that hit more than 347-thousand Ohioans last year. Utilities are defending the increase, but critics say it's coming at the wrong time for people who are already suffering. Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler reports. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Issue 2 would oversee treatment of livestock is approved this fall Ohioans will have the chance to vote on a constitutional amendment this fall that would create a board to oversee treatment of livestock in Ohio. But some people say the amendment is too vague and could end up protecting puppy mills in the process. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio legislators considering two different bills in the health care reform debate As the battle over health care and health insurance reform rages on in Congress, there are a few health-care related issues being debated at the Statehouse. One bill would target companies that don't offer health insurance to workers, and another could keep Ohio out of any national health insurance program. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio legislators considering two different bills in the health care reform debate As the battle over health care and health insurance reform rages on in Congress, there are a few health-care related issues being debated at the Statehouse. One bill would target companies that don't offer health insurance to workers, and another could keep Ohio out of any national health insurance program. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines -Husted residency battle continues -Ohio resident appeals German court for Nazi war crime charges -Akron police officers to city schools per union agreement -Cleveland transit police ups security -Higher education enrollment on the rise in Ohio -Urbana Native American tribe protests wind farm construction -New wetland for Northeast Ohio -Garfield Heights elementary school closes due to flu -Tom Hanks visits Northeast Ohio -OHA questions mask requirement for healthcare workers -Cavs ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Northeast Ohio to make bid for federal grant to build wind turbine testing facility Lorain County has joined the Great Lakes Energy Development Task Force to compete for federal funds to build a wind turbine testing facility in Northeast Ohio. WKSU's Karen Schaefer reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio judge told to take down 10 Commandments For the second time in seven years, a federal court has ordered a Mansfield judge to remove a courtroom display of the Ten Commandments. The federal court says the latest display unconstitutionally endorses particular religious views....just as an earlier version of the display did. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A new park preserving an old wetlands wonder is coming in Northeast Ohio The Trust for Public Land put together financing for the purchase with the help of The Clean Ohio Fund, the Ohio EPA, and the NE Ohio Regional Sewer District WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website State charges on top of federal corruption convictions in Cuyahoga possible Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason is considering pressing state corruption charges against some people already convicted in federal court. Some legal experts say that may be politically expedient, but could hurt the on-going federal probe. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio legislators to look at plans to avoid tax hikes and a texting ban this week A proposal that some Republicans say could help Ohio avoid a tax hike, by totally reorganizing state government, is one top agenda item for state legislators this week. It's one of dozens of ideas that lawmakers plan to look at in various Senate and House committees. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Group plans to walk between Ohio's Native American ceremonial sites Ohio has no Indian reservations, but it does have ancient Native American ceremonial sites. And tomorrow, about 25 people will begin a 60-mile walk from one site to another. It's being billed as the first such walk in 500 years. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website H1N1 hits the Ohio Statehouse Most of the state's workers who work for Ohio lawmakers and agencies will be out of the office Monday to observe the Columbus Day holiday. Statehouse correspondent Jo Ingles reports on why that extra day off could be a good thing for some people right now. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Federal court orders Mansfield judge to remove Ten Commandments from his courtroom For the second time in seven years, a federal court has ordered a Mansfield judge to remove a courtroom display of the Ten Commandments. The federal court says the latest display unconstitutionally endorses particular religious views, just as did an earlier version of the display did. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines - Ohio Department of Health orders 2nd batch of H1N1 vaccine, should arrive next week - Turnpike officials pleased with switch to EZPass system - Public employees working for Cuyahoga County will hit lowest level in 20 years - Browns 6, Bills 3: Billy Cundiff his 18 yd. FG with :23 left for Browns first win since Nov. 2008 - #9 Ohio State 31, Wisconsin 13: Buckeye defense scores 3 TDs in rout - Bowling Green 36, Kent State 35: BG scores 13 unanswered points in final 4:30 - Men's Socce ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A new play at Kent State looks at conversion therapy for gays A new play that opened this weekend at Kent State looks at the aftermath of electro-shock experiments used to treat homosexualty in a group of 14 young men at Brigham Young University. The play, called '14', was written by visiting director John Cameron, one of the subjects in the 1970's experiment. Cameron shares that writing '14' helped him recover from treatment for a condition that he says can't be 'cured'. WKSU's Jeff St. Clair reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website One of Northeast Ohio's cultural assets has a new leader. The new President and Executive Director is coming to the job with extensive experience in for-profit museum and attraction management including work with Coca-Cola and Walt Disney World. WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Northeast Ohio's hold on aerospace industry grows With one big exception -- NASA Glenn" the relationship between Northeast Ohio and the aerospace industry isn't always clear. But the newest report from Team NEO makes the case that the industry has had largely steady growth here over the last 15 years. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hand sanitizers do kill germs. Professor Kenneth Rosenthal of Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy explains how the sanitizers work. WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FirstEnergy turns off lightbulb program FirstEnergy has agreed to put on hold its plan to distribute energy-saving lightbulbs to customers and then charge for them. WKSU's Karen Schaefer reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website AT&T bringing jobs to the Youngstown area One hundred and fifty full time jobs are being created in the Youngstown area. AT&T Ohio President Tom Pelto says his company will be adding the new positions at its Boardman call center. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio receives first batch of swine flu vaccine Ohio health officials expect to receive sixty thousand doses of the H1N1 nasal vaccine this week. They say health care workers will be the first in line for them. As Statehouse correspondent Jo Ingles reports, state leaders are handing down some other guidelines for how they will deal with the disease. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lawmakers react to Governor Strickland's plan to put state tax cuts on hold It's been a week since the Governor proposed what he's calling a delay in the final year of a five-year income tax cut. The plan hasn't moved at the Statehouse, though two longtime lawmakers have clearly made up their minds. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Parole Board recommends clemency for Darryl Durr The Ohio Parole Board says a Cleveland-area death row inmate who's scheduled for execution next year should not be granted clemency. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines - Hearing in Iraq starts today over Huron County solider that committed suicide in August - Cuyahoga County Commissioners reject proposal to install wind turbine at county fairgrounds - John Demjanjuk's lawyer to ask German high court to block his trial because of his poor health - Flood watch in effect for Ashland, Crawford, Holmes, Knox, Mahoning, Marion, Medina, Morrow, Portage, Richland, Stark, Summitt, Trumbull, Wayne, and Wyandot counties until this evening - #9 Ohio State host ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website One of Northeast Ohio's cultural assets has a new leader. The new President and Executive Director is coming to the job from the Dinsey company. WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cuyahoga County looking for gently-used wind turbine Commissioners in Cuyahoga County today rejected proposals to build a wind turbine at the Cuyahoga County fairgrounds. WKSU's Karen Schaefer reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Northeast Ohio not meeting air pollution standards for fine particles Federal EPA officials say parts of the state " mostly in Northeast Ohio " once again don't meet regulations on airborne soot, dust and smoke. And that makes it harder on new businesses that might want to come here. WKSU's Karen Schaefer reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Corruption costing counties more for audits and borrowing As the Cuyahoga County corruption investigation continues, some collateral damage is mounting. Besides the blow to public confidence in county government from misuse of public resources, the investigation could make major projects...from the convention center to sewers...costlier to complete. