| Story Archive - April, 2006 |
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| Apr 3, 2006 |
| • Changes in predatory lending bill blasted by housing activists |
| • Few appear to be voting early, though new law allows it |
| • Ohio's top tax man urges filers to pass the post office and head for the internet |
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| Apr 4, 2006 |
| • Lawmakers pass bill to strengthen Ohio's push for high-tech low-emissions power plant |
| • Secretary of State, now candidate for governor, owned stock in voting-machine maker |
| • Two challengers ready to take on long-term senator in Republican primary |
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| Apr 5, 2006 |
| • Anti-war group launched media campaign to persuade Congress to debate war openly |
| • Bad news for Republicans, mixed results for Democrats in latest poll |
| • Ohio EPA director speaks out on changes in air permitting rules - what some call "the bad air bill" |
| • Supreme Court says auditor can look into private company's records - with some limits |
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| Apr 6, 2006 |
| • Clergy members go back to IRS with another complaint about two conservative pastors |
| • Job market will grow throughout Ohio - more quickly in some areas than in others |
| • Lawmaker proposes exempting investment earnings of senior citizens from state income tax |
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| Apr 7, 2006 |
| • Concerns about the health of Ohio hogs prompts a quarantine in West Virginia |
| • More questions surrounding the stock portfolios of the two Republicans running for governor |
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| Apr 10, 2006 |
| • Students take Holy Week holiday to bring message on capital punishment to the Capitol |
| • Taft's ethics violations could cost him his law license |
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| Apr 11, 2006 |
| • Activists say state spending amendment could kill districts' ability to raise money |
| • Another candidate drops out before the primary |
| • State bar group issues rates Supreme Court candidates - both judges and non-judges |
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| Apr 12, 2006 |
| • Democratic candidate says he won't seek ballot issue if he wins primary |
| • Drive-by shooting at Cincinnati city council meeting takes down well-known activist |
| • Ohio's "Patriot Act" requires would-be state workers to sign no-terror deal |
| • State checks its readiness for outbreak of bird flu with simulation |
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| Apr 13, 2006 |
| • Casino issue off the November ballot...for now |
| • Civil rights group challenges one part of Ohio's "Patriot Act" |
| • Supreme Court gives limited executive privilege to certain Taft documents |
| • Three state agencies open up new lab to fight bio-agents and deadly diseases |
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| Apr 14, 2006 |
| • "English-only" proposal has critics speaking up |
| • "Nixon factor" in decision on Taft's executive privilege fires up Democrats |
| • Activists mount campaigns for nearly a dozen issues for the fall ballot |
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| Apr 17, 2006 |
| • Few candidates get good grades in disclosing who gave them money |
| • Ohio's next execution could go forward soon |
| • Republican candidates for governor start all-out ad war before primary |
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| Apr 18, 2006 |
| • AG candidate says he will enforce Supreme Court decision on school funding |
| • Critics question whether Supreme Court candidate broke ethics rules by filling out survey |
| • Report blasts AEP outages, but utility says rate hike could spark better service |
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| Apr 19, 2006 |
| • Group that blasted Secretary of State in 2004 election files complaint over his investments |
| • Ohio's sex-offender notification system gets top honors from national group |
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| Apr 20, 2006 |
| • Counties work together to try to educate voters facing new machines and long ballots |
| • Democrats vying for nomination for governor square off in debate |
| • State's law enforcement training academy finishes first renovation in 30 years |
| • Tax amnesty program brings in millions, but not everyone pays up without penalty |
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| Apr 21, 2006 |
| • Federal court rules against Ohio in case involving 2004 election |
| • May primary could turn out to be a test of the power of the Christian right in Ohio |
| • New president voted in at Miami University |
| • State's homeland security department launches program to reach out to non-English speakers |
| • Two long-time political consultants offer their previews and predictions of the primary |
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| Apr 24, 2006 |
| • Democratic candidate for governor shows an unexpected side |
| • Petro launches his first negative ad against Blackwell, who's been blasting him for weeks |
| • Projections that Ohio lost hundreds of thousands of jobs in recent recession prove true, says group |
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| Apr 25, 2006 |
| • Bill could give victims of hit-and-run crashes money from crime victim's fund |
| • Secretary of State's office releases more Social Security numbers |
| • Speaker says redistricting deal is possible soon, but Democrats are cautious |
| • State's jobless figure goes down again, and it could signal a new trend |
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| Apr 26, 2006 |
| • Crackdown on "puppy mills" goal of legislation proposed at the Statehouse |
| • Nearly 200 school issues on next week's primary ballot |
| • State tries new trick to attack bug deadly to millions of Ohio trees |
| • Two senators, normally on opposite sides, team up to fight governor's "executive privilege" |
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| Apr 27, 2006 |
| • Air in all 88 counties fails national group's quality test |
| • Airport shooting leaves one person dead and takes down police officer |
| • Liberal clergymembers go back to the IRS with another complaint about rival ministers |
| • Miami's business school near the head of the class across the country |
| • Only a quarter of Ohio's voters expected to turn out for primary election |
| • Petro/Blackwell ad war heats up with dueling "hypocrite" ads |
| • Site that used to make fuel for nuclear weapons being transformed into park |
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| Apr 28, 2006 |
| • Governor wastes little time in flexing new "executive privilege" muscle |
| • Ohio's next execution is scheduled to go ahead on primary election day |
| • One of the earliest coins in the US sold in Columbus |
| • State looking to stub out internet cigarette sales by dragging in sales taxes |
| • Taft asks Congress to put $100 million toward small business program |
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| Apr 30, 2006 |
| • Candidate profile: Betty Montgomery |
| • Candidate profile: Marc Dann |
| • Candidate profile: Subodh Chandra |
| • Candidate profile: Tim Grendell |
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