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Sherrod Brown to re-introduce Clean Water Affordability Act
Ohio Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown announced this past week he will sponsor new legislation to help Ohio communities such as Zanesville deal with combined sewer overflow projects.
Jimmy Dimora's lawyers argue that gifts, free work were innocent ...
Nicholas Zavarella leaves the federal courthouse in Akron on Thursday after testifying about the masonry and retaining wall work done by his company at Jimmy Dimora's home in Independence AKRON, Ohio -- Lawyers for Jimmy Dimora have argued since the start of his five-week racketeering trial that what federal prosecutors consider criminal corruption ... (more)
A Short Lexicon of Ohio Political Speak
Camelot describes the Kennedy administration. Celestials are those brought into politics by Dick Celeste.
Brown bill to help struggling sewer systems
The City of Portsmouth and the Village of New Boston are among the 83 Ohio communities included in a report by U.S. Sen.
From what Mitt Romney and his surrogates are saying, you would think that Rick Santorum was the king of all earmarks and generally not a fiscally responsible guy when he was Pennsylvania's junior senator.
Ohio could get help with failing sewer systems.
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown estimates Ohio communities could get 6 billion dollars to keep raw sewage out of rivers, streams, lakes -- and basements --- if Congress passes The Clean Water Affordability Act Brown reintroduced this week a bill originally sponsored by retired Republican Sen.
Feds: Dimora, Russo got free granite
A Romanian immigrant testified his company installed free granite in the homes of then-commissioner Jimmy Dimora and then-auditor Frank Russo in exchange for helping his daughter get a juvenile court prosecutor's job in Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason's office, and getting a senator's support with a visa application for a Romanian friend.
Flood Insurance Rates Likely To Increase
The village of New Boston hosted a meeting Tuesday afternoon with representatives from local, state and federal government to discuss federally mandated inspections and maintenance of the floodwall defense system in New Boston and Portsmouth.
Editorial: Kasich speech short on details
No one can question Gov. John Kasich's belief in Ohio. Kasich spoke for 80 minutes Tuesday about the greatness of this state, its people and its products.
Voinovich prefers Kaptur over Kucinich for House
George Voinovich, former U.S. senator, Ohio governor, and Cleveland mayor, says he won't officially endorse a candidate in the Democratic primary for a reconfigured congressional district that stretches between Cleveland and Toledo.
A Steubenville surprise, perhaps? Thomas Suddes
Republican Gov. John Kasich will break a precedent Tuesday, and probably set one, when he gives his 2012 State of the State speech not on Capitol Square, but roughly 150 miles east, in Steubenville, on the Ohio River.
Former Sen. George Voinovich backs Rep. Marcy Kaptur in congressional primary
Former U.S. Senator, Ohio Governor and Cleveland Mayor George Voinovich says he won't officially endorse a candidate in the Democratic primary for a reconfigured congressional district that stretches between Cleveland and Toledo.
Virgil E. Brown Sr., blazed trail in Ohio politics in elected, appointed posts: Black History Month
Brown, a Republican, in 1972 became director of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections -- the first African-American to hold such a position in Ohio.
It's a pleasure to be back. First of all let's talk process. As you know, most of what is coming is a review of Friedman and Mandelbaum's book, That Used To Be Us, which was published last summer.
Group Seeks to Spread Food Program
State, federal, and food service providers met today outside of Columbus to discuss ways of expanding the reach of the Summer Food Service Program.
Plague of abandoned houses requires a unified effort to cure: Brent Larkin
This abandoned house in the Mt. St. Auburn neighborhood of Cleveland was photographed in 2008.
Regional News Stories: Former Senator Voinovich Still A Strong Voice...
Former Senator George Voinovich still sees nuclear power as a viable and necessary piece of the U.S. energy mix, despite the calamity unfolding in Japan.
Here! Now! Imperative: not to be avoided: necessary. In a typical week, the show will cover not only all the big news stories, but also the stories behind the stories, or some of the less crucial but equally intriguing things happening in the world.
Prosecutors in the Dimora trial naming names, providing new details
Prosecutors and defense attorneys have outlined many of the schemes Jimmy Dimora and Michael Gabor are accused of in court records that led up to the trial that opened last week.
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