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Statehouse celebrates visitor milestone Every day, school, church and community groups travel from throughout Ohio to the state's capitol. The Statehouse today marked a milestone in the number of visitors since the 1996 Capitol Square restoration. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Failed execution may cause Ohio Department of Corrections to change execution processes The failed execution of death row inmate Rommell Broom last month continues to raise questions for officials with Ohio's Department of Corrections. Broom's veins kept collapsing during the two-hour period when technicians were trying to perform the execution. Agency spokeswoman Julie Walburn says his execution is now on hold while the state reviews its options. In an interview with Statehouse correspondent Jo Ingles, Walburn says the corrections department might end up changing its executio ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website ACLU taking up fight for political yard signs in 2 southwest Ohio towns The Ohio chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has sent letters to officials in two Ohio cities to complain about how they are handling political signs in those communities. The ACLU's Carrie Davis says Thornville and Saint Bernard have their own rules on signs and are trying to get residents in those areas to comply with those when they place political signs. But Davis says political free speech is legally protected. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bill in Ohio House proposes changes in law for threatening or hurting a judge Threaten or hurt a judge and you could get the same punishment you'd get if you threatened or hurt a police officer. That's the thrust of a bill that the Ohio House of Representatives has just approved. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Supreme Court rules in Husted residency case The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that a Republican state senator can vote as a resident in the area he represents in the legislature. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Alternative to 6-month foreclosure moratorium proposed A proposal for a six month moratorium on home foreclosures in Ohio is in limbo in the legislature. The House of Representatives has okayed it, but Republicans who dominate the state senate aren't enthusiastic about it. Since late May, they've refused to give the proposal any committee hearings. Now, a Republican lawmaker is proposing an alternative - a new law requiring lenders to participate in mediation, face to face, with borrowers whose houses are facing foreclosure. Representative Matt ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Richard Cordray appealing Lake Erie property decision Ohio's attorney general is siding with environmentalists in their long-running fight with landowners along Lake Erie. And he's going to the Ohio Supreme Court to make his case. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines - Ohio gets first batch of swine flu vaccine - PUCO, Governor asks First Energy to suspend program to distribute green light bulbs - Summit County's executive and council agree to take pay cuts - Cleveland Museum of Art gets ok to use endowment funds to finish renovations - Men's Soccer: #1 Akron 3, Illinois-Chicago 1 - All 3 Zip goals scored in last 30 minutes WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The 4th annual Northern Ohio Energy Management Conference was held in Akron Finding ways of making energy in the region affordable, available, and cleaner were among the challenges under discussion. WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The 4th annual Northern Ohio Energy Management Conference was held in Akron Finding ways of making energy in the region affordable, available, and cleaner were among the challenges under discussion. WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Analysts say development of new drugs, devices and treatments could be impacted by healthcare overhaul Analysts at this year's Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation Summit say one casualty of health-care reform could be medical innovation. WKSU's Karen Schaefer reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PUCO asks First Energy to suspend plans to distribute green light bulbs The state utility regulator has joined the governor, lawmakers and a lot of angry customers in asking First Energy to suspend a program that forces them to pay more than double the cost of light bulbs that they thought they were getting for free. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Top medical innovations unveiled at annual Cleveland Clinic summit Of the top ten medical innovations prognosticators at the annual Cleveland Clinic summit named today, only one is likely to cost patients little or nothing. Researchers have discovered that forced exercise can dramatically improve tremors in people with Parkinson's disease. Among the other new devices, drugs and treatments Clinic doctors think may be hot are a new way to treat one-sided deafness and a way to freeze eggs so that women can postpone starting a family. WKSU's Karen Schaefer ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio party chairs recognize divisions within both parties The passion and the fury that pulsated through town hall meetings this summer showed some serious rifts between Democrats and Republicans. But observers note there are some serious divisions within the supporters of both political parties - with conservative protesters holding "tea parties" blasting government spending and liberal activists campaigning for climate change legislation and health care reform. Ohio Republican Party chair Kevin Dewine and Ohio Democratic Party chair Chris Redfer ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio party chairs recognize divisions within both parties The passion and the fury that pulsated through town hall meetings this summer showed some serious rifts between Democrats and Republicans. But observers note there are some serious divisions within the supporters of both political parties - with conservative protesters holding "tea parties" blasting government spending and liberal activists campaigning for climate change legislation and health care reform. Ohio Republican Party chair Kevin Dewine and Ohio Democratic Party chair Chris Redfer ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio party chairs recognize divisions within both parties The passion and the fury that pulsated through town hall meetings this summer showed some serious rifts between Democrats and Republicans. But observers note there are some serious divisions within the supporters of both political parties - with conservative protesters holding "tea parties" blasting government spending and liberal activists campaigning for climate change legislation and health care reform. Ohio Republican Party chair Kevin Dewine and Ohio Democratic Party chair Chris Redfer ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website University of Illinois researcher shows a number of drawbacks with the casino issue Debate continues to boil over State Issue 3, the ballot proposal that would authorize the building of a full-scale gambling casino in Cleveland, Toledo, Columbus, and Cincinnati. An academic expert on the impact of gambling says the proposal ignores many national studies that highlight the negative fall-out from gambling, but the head of the vote yes drive says that's not really the important issue. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website University of Illinois researcher shows a number of drawbacks with the casino issue Debate continues to boil over State Issue 3, the ballot proposal that would authorize the building of a full-scale gambling casino in Cleveland, Toledo, Columbus, and Cincinnati. An academic expert on the impact of gambling says the proposal ignores many national studies that highlight the negative fall-out from gambling, but the head of the vote yes drive says that's not really the important issue. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Braylon Edwards traded to Jets The winless Cleveland Browns have traded starting wide receiver Braylon Edwards.Edwards has been having trouble on and off the field.....WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Terry Pluto: Athletes are not role models ESPN is reporting that the Browns have traded Braylon Edwards to the Jets. The NFL is investigating whether Edwards violated the league's conduct policy following accusations he assaulted a man outside a nightclub. Edwards allegedly punched promoter Edward Givens, a friend of Cavs star LeBron James, early Monday morning following an argument in downtown Cleveland. Sports commentator Terry Pluto from The Plain Dealer talks about Braylon's behavior with WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz. WKSU's A ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines - Some Northeast Ohio hospitals restricting visitors over swine flu concerns. - Timken to close Bucyrus distribution center, cut 300 jobs. - Another vendor sentenced to jail in ODOT kickback scandal. - Somali president in Columbus, meets with Governor and lawmakers. WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NE Ohio library wins top award Medals winners are chosen each year by the Institute of Museum and Library Services from among 150,000 libraries, museums and aquariums nationwide. WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cleveland port director says he supports efforts to make a nature preserve along Lake Erie The director of the Port of Cleveland says he held back on an applicaton for state funds for a lakeside nature preserve - because he's still trying to clarify ownership of the land. WKSU's Karen Schaefer reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Visitation restrictions for Northeastern Ohio hospitals With the start of the flu season, Northeast Ohio hospitals are restricting visitation for some. The Akron Regional Hospital Association says only healthy visitors will be allowed in. Association President Marianne Lorini says quick testing in area emergency rooms shows an increase in flu cases Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website National Park, Ohio EPA to discuss options for removing Brecksville dam The Cuyahoga Valley National Park will ask for public input later this month on whether to remove or modify a dam that diverts water to a section of the Ohio & Erie Canal. WKSU's Karen Schaefer reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Some Ohio health insurance companies working to share patient information with doctors Some Ohio health insurance companies are working together on a project that will allow doctors to get access to a patient's insurance information. The Ohio State Medical Association's Mark Jarvis says this will improve patient care. