| Story Archive - December, 2004 |
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| Dec 1, 2004 |
| • Bill to ban day care providers from giving medicine without permission |
| • Jerry Springer doesn't commit to running for governor, but sounds like a candidate |
| • Subsidized child care co-payments to decrease next year |
| • Taft says he won't play the "job switch" game |
| • Two dozen more choices for license plates in Ohio |
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| Dec 2, 2004 |
| • Critics of the results of the presidential vote in Ohio plan to file suit today |
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| Dec 3, 2004 |
| • Former federal judge goes to prison for burning down his house |
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| Dec 4, 2004 |
| • One of Ohio's oldest wildlife areas gets much bigger |
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| Dec 5, 2004 |
| • More challenges over Ohio's election results expected Monday |
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| Dec 6, 2004 |
| • Ohio's presidential vote is certified, but protestors say that won't stop them |
| • Prison system looking into near-record number of inmate suicides |
| • Proposed new license plate turning out to be controversial |
| • Students could have shorter weeks but longer days under bill |
| • Tort reform bill expected to come up this week in the legislature |
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| Dec 7, 2004 |
| • Lawmakers reject amendment to reduce turnpike tolls without hearings |
| • Ohio inmate connected to old California murder through DNA |
| • State gets its first official call for a recount |
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| Dec 8, 2004 |
| • Death sentence upheld for one of the Lucasville riot's leaders |
| • Election protestors try new tactic in demonstration over the Ohio vote |
| • Senators get the order to go home - but the governor calls them back |
| • Unemployment checks will rise for some Ohioans next year |
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| Dec 9, 2004 |
| • Cleveland's mayor backs casino plan |
| • Farmers hope for a halt to huge livestock operations |
| • FirstEnergy's first-of-its-kind auction fails to generate lower rates |
| • Shooting at Columbus nightclub leaves five dead |
| • Tort reform bill goes through House in late-night session |
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| Dec 10, 2004 |
| • Republicans unveil campaign finance reform bill to mixed reviews |
| • Think tank has concerns about Ohio's plans for unemployment benefits |
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| Dec 12, 2004 |
| • Lawyer says lawsuit challenging President Bush's victory isn't too late |
| • Two weeks after announcing it, activists plan lawsuit - on the day Ohio electors vote |
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| Dec 13, 2004 |
| • Electoral college meets as critics demand their votes be "provisional" |
| • Voting rights activists file lawsuit just before electoral college votes |
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| Dec 14, 2004 |
| • Law makes it easier to toss officeholders accused of felonies out of office |
| • State offers program for victims of ID theft to prove their identity |
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| Dec 15, 2004 |
| • Major ruling on Oxycontin suits in Ohio |
| • State sets up website to connect military families with volunteers |
| • Supreme Court sides with police in Cleveland Indians protest |
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| Dec 16, 2004 |
| • Campaign finance reform passes House - now goes to Senate |
| • Challenge to Ohio election thrown out by Ohio Supreme Court |
| • Likely candidates for governor switch places in poll |
| • Plan to halt destructive bug could cost millions of trees in northwest Ohio |
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| Dec 17, 2004 |
| • Jobless rate is at its highest level in more than a decade |
| • Librarian admits to stealing and selling rare historic books |
| • Solid waste experts concerned about holiday gifts - and the old stuff that will be thrown out |
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| Dec 20, 2004 |
| • Bill proposed to protect Ohio kids from dangerous and heavy but common piece of equipment |
| • Chief justice could rule on challenge to President Bush's victory in Ohio this week |
| • Five part year-in-review starts with major bills passed at the Statehouse |
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| Dec 21, 2004 |
| • Departure of treasurer has Republicans shuffling among state government jobs |
| • Outgoing Senate president won't say whether he'll be back in state government soon |
| • Taxes a big part of what happened at the Statehouse in 2004 |
| • Treasurer likes governor's appointment, defends aides who pleaded to charges |
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| Dec 22, 2004 |
| • Lots of bills didn't make it into law in 2004 |
| • New development in lawsuit challenging the results of the presidential election in Ohio |
| • Recounts almost completed at boards of elections around Ohio |
| • Snow arriving early for the holidays |
| • Whooping cough cases on the rise around the state |
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| Dec 23, 2004 |
| • Hundreds of thousands of Ohioans powerless in the wake of snowstorm |
| • Major snowstorm wreaks holiday havoc in Ohio |
| • Ohio's role in the presidential campaign one of the big stories of 2004 |
| • Severe storm arrives just in time for the holidays |
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| Dec 24, 2004 |
| • Gay rights, graduation tests, and scandals among the other big stories of 2004 |
| • Snowstorm packs a major financial hit for Ohio |
| • Victims of flooding earlier in the year still feeling the impact |
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| Dec 27, 2004 |
| • Many Ohioans spend the holidays without power |
| • Recounts are over, but critics of the vote say their fight is not |
| • Supreme Court orders group to disclose contributors to 2000 campaign against justice's re-election |
| • Utility crews losing some ground in restoring power to thousands |
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| Dec 28, 2004 |
| • Colleges and universities, and even Issue One supporters, don't have any plans to litigate |
| • President Bush wins again in Ohio - the recount results are in |
| • Taft declares emergency in 14 counties |
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| Dec 29, 2004 |
| • Fewer deaths on Ohio's rural roadways this year |
| • New ruling in the "contest of election" in Ohio |
| • Still thousands of Ohioans without power |
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| Dec 30, 2004 |
| • Campaign finance reform now law |
| • Cigarette ads on matchbooks struck down by high court |
| • Critic has simple plan to avoid more massive power outages |
| • Justices say baby suspected of being injured by father can't be removed from life support |
| • Thousands of deadbeat parents losing driving privileges |
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| Dec 31, 2004 |
| • Governor looks back at 2004 - and looks ahead |
| • Inmates train to become butchers - but state says there's no reason for concern |
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