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Friday, July 6, 2007

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The only member of the commission overseeing the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation to face criminal charges in the BWC investment scandal was in court this holiday-shortened week, but he retains his independence. George Forbes pleaded guilty to four charges, and no contest to some others. The newly signed $52 billion state budget was lauded for its commitment to education, because of a two-year tuition freeze at all state colleges and universities and a $100 million scholarship program for students in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM programs. But there are some in the education community who say the people they represent will soon learn that there’s not much in the budget for them. C. Todd Jones is the president of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Ohio, and Jim Betts is the spokesperson for the Campaign for Ohio’s Future, a coalition of education groups that sought to put a constitutional amendment on school funding on the November ballot. And Patrick Carroll, president of the Buckeye Liquor Permit Holders Association, has an update on a plan to ask voters to roll back part of the state’s new smoking ban.

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