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Recent Coverage

Ohio Turnpike Offers Buyouts To Toll Collectors
Regional News Stories: Monday, November 16, 2009
Turnpike officials want to trim staff in the wake of the newly installed electronic EZ PASS system. Ideastream's Bill Rice reports.

Possibly Historic Execution Set
Regional News Stories: Monday, November 16, 2009
Ohio's next execution is scheduled for December 8, and it could make history, as Ohio may become the first in the nation to use a single drug to put an inmate to death. Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler talked to some experts about these changes to the lethal injection process.

Ohio Senators Divided on Climate Change Legislation
Regional News Stories: Monday, November 16, 2009
Republican George Voinovich sees little merit in claims the Senate Climate Change bill will create jobs. Democrat Sherrod Brown believes it could, provided changes are made.

Fair Trials for Accused Terrorists
The Sound of Ideas: Monday, November 16, 2009
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that five men accused in the 9/11 attacks will stand trial in a civilian court in New York City. A fair trial there faces two obvious obstacles: one has to do with selecting an impartial jury, and the other with the fact that at least two of the defendants have been tortured at Guantanamo Bay. Monday morning at 9, we'll talk to local attorneys with experience in the serious and difficult business of fair trials for accused terrorists.

Lawmaker Wants to Repeal Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment
Regional News Stories: Friday, November 13, 2009
In 2004, Ohio voters okayed a constitutional amendment that basically bans gay marriage AND domestic partner benefits, granted by state government. The vote was 62% to 38. But NOW, a state legislator is proposing that his fellow lawmakers put a NEW measure onto the ballot. It would give voters a chance to REPEAL the anti-gay marriage amendment. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports.

H1N1 Vaccine Shipments Coming In, But Slowly
Regional News Stories: Thursday, November 12, 2009
A limited number of doses are being offered by various county agencies and clinics to priority populations.

GOP Candidate Leads Senate Race
Regional News Stories: Thursday, November 12, 2009
A new poll shows that, for the first time this year, a Republican is AHEAD in the race for a U.S. Senate seat from Ohio. Ohio Public Radio's Bill Cohen has the story.

Furor Continues Over Med Mart Site Switch
Regional News Stories: Thursday, November 12, 2009
The news this week that the developers of the med mart and convention center no longer want to use the public auditorium next to the mall is drawing criticism from some quarters, and being defended in others. ideastream's Rick Jackson reports.

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Resources

Carl & Louis Stokes: From the Projects to Politics
Louis and Carl Stokes rose from the poverty of life in the projects of urban Cleveland to the high-ranking political offices of long term Congressman and Mayor of Cleveland. The exhibit and this website tell the stories of how Carl and Louis Stokes "became somebody" and how they truly became American political heroes.