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Governor puts hold on execution of Cuyahoga Falls man An execution set for this week is off for now, as the state wrestles with legal battles over an execution that wasn't completed last month. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Governor puts hold on execution of Cuyahoga Falls man An execution set for this week is off for now, as the state wrestles with legal battles over an execution that wasn't completed last month. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines -Further delays for executions -Ohio Senate president calls for removal of slots from budget -Unlikely allies team up against casinos -Bruner asks Summit County Board member for resignation -Furloughs in future for Akron City Council - Innerbelt bridge to open by November -Legislation changes name of Department of Developmental Disabilities -Light bulb giveaway to cut consumer energy consumpion -Swine flu shuts down Cincinnati school -Mount Union College takes new name -Browns wid ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Competition and cooperation among Northeast Ohio hospitals Northeast Ohio hospitals have developed competing units such as the cardiac centers of Mercy and Aultman hospitals in Canton. They're also expanding, as with the specialized-care buildings that Summa Health System is planning in Akron and Stow. But it's not clear that the old law of supply and demand is likely to cut any costs when it comes to health care. WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Competition and cooperation among Northeast Ohio hospitals Northeast Ohio hospitals have developed competing units such as the cardiac centers of Mercy and Aultman hospitals in Canton. They're also expanding, as with the specialized-care buildings that Summa Health System is planning in Akron and Stow. But it's not clear that the old law of supply and demand is likely to cut any costs when it comes to health care. WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Urban League summit set to gather in Akron As one Northeast Ohio chapter of the Urban League tries to pull back from the brink, another is stepping up to host the first state-wide gathering of Urban League chapters in two decades. Tim Rudell reports from the WKSU Akron studios. WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Northeast Ohio will host state-wide Urban League summit Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website More workers return to Lordstown GM plant Officially, the thousand people who return to work at Lordstown Monday are building the Chevrolet Cobalt. But the callbacks also allow the plant to gear up for the production of the Chevrolet Cruze. WKSU's M.L. Schultze has more... WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio's senior senator says Cuyahoga County government must change Ohio Senator George Voinovich is urging Cuyahoga County residents to vote for a new county charter that would eliminate most elected positions. WKSU's Karen Schaefer reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New booster seat law goes into effect In less than a week, a new state law will go into effect that requires young children to be restrained in booster seats while riding in passenger vehicles. The Ohio Department of Health's Kristopher Weiss says this law doesn't just affect toddlers. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Franklin County Commissioner Marilyn Brown drops out of Secretary of State race One candidate for Ohio Secretary of State is dropping out of that race. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Governor Strickland's proposed tax cut delay is getting support Governor Ted Strickland's proposal to delay the latest cut in the Ohio income tax is getting support from some surprising corners. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Religious groups enter fight against casino issue For several weeks, Ohioans have been seeing TV commercials from casino developers calling for a yes vote on the casino ballot issue. TV viewers have also been deluged with ads urging a no vote. Those commercials are being paid for, at least in part, by an out-of-state casino that doesn't want competition from new Ohio casinos. Now, a third group is entering the media war. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Religious groups enter fight against casino issue For several weeks, Ohioans have been seeing TV commercials from casino developers calling for a yes vote on the casino ballot issue. TV viewers have also been deluged with ads urging a no vote. Those commercials are being paid for, at least in part, by an out-of-state casino that doesn't want competition from new Ohio casinos. Now, a third group is entering the media war. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Supreme Court rules limits on settlements with cities constitutional People who are injured by an Ohio city or other political subdivision can sue for damages, but a state law limits the amount they can collect, and the Ohio Supreme Court has just ruled that the limit is constitutional. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines - No futher delays for Reynolds execution - University Hospitals also to offer H1N1 vaccines for uninsured - Portage County looking to cut budget -Greater Cleveland RTA reaches agreement with EPA -Wealthiest Ohioans may pay most in planned income tax freeze -United Steel Workers reach agreement with Bridgestone-Firestone - More public library levies on November ballot than ever before -Emission offending vehicles unaccounted for in Ohio -Public calls for more trails at Cuyhoga Valle ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apollo Theater in Oberlin gets some big-name Hollywood supporters Last week Northeast Ohio celebrated the re-opening of two historic theaters. The Capitol Theater on Cleveland's West side got a visit from the governor. And an old movie theater in the college town of Oberlin got a resounding send-off from some nationally-known celebrities. WKSU's Karen Schaefer reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Northeast Ohio in the vanguard in health information technology Years before President Obama began diagnosing the nation's health care problems, his predecessor prescribed a remedy for the feverish rise in costs. President Bush said we could save money and lives by getting doctors to switch from paper records to an electronic system. The Bush initiative languished, but today, despite concerns about security and privacy, information technology is one health care idea with widespread support. Pioneering efforts are underway in Northeast Ohio. WKSU's Viv ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cleveland steroid trial begins today A doctor who supplied steroids to Major League Baseball players is to go on trial today along with a Cleveland police lieutenant. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Klimkowski pleads guily in Cuyahoga auditor's office scam A former top aide to Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo pleaded guilty to corruption charges today. Sandy Klimkowski says she's sorry, and will continue cooperating with the investigation of her former boss. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio legislature hold committee hearing on payday loan industry For three hours today, a committee of Ohio legislators heard more testimony over another plan to crackdown on payday loans. The lawmakers and Ohio voters thought they'd put a limit on how much the storefronts could charge for the two-week loans, but hundreds of lenders have survived by taking on extra fees, so they can charge almost as much as before. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio EPA watching closed southwest Ohio landfill The Ohio EPA is carefully watching a closed landfill in southwest Ohio - and officials say the potentially dangerous situation there could be happening at other old landfills across the state. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Residents near Countywide Landfill say they're happy odors are gone Northeast Ohio residents met with US and Ohio EPA officials last night to express their concerns over a 10-million dollar settlement reached with Republic Services over Countywide Landfill. WKSU's Karen Schaefer reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gauguin at the Cleveland Museum of Art It's an art show, about an art show. The Cleveland Museum of Art's Gauguin exhibition uses a set of prints in the museum's permanent collection to shed new light on the radical, rebellious, and tormented artist. Paul Gauguin showed the prints in his own counter-exhibition on the grounds of the 1889 Paris World's Fair. For the show opening this weekend in Cleveland and later in Amsterdam, they are combined with a hundred other works by Gauguin, borrowed from all over the world. WKSU's ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines - Ohio submits application for federal money for passenger rail service. - Cleveland Public Schools report their first confirmed case of swine flu. - Former Lyndhurst police officer charged with stealing heroin from his station. - Browns travel to Cincinatti to try to get first win. Derek Anderson will start over Brady Quinn. - #9 Ohio State travels to Indiana. - Kent State goes to Big 12 opponent Baylor. WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Support shown for Strickland's income tax cuts Governor Ted Strickland's proposal to delay the latest cut in the Ohio income tax is getting support from some surprising corners. