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Monday, February 8, 2010

Columbus-based bank woos Cleveland market
Huntington's expanded branches makes move in Cleveland

In these days of ATMs and on-line banking, Huntington announced this weekend that it will open its Cleveland branches seven days a week, and extend weekday hours. It may be setting itself up for stronger competition in the market with PNC. (more )

Asian carp Obama Administration announces long- and short-term fight to keep Asian carp from Great Lakes
Invasive fish thrive on shallower water like Lake Erie

The Obama Administration is pledging more than 78 million dollars to fight the spread of Asian carp from the Mississippi River into the Great Lakes.

Monday's announcement followed a meeting by EPA and other administration officials with Great Lakes governors, who fear the massive fish is about to leap through Chicago shipping channels into the Great Lakes. The fish can devour more than half its weight and has no predators here. The governors are concerned it will destroy the $7 billion Great Lakes fishing industry.

Nearly a billion of that is in Lake Erie alone, and Charlie Wooley of the National Fish and Wildlife Service says the carp already have been found in the shallower water of Lake Erie. (more )

Kovatch President addresses group gathered for the grant presentation  (Tim Rudell)Northeast Ohio companies get stimulus grants
Eleven are selected for a total of $8,000,000

The grants are being made through the state of Ohio's Industry Energy Efficiency Awards (more )

Obama administration looking to give small businesses a boost
Plan administration is sending to Congress expands small business lending, tax credits, and offers incentives for adding employees

Ohio has an estimated 850,000 small businesses, and the Obama administration is hoping they see a lot to like in a plan to expand small-business tax credits and lending. (more )

Several prominent politicians headed for Ohio in 2010

The 2010 campaigns haven't really started heating up yet, but Ohio is already quite the hot spot for high profile political figures right now. (more )

Ohio legislators to tackle numerous bills in committees this week
Phasing out Ohio's income tax, illegal immigration crackdown plans, and leasing the Turnpike and Ohio Lottery are some of the issues before committees

Ohio legislators this week plan to look at more than 60 proposals for new state laws. The action will take place in House and Senate committees. (more )

Ohio lawmakers square off on the 3C passenger train plan
Bob Hagan and John Husted are on opposite sides of the plan

The 3C personal train plan got a big boost with $400 million in federal stimulus dollars. The plan still needs to be approved by the lawmakers on the state controlling board, and it has plenty of critics. Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler sat down with two lawmakers with different perspectives on the proposal to bring passenger rail back to Ohio. (more )

Q shuts down drinking fountains
Move aimed at preventing spread of H1N1 virus

Quicken Loans Arena has shut down its drinking fountains. (more )

Funding cuts threaten agency
Not enough money to help low income recipients

A Cleveland non-profit that helps people with low incomes has hit major financial problems of its own. (more )

 Ocean rower Katie Spotz reaches halfway point, on pace to make history
Spotz of Mentor keeps some 1,500 followers on Twitter updated daily from sea

A 22-year old Mentor woman who wants to make history with a cross-Atlantic Ocean row has reached the half-way point of her journey. Katie Spotz left Senegal, Africa, around the first of the year and will arrive in Brazil in about six weeks. WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz catches up with Spotz through her close friend and fellow ocean rower Sam Williams. (more )

Morning Headlines
The morning's headlines for Monday, February 8, 2010 from the WKSU newsroom.

- ODOT says new stimulus money for passenger train service is on the way
- A third candidate for Cuyahoga County Executive is in the race
- Akron City Council looks to breathe new life into the Soap Box Derby
- NE Ohio plays big role in Super Bowl XLIV
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Saturday, February 6, 2010

Seven more to join Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton
Jerry Rice, Emmitt Smith are in on first try

The Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2010 includes two players eligible in their first year -- Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith -- and two who have been out of the game for more than three decades. (more )


Friday, February 5, 2010

Ashtabula County dealing with fewer sheriff's deputies
Layoffs are leaving a bare minimum of officers and the sheriff's department hoping for a new levy to rehire deputies

Ohio's largest county may have more of that wild-west feel this weekend. The Ashtabula County sheriff's office was forced to lay-off 16 deputies this week, leaving one cruiser per shift available for calls. (more )

Tax revenue shortfall could lead Ohio into another budget mess
January tax revenues came in $139 million below estimates

A shortfall in state income tax revenues is sparking a disturbing question - could Ohio be headed into yet another state budget mess? Ohio legislators as well as Governor Strickland thought all the holes in the budget were filled, but a new one has emerged. Revenues from the graduated income tax came in $139 million below estimates in January, creating a nearly $100 million shortfall in the state budget. John Kohlstrand from the tax department says there's no need to panic. (more )

Matt Dolan will enter Cuyahoga executive race next week
Former state representative and son of Cleveland Indian's owner will be third candidate in race

The field of candidates for Cuyahoga County's first county executive will officially grow to three next week.... (more )

Proposal to require ballot issues to receive super-majority has opponents on both sides
If passed, the new law would require statewide ballot measures to get 67% of votes

