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Friday, January 23, 2009

Topics: Education, Economy, Politics, Other
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Newsmaker: Tim Hagan, president of the Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners. County officials and leaders of Chicago's Merchandise Mart decided Thursday to locate a new convention center and attached Medical Mart on the site of the old convention center on Lakeside Avenue. The agreement came after months of study and a long round of meetings in Cleveland on Thursday. Hagan says the site decision will cost $108-million dollars less than building on property behind Tower City Center. Construction could start later this year.

Roundtable: Harry Boomer, reporter, 19 Action News; Mark Naymik, politics reporter, The Plain Dealer; Connie Schultz, columnist, The Plain Dealer.

We Have Chosen Hope Over Fear: With those words, Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States. An estimated 1.8-million people turned out in Washington D.C. on a brisk, sunny day to witness the inauguration. The new President told the nation to pick itself up, dust itself off and prepare to face challenges serious and many. After a round of inaugural celebrations, the Senate approved the first wave of Obama cabinet nominees, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Residency Rule Fight: The city of Cleveland took a friend of the court role this week when the cities of Akron and Lima asked the Ohio Supreme Court to strike down a 2006 law barring cities from forcing their employees to be residents. More than 100 cities, Cleveland included, have such requirements and would like to keep them, claiming to have the right under the constitution’s home rule provisions.

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