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Newly unveiled human ancestor causes scientific stir Five Northeast Ohio researchers are part of an international team that has found the oldest human ancestor on record. WKSU's M.L. Schultze has more. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website KSU Professor Lovejoy discusses sex and human evolution Kent State's Owen Lovejoy is part of the team of scientists who say they've found the earliest human ancestor to date. Lovejoy's analysis of Ardipithecus, or Ardi, caps a career that began with the 1974 discovery of Ardi's younger cousin, Lucy. Beyond the immediate discovery, WKSU's Jeff St. Clair finds Lovejoy is still shaking up the scientific world with his ideas about the role of sex in human evolution. WKSU's Jeff St. Clair reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website KSU Professor Lovejoy discusses sex and human evolution Kent State's Owen Lovejoy is part of the team of scientists who say they've found the earliest human ancestor to date. Lovejoy's analysis of Ardipithecus, or Ardi, caps a career that began with the 1974 discovery of Ardi's younger cousin, Lucy. Beyond the immediate discovery,Lovejoy is still shaking up the scientific world with his ideas about the role of sex in human evolution. WKSU's Jeff St. Clair reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Keeping Northeast Ohio landfill under control The state has reached a settlement with Republic Services on how to manage a northeast Ohio landfill where an underground fire burned for years. Republic also will also pay 10-million dollars in civil penalties for the problems at Countywide Landfill Three-million of that money goes to a community benefit fund to recompense southern Stark and northern Tuscarawas county residents who had to endure years of noxious odors. The rest will be used to clean up orphaned landfills around the state ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Governor Strickland announces plan to freeze tax cuts to help fill budget hole With his slot machine plan in legal limbo, Governor Ted Strickland is backing what he calls a delay in the final year of a five-year income tax cut. But opponents say no matter how he spins it, it's a tax hike. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Governor Strickland announces plan to freeze tax cuts to help fill budget hole With his slot machine plan in legal limbo, Governor Ted Strickland is backing what he calls a delay in the final year of a five-year income tax cut. But opponents say no matter how he spins it, it's a tax hike. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Governor Strickland announces plan to freeze tax cuts to help fill budget hole With his slot machine plan in legal limbo, Governor Ted Strickland is backing what he calls a delay in the final year of a five-year income tax cut. But opponents say no matter how he spins it, it's a tax hike. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Governor Strickland announces plan to freeze tax cuts to help fill budget hole With his slot machine plan in legal limbo, Governor Ted Strickland is backing what he calls a delay in the final year of a five-year income tax cut. But opponents say no matter how he spins it, it's a tax hike. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Governor Strickland announces plan to freeze tax cuts to help fill budget hole With his slot machine plan in legal limbo, Governor Ted Strickland is backing what he calls a delay in the final year of a five-year income tax cut. But opponents say no matter how he spins it, it's a tax hike. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Governor Strickland announces plan to freeze tax cuts to help fill budget hole With his slot machine plan in legal limbo, Governor Ted Strickland is backing what he calls a delay in the final year of a five-year income tax cut. But opponents say no matter how he spins it, it's a tax hike. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Supreme Court holds up extra jail time for repeat drunk drivers When Ohioans who've already been convicted at least once for drunk driving are suspected of doing it again, and they refuse to take a breathalyzer test, they can be sentenced to extra jail time. One drunk driver has challenged the additional punishment as unconstitutional, but now, the Ohio Supreme Court says he's wrong, and the tougher new law stands. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Senate passes bill reasserting state's 10th Amendment rights The Republican-controlled state senate has passed a resolution that its sponsor says reasserts Ohio's rights when it comes to national legislation. And the national fervor over health care reform was clearly driving the debate at the Statehouse. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Senate passes bill reasserting state's 10th Amendment rights The Republican-controlled state senate has passed a resolution that its sponsor says reasserts Ohio's rights when it comes to national legislation. And the national fervor over health care reform was clearly driving the debate at the Statehouse. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website ACLU slamming state for continuing executions The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio is blasting the state's leaders for failing to review what went wrong in an attempted execution in mid-September. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rural Ohio tries to fill health-care gaps The U.S. Agriculture Department says one-in-four rural residents have no health care coverage. And, it estimates that rural residents pay nearly 40-percent of their incomes on out-of-pocket medical expenses. Both figures are the highest for any group in the nation, and reflect the situation in rural Ohio. And just as farming techniques have changed over the decades, so has health care delivery in rural areas..... WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines - Indians fire manager Eric Wedge, coaching staff. - Ohio Supreme Court uphold extra 10-day jail sentence for repeat drunk driving. - Summit County Council considering ban on texting while driving. - Governor Strickland backing tax cut freeze after slot machine plan is put on hold. - Men's Soccer: #1 Akron 3, #15 Ohio State 0 - Game 1: Indians 5, White Sox 1 - Game 2: White Sox 1, Indians 0 - Delonte West no-shows Cavs practice again unexcused for 2nd straight day. WKSU's Amanda Rabinowit ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website With the slot machine plan on hold, cuts may be coming for Ohio's schools Ohio Governor Ted Strickland's plan to raise nearly $900 million from video lottery terminals at the state's seven racetracks is facing an uphill battle at this point. The plan faces more legal challengers and citizen groups have been given the go-ahead by the Ohio Supreme Court to start the process to put the issue on the statewide ballot. If the state doesn't get the money it is counting on from that proposal, more cuts might be necessary. In an interview with Statehouse correspondent Jo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website With the slot machine plan on hold, cuts may be coming for Ohio's schools Ohio Governor Ted Strickland's plan to raise nearly $900 million from video lottery terminals at the state's seven racetracks is facing an uphill battle at this point. The plan faces more legal challengers and citizen groups have been given the go-ahead by the Ohio Supreme Court to start the process to put the issue on the statewide ballot. If the state doesn't get the money it is counting on from that proposal, more cuts might be necessary. In an interview with Statehouse correspondent Jo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio records fewer deer crashes for the second straight year It's fall, the beginning of deer-breeding season and a peak time for highway crashes involving deer and cars. Actually, there's some good news on that front. Even though there were more than 24,000 reported collisions between motor vehicles and deer last year, that was a decrease from the year before. Mitch Wilson is with the Ohio Insurance Institute. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio records fewer deer crashes for the second straight year It's fall, the beginning of deer-breeding season and a peak time for highway crashes involving deer and cars. Actually, there's some good news on that front. Even though there were more than 24,000 reported collisions between motor vehicles and deer last year, that was a decrease from the year before. Mitch Wilson is with the Ohio Insurance Institute. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray part of class action suit against Bank of America Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray is suing Bank of America as part of a large class action lawsuit. He's representing Ohio's pension fund and several other state agencies. He says Bank of America made false statements in 2008 regarding its merger with Merrill Lynch. And because of those statements, he says Ohio's pension funds and agencies lost tens of millions of dollars. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray part of class action suit against Bank of America Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray is suing Bank of America as part of a large class action lawsuit. He's representing Ohio's pension fund and several other state agencies. He says Bank of America made false statements in 2008 regarding its merger with Merrill Lynch. And because of those statements, he says Ohio's pension funds and agencies lost tens of millions of dollars. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Indians fire Wedge and coaches The Cleveland Indians will be looking for a new general manager next season. Today the team fired Eric Wedge and his coaching staff as the team wraps up the last few games of another losing season. But, Wedge and his staff will finish out the remaining few games. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Two new studies point to different job outlooks from the casino issue If you look hard enough, you can find an economist to predict just about anything. That maxim is being proven in the battle over the November ballot issue that would authorize four full-scale gambling casinos in Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo, and Cincinnati. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Two new studies point to different job outlooks from the casino issue If you look hard enough, you can find an economist to predict just about anything. That maxim is being proven in the battle over the November ballot issue that would authorize four full-scale gambling casinos in Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo, and Cincinnati. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Local hospitals not yet restricting visitors due to swine flu Unlike many hospitals around the country, Northeast Ohio hospitals aren't restriciting visitors to limit the spread of swine flu - yet. WKSU's Karen Schaefer reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines - East Cleveland mayor Eric Brewer loses primary. - Akron's police union has formally agreed to a deal that will keep nearly 100 officers on the job. - Cleveland awarded 2014 Gay Games. - New E-Z Pass on the Turnpike to start tonight at midnight. - Troubled Cavs guard Delonte West a no-show at first day of training camp. - Men's Soccer: #1 Akron hosts #15 Ohio State tonight. - Indians and White Sox rained out, doubleheader tonight to make up starting at 4:05 and 8:05. WKSU's Amanda Rabino ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cleveland Clinic gets top billing for high quality care at lower than average costs The Cleveland Clinic is held up as a national example of a healthcare institution that controls costs while providing quality care. President Obama would like others to emulate the Clinic's model, which includes electronic medical records, doctors on salary and wellness programs. But the Clinic relies on economies of scale not available to many institutions. And some critics question the Clinic's record on issues such as hospital readmissions, charity care, and patient satisfaction. W ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gay Games coming to Cleveland in 2014 Cleveland will host the 2014 International Gay Games. The announcement came today in Cologne, Germany where next year's games will be held. The 2014 games will be the largest sporting event in Cleveland's history...and are expected to be an economic boon as well. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Akron-based Goodyear says new contract could save $215 million The United Steelworkers already got their bragging rights when it comes to the new four-year contract with Goodyear. Now company officials are saying what's in it for investors as well. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bicycle rights bill in Ohio Senate Ohio Senators appear poised to pass a bill that would make it illegal for drivers to pass too close to bicyclists. Statehouse correspondent Jo Ingles has more on the story. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines -Ohio's poverty rate highest in a decade -Legislation begins for county recall rights -City of Akron furlough close offices early on Friday -Canton City Council rejects plan to curb travel expenses -Absentee balloting begins today -Ohio vangards securities lawsuit against Bank of America -Loan approved for Cleveland aquarium -Tougher Ohio laws for booster seats expected -Bicycle saftey bill in Ohio Senate -Death row inmate requests delay -Cavs training begins for Shaq WKSU's Aman ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The co-op model came to Cleveland 37 years ago Since it started, the debate about health-care reform has -- at least rhetorically -- focused on the crushing pressure of health-insurance costs on small business. And lately, the talk has turned to co-ops as a way to control those costs.Which makes a Cleveland group called COSE almost prophetic.In part-three of our series, "Vital Signs: Diagnosing Health Care in Northeast Ohio," we look closer at what a group like COSE can do now -- and fears it will not be able to do later.WKSU's M.L. Sch ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website WANTED: Family Docs President Obama is asking Congress to see to it that 45 million uninsured Americans get access to quality health care. That access often begins with a primary-care physician. But the number of family doctors has fallen dramatically in recent years, with many medical students choosing the higher pay -- and friendlier hours -- of other specialties. In this segment of Vital Signs: Diagnosing Health Care in Northeast Ohio, we look at how Northeast Ohio medical schools are responding to the ch ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The co-op model came to Cleveland 37 years ago Since it started, the debate about health-care reform has -- at least rhetorically -- focused on the crushing pressure of health-insurance costs on small business. And lately, the talk has turned to co-ops as a way to control those costs. Which makes a Cleveland group called COSE almost prophetic. In part-three of our series, "Vital Signs: Diagnosing Health Care in Northeast Ohio," we look closer at what a group like COSE can do now -- and fears it will not be able to do later. WKSU's M.L ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website State Senator wants Ohio law allowing recalls of crooked county officials A state senator from Cleveland wants Cuyahoga County residents to have the right to recall county officials. The move follows recent charges that county Auditor Frank Russo too more than a million dollars in bribes from a company working for his office. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website State Senator wants Ohio law allowing recalls of crooked county officials A state senator from Cleveland wants Cuyahoga County residents to have the right to recall county officials. The move follows recent charges that county Auditor Frank Russo too more than a million dollars in bribes from a company working for his office. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website EPA keeping eye on St. Bernard landfill The Ohio EPA is carefully watching a closed landfill in southwest Ohio - and officials say the potentially dangerous situation there could be happening at other old landfills around the state. Ohio Public Radio's Karen Kasler reports. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cleveland is sending some employees to college The City of Cleveland is sending some of its employees back to college. It expects a partnership with Cleveland State University to increase the efficiency of city operations. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio's Attorney General is investigating possible fraud in Cuyahoga's Auditor's office Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray has laid out plans for a state investigation of Cuyahoga County Auditors office. He says the probe is necessary because the level of alleged corruption has hurt public confidence in the office. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fight continues over new sex offender law There are about 18,700 registered sex offenders in Ohio, and a new law is now classifying them into one of three categories, which determines how long they have to register with law enforcement. But the fight over whether the law is fair goes on. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Supporters and opponents square off over the estate tax Activists who want to eliminate the tax heirs pay on high-value estates have gotten the go-ahead to start their drive to put the issue before the voters. But the campaign to kill the estate tax will likely be attacked by local communities if it makes it to the ballot. Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler talked with a key opponent of the estate tax and an operative who opposes the effort to erase it. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Attorney General Cordray asking for federal dollars to help extend the state's crime victim fund Victims of crime often get state or federal funds to help pay for damages. But one of the funds is running low on cash right now. That's why Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, along with attorney generals in other states, is asking the federal government for help. In an interview with Statehouse correspondent Jo Ingles, Cordray explains he wants the surplus of federal money to be transferred into the state's crime fund. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Attorney General Cordray asking for federal dollars to help extend the state's crime victim fund Victims of crime often get state or federal funds to help pay for damages. But one of the funds is running low on cash right now. That's why Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, along with attorney generals in other states, is asking the federal government for help. In an interview with Statehouse correspondent Jo Ingles, Cordray explains he wants the surplus of federal money to be transferred into the state's crime fund. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Supreme Court rules on prison contraband laws The Ohio Supreme Court has rules a person who knowingly possesses illegal drugs after being involuntarily taken into jail can be found guilty of violating a state law. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Opponents of dog auctions trying to raise the issue with Ohio General Assembly Ohioans who want to ban dog auctions in the Buckeye State are, once again, trying to force the Ohio General Assembly to deal with the issue. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website National summit to be held this week on texting while driving regulations A national transportation summit will be held later this week, where leaders of the federal agency that regulates commercial vehicles will take up the issue of texting while driving. A similar event is being held in Ohio today, with safety officials, phone and insurance executives, and victims of cell phone related crashes on hand to talk about distracted driving. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website National summit to be held this week on texting while driving regulations A national transportation summit will be held later this week, where leaders of the federal agency that regulates commercial vehicles will take up the issue of texting while driving. A similar event is being held in Ohio today, with safety officials, phone and insurance executives, and victims of cell phone related crashes on hand to talk about distracted driving. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines -Ohioans show support for casino proposition -Appraisal costs increased during Russo's term -Summit County exectutive Russ Pry calls for 9 million tighting of budget -Ohio competes for rail stimulus funds -Many veterans still waiting for G.I. Bill funds -Sex offenders living and working in Ohio's nursing homes -GM scrutinized over contract terminations -Gas prices dropped 10 cents in past week -Pumpkins: Ohio's vegetable cash crop -Shaq comes to Cleveland -Browns are 0 and 3 after ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The changing employment picture changes the health care picture in Northeast Ohio As jobs in Northeast Ohio continue to dwindle, so do the number of people with health insurance. Many are going without insurance for the first time in their lives, and looking for alternatives to private care. Insurance experts say finding the money to continue coverage is crucial, and not just for today. But for many, it's simply not an option. WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz has the first report in our series, "Vital Signs " Diagnosing Health Care in Northeast Ohio". WKSU's Amanda Rabinow ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Feds taking a closer look at Ohio and other dealers cut offs The Treasury Department is taking a closer look at how GM and Chrysler decided which dealerships to cut off, including seven Spitzer dealerships in Ohio. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cleveland Bridge Project Thousands of Clevelanders enjoyed a highly unusual street party Friday and Saturday night. Unusual, because the street was actually the lower level of the Detroit Superior Bridge. That space is normally closed to the public but this weekend it became the site of what was called The Bridge Project. WKSU's Mark Urycki reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Region's big city mayors see value in cooperation The mayors of the region's four largest cities got together last night to talk with area business leaders about state of the region's economy. They discussed how to loosen up private sector funding for economic development and how the state budget shortfall could hurt Northeast Ohio cities. They also talked about how they could more closely work together. WKSU's Karen Schaefer reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NE Ohio is getting the state's second-ever college of public health... Kent State University is launching the new college to address the rising need for health care professionals.... WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NE Ohio is getting the state's second-ever college of public health... Kent State University is launching the new college to address the rising need for health care professionals.... WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines - S&P lowers Ohio's credit rating from stable to negative, partly because of the battle over slot machines at horse tracks. - Annual state audit of Akron shows city officials need to keep better credit card records. - Kent State hosts Miami in MAC opener Sat. night. - Akron travels to Central Michigan to open MAC play Sat. afternoon. - #13 Ohio State hosts Illinois Sat. - Browns RB Jamal Lewis held out of practice due to hamstring injury. He's questionable for Sunday at Baltimore. - Tigers ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kucinich cautions giving tax-exempt status to newspapers in a hearing today At a congressional hearing today, experts said that tax exempt status for newspapers will not be enough to save the industry. Cleveland Congressman Dennis Kucinich is among those who sees the tax exemption as a way to help struggling newspapers like the Plain Dealer, Akron Beacon Journal and Canton Repository. But he urges caution. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cuyahoga commissioners want state investigation of county auditor The Cuyahoga County Commissioners want the state auditor and attorney general to examine county Auditor Frank Russo's office records. But the man who would be investigated has to sign off that request. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Money for enforcement of smoking ban takes hit in the new state budget Health advocates say the state budget has cut money to enforce the statewide ban on smoking in public places. Shelly Kiser of the Ohio Lung Association says starting next July, the state will not give money from the master tobacco settlement to tobacco prevention and cessation programs. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Money for enforcement of smoking ban takes hit in the new state budget Health advocates say the state budget has cut money to enforce the statewide ban on smoking in public places. Shelly Kiser of the Ohio Lung Association says starting next July, the state will not give money from the master tobacco settlement to tobacco prevention and cessation programs. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sales tax holiday proposed in Ohio House State lawmakers are once again resurrecting legislation that would create sales tax holidays in Ohio. The idea has been proposed before but never had enough support among lawmakers to pass. This bill is being sponsored by Republican house member Kevin Bacon. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Redistricting plan passes Ohio Senate The Ohio Senate has passed a plan that would change the way lines are drawn for legislative districts. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Terry Pluto: Cavs star Delonte West has a history of unpredictable behavior and mental illness Cavs guard Delonte West was arrested last weekend in Washington DC carrying three loaded guns while riding his motorcycle. Plain Dealer sports columnist Terry Pluto does ministry work in Summit County jails in addition to following the Cleveland sports scene. Pluto tells WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz that West has a history of depression and that the team has been understanding until now. WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines - Meyes Motors unveil a new two-seater electric car. - Three Cleveland Catholic churches slated to close getting a chance to plead their case to the Vatican. - Canton getting federal stimulus money to increase energy efficiency. - Suspended UA quarterback Chris Jacquemain removed from team for season for violating team policies. - Tigers 11, Indians 3 - Tribe lose 10th straight. WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The U-S Agriculture Department says one-in-four rural residents have no health care coverage. And, it estimates that rural residents pay nearly 40-percent of their incomes on out-of "pocket medical expenses. Both figures are the highest for any group in the nation, and reflect the situation in rural Ohio. And just as farming techniques have changed over the decades, so has health care delivery in rural areas. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Governor Strickland would still like Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora to resign Governor Ted Strickland continues to say he wishes Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora would resign, but that it's not his job to push for it. Dimora, has temporarily stepped aside from his second post as chairman of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party but balks at suggestions he resign. He's one of two primary targets of a massive federal investigation into county corruption, including millions of dollars in rigged contracts, kickbacks and bribes. Strickland noted that Dimora has ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FirstEnergy nearing approval for license extension at Pennsylvania nuclear plants The federal government is recommending approval for Akron-based FirstEnergy's request to extend the operating license for two nuclear plants it operates in Pennsylvania. Similar requests for the utility's Ohio nuclear plants won't be far behind. WKSU's Karen Schaefer reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FirstEnergy wraps up buyouts A final 115-workers have accepted a buyout offer from Akron-based utility FirstEnergy. WKSU's Karen Schaefer reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Governor Ted Strickland and Senator Sherrod Brown in favor of tire tariffs against China levied by Obama administration However the Chinese feel about it, an Ohio senator and the state's governor are big fans of the recent decision by the Obama administration to levy heavy tariffs on Chinese tire imports. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Meyers Motors unveils new two-seat electric car A Northeast Ohio electric-vehicle maker is unveiling a new two-seater car. