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Voters fill the polling stations at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in Cleveland in early voting in 2008.

Crain s Cleveland Business Feb. 13 -- The Clean Ohio Fund, a state loan and grant program created to help cities clean up environmentally contaminated properties, is stuck in limbo in Columbus.

A bill to ban the use of electric tanning beds by teenagers under age 18 has been introduced to the... Georgia and Ohio already have a veterans' designation on driver's licenses.

Gary Tiboni has no uncertainty about a $2.85 million Ohio Turnpike study that the Ohio Controlling Board will consider funding when it meets on Monday.

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, working in conjunction with Fifth-Third Bank, announced this week a new program to provide loans of up to $3,000 to help defray initial costs of adopting a child.

There's a good chance that you are taking part of today to hunt for that perfect Valentine's Day... WASHINGTON -- Ohioans will see another new political TV ad in the coming days attacking Democrat Sherrod Brown, as outside groups continue to pour millions of dollars into the state's hotly contested U.S. Senate race.

There are 77 programs spread out across 13 agencies, all depending on a number of different state and federal funding sources.

Under the heading of doing the absolute minimum, Congress is on the verge of passing a law that would ban insider trading and force lawmakers to make more timely disclosures about their financial dealings.

Most labor experts agree that education is the strongest determinant for success in the modern-day workplace, and new government job forecasts indicate more education is better for job seekers.

Sen. Rob Portman recently returned from his first Congressional trip overseas where he visited three countries on a fact-finding mission.

A fight is brewing in the U.S. South between Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich, while Mitt Romney's priority is winning At the Republican presidential candidates debate in Jacksonville, Fla., on Jan.

The Ohio EPA this week asked the Attorney General to file a lawsuit against the owners of Brookside Village Mobile Home Park.

Gas and oil drilling already have pumped tens of millions of dollars into the East Ohio economy.

Shane Adams, who puts on the Ohio Renaissance Festival jousts in Warren County, brings his olde school extreme sports to national TV Sunday with "Full... Tuesday is probably a good day for Valentine's Day to fall, from the point of view of restaurant owners and restaurant-goers. It spreads it out.

It certainly will not attract the attention that last year's Senate Bill 5 controversy did, but the debate concerning Ohio Senate Bill 271 merits discussion and support.

With ten Super Tuesday primaries less than a month away, foreigners are coming to the state.

Last week, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson collaborated withA school district Chief Executive Officer Eric Gordon to submit their plan for "transforming" the Cleveland Metropolitan School District.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio lawmakers in the Senate introduced a bill Thursday that would repeal a new law overhauling the state's election process, ignoring warnings of a backlash from a coalition that wants to put the repeal question to a popular vote in November.

Samuel Wurzelbacher, more colloquially known as "Joe the Plumber" is proving to be more handy on the campaign trail than underneath a kitchen sink.

COLUMBUS The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services , in conjunction with Fifth Third Bank, has launched a new program that will provide loans of up to $3,000 to help defray the initial costs of adopting a child.