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On Monday of this week, I came out decisively in [...]
The former No. 2 in Hamilton County's Republican Party has been hired as the Cincinnati lobbyist for Rock Ohio Ventures LLC, the entity created to spend $500 million for downtown gambling casinos in Cleveland and Cincinnati. He landed the job Nov. 18, not long after finishing counting votes at [...]
Newt Gingrich is set to speak in Cincinnati this evening on jobs. In his latest column on the subject, he points readers towards American Solutions, his “tri-partisan” 527 group for more “solutions for creating jobs and prosperity.” Looking to get a preview of his speech, I took his [...]
Dennis Spisak recognizes it is essential to create a vibrant and sustainable economic system, one that can create jobs and provide a decent standard of living for all people while maintaining a healthy ecological balance. A successful economic system will offer meaningful work with dignity, while paying a “living wage” which [...]
Jobless Ohioans were jamming state phone lines this morning to find out why they didn't receive their unemployment benefits as expected.
Brian Harter, spokesman for the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, said there was a computer system failure over the weekend which has been corrected, however' [...]
The stimulus bill enacted this year has resulted in as many as 1.6 million jobs saved or created this fall, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said Monday evening.
The nonpartisan CBO said in a legally mandated report that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act [...]
Ted Strickland's obsession with failure continues.CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cleveland’s anti-discrimination laws will grow to protect transgender citizens under an ordinance passed Monday by City Council.
Existing city codes prohibit businesses from denying jobs or housing to citizens for reasons of age, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Activists in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and [...]
From the inbox:
Program has created over 40K jobs and provided a 10 to 1 return for taxpayers
COLUMBUS – Citing an impressive job-creation performance and a strong return on investment for taxpayers, State Reps. Sandra Williams and Jay Goyal joined business leaders in growing high-tech industries from across the state to [...]
This came in via e-mail referencing two Ohio House members that do not live in our general area, but the information shared is relevant to several discussions on the blog, which is why it’s included, if other similar releases follow, I’ll update:
Ohio House Pushes for Renewal, Expansion of Third [...]
This in via e-mail from the Lee Fisher for Senate campaign:
Lucas County Leaders Endorse Fisher for U.S. Senate
(Toledo) – Leaders from across Lucas County endorsed Lt. Governor Lee Fisher for U.S. Senate today, citing his determination to make Ohio a national leader in clean energy and green job creation.
“Lee [...]
This in via e-mail from the office of Ohio Representative Peter Ujvagi, a later e-mail from the office of Governor Ted Strickland lists all of the projects in Ohio, it’s included below as well:
Rep. Ujvagi Announces Green Energy Grants for Toledo Area
Approximately $1 Million Will Promote Jobs, Energy [...]
Curtsy to Mad Anthony for pointing out this article written by the Wall Street Journal, Haven for Disabled Workers Feels Job Market’s Sting. It’s one I highly recommend reading, and I’m glad the Wall Street Journal is pointing this type of information out, part of what’s shared in [...]
Today is November 28, 2009, which means reporting what was spent in 2008, $459,148, to “drive by appraisers” could have been dealt with quite some time ago. Employees have been laid off by the County, some in departments such as Jobs and Family Services where there has been an increased [...]
The Internal Revenue Service has filed a federal tax lien against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for nearly $80,000, public records show.
The lien was filed May 11 at the Los Angeles County recorder's office for $79,064, according to a record [...]
And it's not just the football team.