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Republican Ohio House members unveil plan to improve state's economy Some Republican Ohio House members say they know how to improve the state's economy and have a plan to do it. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Republican Ohio House members unveil plan to improve state's economy Some Republican Ohio House members say they know how to improve the state's economy and have a plan to do it. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Husted puts hearings on hold until Ohio Inspector General can investigate illegal immigrants obtaining Ohio license plates The chairman of the State's Senate Government Oversight Committee says he's holding off on his committee's hearings into how thousands of undocumented illegal immigrants were able to register their cars and get Ohio license plates. Republican Senator Jon Husted says he's going to postpone those hearings so that Inspector General Tom Charles can have more time to investigate possible criminal behavior at the Ohio Department of Public Safety. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner rules in Husted residency case Ohio's Secretary of State has ruled republican State Senator Jon Husted does not legally live in the area he represents. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner rules in Husted residency case Ohio's Secretary of State has ruled republican State Senator Jon Husted does not legally live in the area he represents. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio legislators hold hearing this week on new payday loan crackdown For the second time in two years, Ohio legislators are working on a plan to crack down on payday loan stores. The House Financial Institutions Committee plans a hearing on it Wednesday. Lawmakers and Ohio voters last year approved a limit on the interest rate the lenders may charge, but many of the stores are charging about the same amount as before, by tacking on extra fees. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Senate bill proposes giving more power to local cops to deal with illegal aliens There are thousands of people living in Ohio who don't have the proper immigration papers that give them the legal right to be here, and Ohio legislators are once again looking at a proposal to give local law enforcers more power to help deport them. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports on a senate committee hearing today. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Senate bill proposes giving more power to local cops to deal with illegal aliens There are thousands of people living in Ohio who don't have the proper immigration papers that give them the legal right to be here, and Ohio legislators are once again looking at a proposal to give local law enforcers more power to help deport them. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports on a senate committee hearing today. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website First defendant sentenced in ODOT scandal The first defendant in the Ohio Department of Transportation corruption scandal was sentenced today. And the former director of the ODOT district garage was arraigned on witness intimidation charges... WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines - Soldiers from a North Canton National Guard Unit among injured in helicpoter crash in Iraq. - Romell Broom's execution delayed until at least Nov. 30. - Akron gets federal grant to keep police on duty, rehire laid off officers. - Tigers 3, Indians 1 - Aaron Laffey loses his 4th straight start as the Tribe lose their 9th in a row. WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NE Ohio city gets grant to save police jobs The $5,770,000 grant to be paid out over three years is from the COPS program. WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio legislators considering another crackdown on payday lending Last year, Ohio legislators thought they'd passed a new law that would stop payday loan stores from charging what was called a sky-high interest rate on the short-term loans. Ohio voters thought the same thing when they ratified the new law at the ballot box. Now, though, hundreds of the stores are continuing to charge about the same amount as before. That is prompting some lawmakers to call for a second crackdown law. A legislative committee hearing is set on the plan later this week. WKS ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website CEO of Youngtown's Forum Health resigns The chief executive of one of the Youngtown-area's biggest employers, Forum Health, is resigning. That's a key step to try to pull the nonprofit hospital chain out of bankruptcy. But the economics that put Forum Health into bankruptcy may soon be affecting other Ohio hospitals as well. WKSU's M.L. Schiltze has more... WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Headlines -Broom exectution delayed further -Racetrack slots may go to voters in 2010 -Ohio cities have higher uninsured rate than rest of nation - Senator Brown attended health care forum in Cleveland - More workers back at Arcelor Mittal Steel -Winner announced for Akron City Council primary - Cuyahoga County Treasurer calls for investigation of appraisal system - Washington considers expanding benefits to states with high unemployment - Rolls-Royce to invest three million in Stark State - 4 wes ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Senator Brown gives public option a 50% chance as opposition dies down Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown believes opposition to national health care reform is starting to ease. And he says the public debate is becoming more civil. That was evident todayin Cleveland where Brown held a health care forum. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cleveland RTA bans drivers from carrying cell phones while on duty The Cleveland RTA is prohibiting drivers not only from using, but from carrying cell phones while they're on duty. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Supreme Court rules voters will have say on slot machine plan It now appears that Ohio voters will have the final say on that plan by the governor and Ohio legislators to authorize thousands of slot machines at the state's 7 race tracks. The Ohio Supreme Court opened the door to that scenario with a ruling today. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Supreme Court rules voters will have say on slot machine plan It now appears that Ohio voters will have the final say on that plan by the governor and Ohio legislators to authorize thousands of slot machines at the state's 7 race tracks. The Ohio Supreme Court opened the door to that scenario with a ruling today. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Federal court extends Romell Broom's stay of execution A federal court is telling the state of Ohio that it cannot execute Romell Broom on Tuesday. That's the date Ohio Governor Ted Strickland had set earlier this week after an attempt to execute Broom failed when technicians couldn't find a vein that was strong enough to carry the deadly cocktail throughout his body. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Federal court extends Romell Broom's stay of execution A federal court is telling the state of Ohio that it cannot execute Romell Broom on Tuesday. That's the date Ohio Governor Ted Strickland had set earlier this week after an attempt to execute Broom failed when technicians couldn't find a vein that was strong enough to carry the deadly cocktail throughout his body. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Attorney General says scam artists targeting veterans Scammers have long been going after seniors, students, and people who've had a hard time making ends meet but now they are going after a different group. In an interview with Statehouse correspondent Jo Ingles, Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray says scammers are now targeting veterans. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Chairs of Ohio Democratic and Republican parties face off on November primaries, 2010 general election The candidates for next May's primary have been campaigning for months, and many are well known. They include former Congress members, an-ex Senator, current officeholders looking to change jobs, and even a car dealer. The main issue for many voters is also well-known - the economy. Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler sat down with the chairs of the state's tow major parties for a preview of what's ahead. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Chairs of Ohio Democratic and Republican parties face off on November primaries, 2010 general election The candidates for next May's primary have been campaigning for months, and many are well known. They include former Congress members, an-ex Senator, current officeholders looking to change jobs, and even a car dealer. The main issue for many voters is also well-known - the economy. Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler sat down with the chairs of the state's tow major parties for a preview of what's ahead. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Chairs of Ohio Democratic and Republican parties face off on November primaries, 2010 general election The candidates for next May's primary have been campaigning for months, and many are well known. They include former Congress members, an-ex Senator, current officeholders looking to change jobs, and even a car dealer. The main issue for many voters is also well-known - the economy. Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler sat down with the chairs of the state's tow major parties for a preview of what's ahead. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Casino opponent says cash wagering could skirt the state's proposed taxes on the gaming The group backed by a racetrack owner that's opposing the four-city casino plan on the fall ballot says it has proof that the casino developers plan to skirt taxes with cash wagering. