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Ohio unemployment dips to 7%
After posting the worst job losses in the nation in March, Ohio saw modest job growth in April, and the unemployment rate dipped to 7 percent. The rate was 7.1 percent last month. Nonfarm employment rose by 7,600 workers in April, with some of the largest gains occurring in leisure ...
Butler County group was flagged by IRS
When Butler County’s Liberty Twp. Tea Party asked the Internal Revenue Service for tax-exempt status as a charitable organization, IRS officials in Cincinnati last year responded with a list of 35 questions. They wanted to know the organization’s relationship with Justin Binik-Thomas, a Tea Party member in Cincinnati who had ...
Bill gives bicyclists more room on road
A proposed new law would require Ohio’s drivers to be a little more generous when sharing the road with bicycles. House Bill 145, introduced by Ohio Rep. Mike Henne, R-Clayton, would make drivers keep a distance of at least three feet when passing bicycles. Current law requires only that drivers ...
Millions meant for veterans pocketed by suspect ‘charities’
Millions of dollars meant for veterans has been stolen by con men or misspent by charities in recent years, according to Ohio officials who tell the Dayton Daily News they are stepping up enforcement. Recently a sweeping investigation by the Ohio Attorney General of AMVETS found 59 locations around the ...
Gee’s $1.9M salary 3rd among U.S. public colleges
Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee was knocked off the top spot on the list of highest paid public university presidents but is well positioned to regain the number one post in the coming year, according to a survey released Sunday by The Chronicle of Higher Education. Gee’s $1.9 ...
Rampant cell phone thefts prompt legislation, anger
A pizza delivery driver was attacked in south Dayton by a group of teenagers who stole his iPhone. A jogger in north Dayton was robbed of his cell phone and a small amount of cash at gunpoint. Thieves broke into a Verizon Wireless store in Kettering and stole mobile phones ...
Can the ‘Cleveland miracle’ help change lives and laws?
The miraculous rescue of three kidnapped women in Cleveland on Monday has attracted worldwide attention, but it also spotlights a more everyday tragedy — the estimated 1,000 Ohio children entrapped by the sex trade. Sex trafficking is more common than people want to believe, according to Ginger Goubeaux, social work ...
Ohio may ban indoor tanning for kids under 18
Ohio would become the third state to prohibit minors younger than 18 from using indoor tanning salons, if one of two bipartisan bills being considered by state lawmakers passes. Attempts at smiliar legislation failed several times in the past, but state lawmakers feel they have enough support to pass it ...
State lawmakers want more money for preschool programs
State lawmakers want to send more state dollars to pre-kindergarten programs that prepare children for kindergarten.Sen. Peggy Lehner, R-Kettering, wants to put $100 million toward pre-kindergarten education for Ohio’s youngest and poorest students. Lehner, who serves on a panel of lawmakers evaluating the House version of the state budget bill, ...
Scars will linger for victims
After spending about a decade in captivity, the three Cleveland women who were freed Monday may struggle for years to overcome the psychological and emotional trauma they suffered. Experts interviewed by the Dayton Daily News said survivors of kidnapping and sexual slavery often develop post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety and ...
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