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Last week Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, asked that a Senate vote on climate change legislation be delayed until a detailed analysis of the measure's impact on the economy can be prepared.

Apparently, rules don't apply to zealots-with-gavels convinced they were put on this planet to secure its salvation.

From Staff and Wire Reports Originally published: November 04. 2009 3:01AM Last modified: November 03.

Jennifer Brunner is Ohio's first female secretary of state. Now she wants to be the first woman to represent the state in the U.S. Senate.

The other U.S. senator from Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown says Ohio is set to become a national leader in clean energy manufacturing and that a clean energy policy can revitalize U.S. manufacturing.

WASHINGTON, D.C. The Ohio State Medical Association, which represents a majority of doctors in Ohio, this afternoon announced its opposition to the current health care reform bill working its way rapidly through the U.S. House of Representatives.

While no proposed legislation is as contentious as proposed health care reform, coming in a close second would be a proposed congressional bill on how the United States will address climate change.

Developers of four new Ohio casinos looked eagerly to the future Wednesday, even as opponents concocted plans to stymie their efforts and surrounding states braced for economic losses.

African nations pushed wealthy countries at U.N. climate talks on Wednesday to explain how they intend to cut their greenhouse emissions under the landmark global warming agreement being negotiated.

Republicans on the Senate environment committee made good on their vow to boycott this morning's first meeting on climate change legislation, leaving Democrats to poke holes in the GOP's insistence on a new Environmental Protection Agency analysis of the bill.

Arguments for and against casinos bombarded Ohioans via the airwaves, phone lines and news media for weeks.

Republicans boycotted the start of committee debate Tuesday on a bill to curb greenhouse gases, protesting that the bill's costs have not been fully examined.

COLUMBUS -- The economy is the big question mark in Tuesday's election, as Ohio voters grappling with 10 percent unemployment decide whether to reverse their long-held antigambling stance for the promise of casino jobs.

President Obama and Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland share a laugh last October when Obama was on the campaign trail.

The climate change bill that has been moving slowly through the Senate faces a stark political reality when it is read in committee this week: With Democrats deeply divided on the issue, unless some Republican lawmakers risk the backlash for signing on to the climate change legislation, there is almost no hope for passage.

Democratic voters all over Ohio are getting mail pieces showing a couple of familiar faces who are against Issue 3, the casino balllot issue.

Chairman Barbara Boxer was expected to move forward with her bill on Friday, even as all seven Republicans on the committee threatened to boycott any mark-up hearing held next week.

Papers filed with the Federal Elections Commission show former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's political action committee has resolved problems with excessive contributions to Republicans.

WASHINGTON -- The Democratic health care plans emerging out of Congress this week are facing stiff opposition from Ohio Republicans and some resistance from Ohio Democrats.