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Group to eliminate Ohio's estate tax given go-ahead to circulate petitions The group that wants to circulate petitions to put an issue before lawmakers that would eliminate the estate tax has been given the green light to do so. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Newscast -Cleveland RTA circulator service cancelled -Goodyear Tire and Rubber starts this week with new worker contract -Cuyahoga County corruption may shake public's faith in appraisals -Congressman Boehner criticizes President Obama over the weekend - Robbery motive behind shooting of postal worker - Two skydivers dead in Portage County - President Obama focuses on Ohio's economy - Lawyers for Broom exectution may sue for cruel and unusual punishment - Local landfills sell excess methane ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Goodyear workers have four years of relative security Goodyear Tire and Rubber workers at Akron and six other plants around the country are coming to work today under a new contract. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cleveland Museum of Art Director Timothy Rub departs as his interim replacement arrives. Today was Timothy Rub's last day on the job as Director of the Cleveland Museum of Art. His three-year tenure was the shortest in the museum's 93 year history. He supervised the initial stages of the museum's 350 million dollar renovation and expansion project scheduled for completion in 2013. Rub will manage an even bigger , half-billion dollar expansion in his new job as director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. WKSU's Vivian Goodman reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website An all local effort is helping NE Ohio families deal with autism. They have now broken broken ground on a nearly two-million dollar Family Center for Autism in Copley Township. WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio's unemployment rate dropped last month For the first time since January of 2008, Ohio's official monthly unemployment rate has dropped. but job specialists say it is not a sigh that the recession in Ohio has bottomed out. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio's unemployment rate dropped last month For the first time since January of 2008, Ohio's official monthly unemployment rate has dropped. but job specialists say it is not a sigh that the recession in Ohio has bottomed out. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Supreme Court rules grocers can be taxed under state's Commercial Activities Tax The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that it is legal for the state to collect taxes from grocers for food sold in grocery stores. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Supreme Court rules grocers can be taxed under state's Commercial Activities Tax The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that it is legal for the state to collect taxes from grocers for food sold in grocery stores. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio Parole Board denies clemency for Cuyahoga Falls man Lawyers for the inmate whose execution was stopped Tuesday are arguing against a seconds attempt to put him to death next week. Meanwhile, the Ohio Parole Board has unanimously recommended that a killer set to die next month be executed as scheduled. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A major NE Ohio healthcare system is building a rehabilitation hosptial They are consolidating, expanding, and changing the ownership status of their rehabilitation hospital facilities all in one move WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Newscast - Summa Health Systems to build new rehab center on campus of Akron City Hospital. - Rommell Broom's lawyers plan lawsuit over unsuccessful execution attempt this week. - Ohio Supreme Court rules state can levy Commercial Activities Tax on grocers. - #11 Ohio State to play Toledo Rockets in Browns Stadium Saturday. - Kent State hosting Iowa State Saturday night. Freshman quarterback Spencer Keith will make his 1st collegiate start. - Akron hosts Indiana at Infocision Stadium, first time th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FARK.com founder Drew Curtis speaks at Kent State media ethics conference Fark.com beings with a boast - or a warning: "It's not news, it's FARK." But Fark's founder Drew Curtis acknowledges its sometimes hard to tell the difference. Curtis spoke about media-life imitating media-mockery at a media ethics forum at Kent State today. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New bill looks to ban insurers from using insurance scores It is illegal to drive without auto insurance in Ohio. But hundreds of thousands of Ohioians do it every day, because they can't afford to buy insurance or have been denied coverage. But it's something a bad credit report and not a poor driving record that's the reason. Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler reports on a bill that could change that is crashing into criticism. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Democrats looking up in new poll numbers The latest Quinnipiac University poll holds some good news for Democrats in the Buckeye State. Statehouse correspondent Jo Ingles has the details... WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website ODOT garage manager in bribery scandal arrested A primary target in the Ohio Department of Transportation corruption scandal has been arrested...but not on corruption charges. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Residents speak out on federal money for passenger rail Nearly 80-Northeast Ohio residents are adding their voices to the state's application for hundreds of millions of federal dollars to build passenger rail service linking Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati.Most of those at a meeting in Cleveland last night appeared to support the so-called 3-C passenger rail plan. But advocates acknowledge it's still not clear what the state's " or the region's - share of the costs would be. WKSU's Karen Schaefer reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Residents speak out on federal money for passenger rail Nearly 80-Northeast Ohio residents are adding their voices to the state's application for hundreds of millions of federal dollars to build passenger rail service linking Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati. Most of those at a meeting in Cleveland last night appeared to support the so-called 3-C passenger rail plan. But advocates acknowledge it's still not clear what the state's " or the region's - share of the costs would be. WKSU's Karen Schaefer reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morning Newscast - A $2 million grant from FirstEnergy will help Akron avoid more layoffs. - 8 Cuyahoga County post office branches removed from a list of branched to be closed. - Indians OF Grady Sizemore undergoes successful surgery for sports hernia. - Twins 7, Indians 3 - Tribe lose 4th straight while Twins win 4th in a row. WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kent State's enrollment tops 38,000... Kent State University's overall enrollment has hit a record, and is up nearly 12 percent over a year ago. Even higher is the climb in what's called "full-time equivalents, which means more students are taking more classes. WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Brookings Institution report says auto collapse did a job on Great Lakes The Brookings Institution's newest report monitoring the toll of the recession continues to underscore how hard the Great Lakes region got hit. And among the hardest hit are the core areas of Northeast Ohio. But the report also shows some reasons for optimism. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Brookings Institute report shows Great Lakes hard hit by recession, but has some bright spots The Brookings Institute newest report monitoring the toll of the recession continues to underscore how hard the Great Lakes region got hit. And among the hardest hit are the core areas of Northeast Ohio. But the report also shows some reasons for optimism. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New poll shows Governor Strickland's popularity improving slightly Ohio Governor Ted Strickland's popularity is improving just a little bit. At least, that's what the latest Quinnipiac University poll shows. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ohio GOP endorses for U.S. Senate and Secretary of State primaries Leaders of the Ohio Republican Party are making it clear who they want to win two contested primary races for U.S. Senate and Secretary of State. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner ordered to resolve matter of State Senator Jon Husted's residency The Ohio Supreme Court is telling democratic Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner she must break a local election board tie on the matter of State Senator Jon Husted's residency. The republican lawmaker is elected to serve in the Dayton area but questions have arisen about the home his wife owns in the Columbus area. The republican dominated high court is telling Brunner she must rule on the matter in seven days. In an interview with Statehouse correspondent Jo Ingles, Brunner says she will ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Governor Strickland denies clemency for Rommel Broom Governor Strickland has denies clemency for a Cleveland area man who's scheduled for execution tomorrow. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Governor Strickland grants Rommell Broom one week stay of execution a 53-year old death row inmate is alive today after an attempt to execute him yesterday failed. But the case of Rommell Broom is succeeding in resurrecting questions about the death penalty process itself. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Governor Strickland grants Rommel Broom one week stay of execution An Ohio death row inmate who was in the process of getting a lethal injection has gotten a one-week reprieve. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download |