Advocacy groups on the political left and right are up in arms over a proposal by one Ohio legislator that would make it much harder for activists to get their ballot proposals approved by voters. It would require that future statewide ballot measures garner a super-majority before they take effect (more )

Businesses will pay extra to lure downtown shoppers
Property owners say it's worth the cost

Some property owners in downtown Cleveland say they are willing to pay to keep the business district clean and attractive to shoppers. (more )

Power rates soar for all-electric homes
State legislators demand answers

A decision by state regulators caused utility bills to spike for thousands of owners of all electric-homes. And two Northeast Ohio lawmakers have scheduled hearings next week to examine why and to discuss alternatives. (more )

 Could soon-to-be free agents (and friends) LeBron James and Dwyane Wade team up?
Cavs beat the Heat at the Q; extend winning streak to 10 games.

The Cleveland Cavs have their longest winning streak of the season at 10 games. Thursday night, LeBron James got the best of Dwyane Wade - his friend and another player at the top of this year's extraordinary class of free agents. It gave the Cavs their third win over the Heat this season. (more )


Thursday, February 4, 2010

Pete Seeger and old banjo head at Newport Folk Festival 2009  (Galen Moran Mook )Pete Seeger banjo head going to the Rock Hall after all
Seeger had posted the head on eBay, intending proceeds to go to Haiti, but instead has sent it to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Folk singer Pete Seeger was hoping to help out the country of Haiti but is helping out the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as well. A few weeks ago, Seeger had placed his famous banjo head on eBay to raise money for planting trees in Haiti. But after the bidding went above $5,000, he decided to find other ways to raise money for Haiti. (more )

Youngstown death row inmate executed
Mark Aaron Brown was executed Thursday for the 1994 murder of Isam Salman

Ohio has put to death a man who killed a convenience store owner and clerk after bragging he would copy a scene from a gang related movie. 37 year-old Mark Aaron Brown from Youngstown died by lethal injection at 10:20am for gunning down 32 year-old store owner Isam Salman in Youngstown in 1994. Brown had also been sentenced to life in prison for shooting a clerk in the store at the same time. Alan Johnson is a reporter from the Columbus Dispatch and has witnessed several executions, including Thursday's. He described it as "calm, fast and peaceful". (more )

Pete Seeger donates banjo head to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Folk singer Pete Seeger was hoping to help out the country of Haiti but is helping out the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as well. A few weeks ago Seeger had placed his famous banjo head on E-Bay to raise money for planting trees in Haiti. But after the bidding went above 5 thousand dollars he decided to find other ways to raise money for Haiti.... (more )

Sen. Sherrod Brown Ohio senator's bill would require corporate disclosure of political spending
Sherrod Brown argues for transparency

Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown is introducing a bill to try to side-step a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that strips away most of the limits on corporate spending on political campaigns. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports (more )

Federal money goes to Great Lakes restoration
but the clock is running out to fight Asian carp invasion

In his budget released this week, President Obama proposed spending 300 million dollars next year on improving the Great Lakes. That's a reduction of the 475 million approved for 2010, the first year of his Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. The money will go toward improving the region's environment and economy, it's a balance that can happen according to Jeff Skelding of the the Healing Our Waters / Great Lakes Coaltion says. Lake Erie is home to more than half of the fish in the entire Great Lakes system, and is estimated to generate $50 billion dollars in economic activity each year. (more )

Ohio's Inspector General releases report on former head of Department of Public Safety
Reports shows Henry Guzman may have committed criminal acts while in office

The Ohio Inspector General says the former head of the Ohio Department of Public Safety might have committed criminal acts in the way he conducted business while in that office. But some people think the IG's report is based on a flawed and insufficient investigation. (more )

Execution of Youngstown death row inmate to go forward this morning
Execution set for 10am was delayed about 20 minutes by last-minute appeals

Ohio is set to go forward with a second execution in as many months, and it could be the third one to use Ohio's new single drug method. (more )

Dr. Ali Dhinojwala tests a sample of gecko tape at the University of Akron (Jeff St.Clair,WKSU )Biomimicry looks to nature for inspiration
gecko tape at the University of Akron is part of trend

The design of everyday products is often determined by factors like controlling the cost of raw materials or meeting rigid production deadlines. Living things, on the other hand, follow a different set of design rules, and enjoy millions of years of product development. A growing number of scientists and entrepreneurs in Northeast Ohio think the region's economy could be improved by learning how nature solves industrial design problems. The new field is called Biomimicry. (more )

Arrest in investigation of Cleveland house explosion
Fire officials say the investigation continues

A neighbor has been arrested in an arson explosion that ripped through a Westside Cleveland neighborhood last week. (more )

NASA Glenn Research director accepts new position
Announcement came as a surprise to employees

The director of the NASA Glenn Research Center in Brook Park is transferring to Washington. (more )


Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Ohio Highway Patrol makes big pot bust

The state Highway Patrol has announced another big marijuana bust. (more )

Ohio House and Senate okay ballot measure to renew Third Frontier program
Voters will decide whether to use $700 million of extend program to fund research, marketing and expansion of high-tech startups

