Regional News Stories: January 2007

Levitt Speaks to City Club
Posted Wednesday, January 31, 2007
To help bring down healthcare costs, President Bush wants the nation's employers to demand more transparency in prices and more access to quality comparisons. Mr. Bush has sent his top health official out stumping for the changes, including a stopover at the City Club of Cleveland yesterday. ideastream's Lisa Ann Pinkerton reports.

Residential Tax-Abatement Program Examined
Posted Wednesday, January 31, 2007
The Cleveland City Council is continuing its examination of whether to end the city's residential tax-abatement program. Mayor Frank Jackson wants to scale back the benefit. ideastream's Dan Bobkoff has an update.

Invisible Children
Posted Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Sometimes what's in the news so moves us that we are compelled to act. That's what happened with three young people from California who set off for the Sudan on their own, and at some personal risk. They went to produce a documentary about genocide, one that would be targeted specifically for the high-school and college-age crowd. They came back with a powerful film that is being shown in high schools around the country, including tonight's screening in Strongsville. However, as things turned out, the film is not about Sudan - it's about child soldiers in Uganda. ideastream's Eric Wellman has more.

Ohio Public Radio: Ohio EPA Weighing New Pollutant Crackdown
Posted Tuesday, January 30, 2007
The Ohio EPA is considering doing something that's only been done in one other state - cracking down on the amount of air pollutants in hair spray, deodorant, furniture polish and other consumer products. Ohio Public Radio's Karen Kasler reports.

Ohio Public Radio: Brunner Considering Poll Draft
Posted Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Ohio's new secretary of state, Jennifer Brunner thinks she has the answer to a shortage of poll workers throughout many parts of the state. But the plan is getting a chilly response, as Jo Ingles reports from Columbus.

The Environment Report: Growers Cover Up Local Produce
Posted Tuesday, January 30, 2007
It's the middle of winter and you're craving some fresh, juicy strawberries. Go to your local grocery store and you'll find lots of packaged strawberries shipped from the west coast or down south. But for locally grown strawberries, you have to wait till June if you live in Ohio or other parts of the midwest. Although, that's starting to change as Jennifer Guerra reports.

Ohio Public Radio: Farm Workers Not Included in Minimum Wage Hike
Posted Monday, January 29, 2007
Farm workers in Ohio who won't get an increase in the minimum wage due to recently passed legislation are fighting back. Ohio Public Radio's Jo Ingles has more on the story.

Ohio Public Radio: Elderly Crime Victim Breaking Her Silence
Posted Monday, January 29, 2007
Crimes against the elderly are some of the most common, but also the most underreported. One Columbus woman is breaking her silence about the swindler who left her broke and heartbroken, in the hopes of helping other victims. Ohio Public Radio's Karen Kasler reports.

Teachers Union and Schools to Meet
Posted Monday, January 29, 2007
Today the Cleveland Teachers Union and the Cleveland Public Schools are sitting down at the bargaining table for the first time in six years to negotiate a new contract. As ideastream's Lisa Ann Pinkerton reports, this time around they're trying a new type of negotiating strategy that some say is less adversarial - but that won't mean the top issues will be any less contentious.

Lake Erie Monsters Surface
Posted Friday, January 26, 2007
Hockey is on its way back in Cleveland, at least for a while. ideastream's Bill Rice headed down to the Q yesterday for the dramatic unveiling.

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