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Ohio was among the 40 states the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that saw a slight dip in unemployment.

They wanted to know the organization's relationship with Justin Binik-Thomas, a tea party member in Cincinnati who had never worked with the township organization.

How many times have children been held out as the best hope for the future of any single state or nation? Too many times to count is the correct answer.

Politics and monthly jobs reports are inextricably linked and trapped in a vicious cycle.

John Kasich, the Republican governor of Ohio, had hit rock bottom. It was March 2011, and Kasich was about to sign Senate Bill 5, the controversial anti-union legislation that curbed bargaining rights for cops, firefighters, teachers, and other public employees.

Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich and Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation [BWC] Director Steve Buehrer used Homage, a small boutique clothing shop in Columbus' Short North arts district, as the venue Thursday for their announcement to distribute a cash rebate of $1 billion to all 210,000 businesses, a proposal they said will boost a flagging economy by ... (more)

Passenger trains and streetcars got a new champion Monday when President Obama nominated Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx to replace retiring Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood.

A week ago, the federal government's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that Ohio lost 20,400 seasonally adjusted jobs in March, and that its unemployment rate remained at 7.1 percent.

At this point, Gov. Kasich would seem to be in pretty good shape. He has several high-profile policy victories, the state's budget is balanced and credit rating upgraded , and economic conditions have improved markedly.

Little more than 20 months before the 2014 general election, the race for governor began today.

Step one: Create problems for Cincinnati's streetcar project. Step two: Blame the problems on the streetcar project.

Ted Strickland; Shawn Butler, Mayor Mark Mallory's director of community affairs; Michelle Dillingham, a community activist; and the six incumbents, which include Laure Quinlivan, Chris Seelbach, Yvette Simpson, P.G. Sittenfeld, Pam Thomas and Wendell Young.

Lisa Patt-McDaniel, the former head of the Ohio Department of Development, has been named to the board of the Columbus Next Generation Development Corp.

Friends will be received during a public service at Bridgeport School District Auditorium on Saturday from 2-8 p.m. and Sunday from 4-8 p.m. A vigil will begin the Sunday service at 4 p.m. Friends are then invited to attend a visitation at St.