It's now official - Ohio voters will indeed decide the fate of a plan for the state to once again borrow hundreds of millions of dollars and funnel it to high-tech companies and university researcher, in hopes they'll create jobs. Legislators gave final approval to a compromise version of the plan Wednesday. (more )

Akron Press Club hosts State of the Schools talk (Tim Rudell)Akron City Schools aren't looking at as big a potential deficit
Stimulus funds are temporarily helping balance the budget

But, the district's superintendent says enrollment erosion and tight finances are still facts of life for Northeast Ohio's second largest district (more )

Deal may be dying for Ohio amusement park operator
Active opposition to sale is building

The planned multi-billion-dollar sale of the company that owns Cedar Point looks increasingly shaky. A second investment firm has come out opposing the $2.4 billion deal between Cedar Fair to Apollo Management.

Q Funding and Neuberger Berman control about one-quarter of Cedar Fair stock. And both are now saying they'll vote against the sale. Cedar Fair needs those who own two-thirds of its stock to vote yes for the sale -- and any votes that are not cast at all will count as "no" votes.

Cedar Fair is based in Sandusky and got its start with Cedar Point. It now owns about a dozen parks, including Kings Island outside Cincinnati. It accumulated a massive debt in its expansion. (more )

Northeast Ohio's Diebold is cutting 350 jobs
Soft North American banking market is cited

Diebold is trying to shed the most public part of its troubles -- its electronic voting business. But today's earnings report and layoff notices underscore that it's not in the clear yet. (more )

Franklin County Probate judge enters race for Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
Judge Eric Brown enters the race to replace Chief Justice Thomas Moyer

Franklin County Probate Judge Eric Brown wants to be the next Chief Justice on the Ohio Supreme Court. There aren't any Democrats on the Ohio Supreme Court right now. Brown says his life experience as a Northeast Ohio businessman, school board president, and a lawyer working for both a Democrat and a Republican attorney general would allow him to bring a different perspective to the state's highest court. (more )

Ohio lawmakers reach deal on Third Frontier program
Voters will vote on approval of a $700 million loan to fund the job creation program

With just hours to go before a deadline to make the May ballot, lawmakers in Columbus struck a deal on the high-tech Third Frontier jobs program. (more )

Akron community panel hears complaints about police
Angry citizens demand reforms

A citizens group is being formed in Akron to improve communications between the community and police. (more )

Grassroots group aims to end traffic camera use
Cuyahoga County for Liberty calls the cameras an intrusion on civil liberties

A campaign to eliminate traffic cameras is picking up steam in Northeast Ohio. (more )

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NPR's Liane Hansen at the Akron Press Club

Liane Hansen, journalist and host of National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Sunday, will speak at the Akron Press Club on Friday, Feb. 12.

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Program Changes on WKSU

WKSU starts 2010 with the addition of Inside Europe to Saturday mornings, Folk Alley to Friday and Saturday nights and locally produced classical music with David Roden and Nightaire latenights.

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Vital Signs: Diagnosing Health Care in Northeast Ohio

In this seven-part series, "Vital Signs: Diagnosing Health Care in Northeast Ohio," WKSU looked at change that will not wait -- nor be dependent upon -- a national solution. Topics include how small businesses are coping with skyrocketing costs, the effort to boost the number and prestige of primary care doctors, the Cleveland Clinic's standard salary approach to paying staff physicians, health-care alternatives for those who have lost jobs, high-tech investments in electronic recordkeeping, rural health-care and a move away from duplicative services at near-by facilities.

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Good Jobs In Bad Times

The WKSU newsroom dove into the murky waters of the current employment situation in Northeast Ohio with the 8-part series Good Jobs in Bad Times. With their reports, the award-winning news staff covered topics that include high-paying tech jobs, careers that don't need a 4-year degree, the re-growth of agriculture as industry, working part-time full-time, drastically changing career paths, the truth about healthcare, bridge jobs after graduation and the future of the NE Ohio employment outlook.

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Reclaim The Dream

In October, WKSU and the Akron Beacon Journal came together to discuss the growing economic crisis with a community forum at E.J. Thomas Hall. Since then, the financial situation in Northeast Ohio - and across the country - has only gotten worse. Visit ReclaimTheDream.net to see video of the forum and comments from audience members and to find links to stories on the subject from the Beacon Journal and the WKSU newsroom.

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NEO Development: Rebuilding Northeast Ohio

Revisit the future of development in the region with the six-part series NEO Development: Rebuilding Northeast Ohio. Reports focus on attempts by developers to launch new projects while capitalizing on the traditional strengths of NE Ohio, such as water and natural resources, its role in American industry and innovation, and a respect for the history of cities like Cleveland, Akron and Canton.

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WKSU Presents What You Don't Know Can Hurt You

The WKSU Newsroom examines topics relating to medicine and health care in What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You.

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Here Goes the Neighborhood Looks at NE Ohio Communities

The WKSU newsroom recently presented "Here Goes the Neighborhood," a six-part series on the diverse nature of communities, from cities to farms, throughout the region.

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