Regional News Stories: November 2008

Federal Government Sending $4 Million to Ohio for Job Training
Posted Friday, November 21, 2008
Some of the 8,000 workers who may lose their jobs as DLH moves out of Wilmington Ohio are about to get some help finding new jobs. The U.S. Labor Department has announced it's sending Ohio nearly S4 million. U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown talks about that with Ohio Public Radio's Bill Cohen.

Brown, Voinovich Fight for Auto Industry
Posted Friday, November 21, 2008
Ohio's Senators are still fighting to get money for the auto industry, even though the will go home without passing legislation. Peter Granitz reports from the Capitol.

Ohio Employee Used State Computers to Research “Joe the Plumber”
Posted Friday, November 21, 2008
The state's job and family services chief is on a month of unpaid leave after the inspector general determined she improperly used state computers to find personal information on the man who became known as "Joe the Plumber". Bill Cohen reports from Columbus.

Cleveland Hospital Holds Healthcare Forum
Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008
The impact of rising healthcare costs and unemployment in today's troubled economy was a common theme at a forum held yesterday in Cleveland on reforming America's healthcare system. ideastream's Gretchen Cuda reports.

Mahoning Valley on Edge as Automaker Bailout in Trouble
Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008
General Motors stock tumbled to it's lowest price since the 1930s yesterday as a proposed federal bailout of the automakers faltered. Time for a solution is running out....Congress's last day of the lame duck session is Friday. Worries about Ohio's auto industry are high in places like the Mahoning Valley - heavily dependent on car manufacturing. As part of our look this week at Towns on the Edge, ideastream®'s Mhari Saito heads to Lordstown, home to a GM plant.

LaTourette Criticizes National City Golden Parachutes
Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008
An area congressman is criticizing the millions of dollars in severance pay and other perks that National City execs could get if the merger with Pittsburgh bank PNC goes through. ideastream®'s Dan Bobkoff has more.

The Great American Smokeout
Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008
Today is the American Cancer Society's Great American smokeout. The idea is simple, smokers are encouraged to try and quit for the day. If they can quit for a day, why not go for a week, or a month, or forever? Certainly the reality is much more complicated than that. Iyaad Hasan heads up the Tobacco Treatment Center at the Cleveland Clinic. And he says the average smoker today is different than a generation ago. Iyaad Hassan is the director of the Tobacco Treatment Center at the Cleveland Clinic.

Ohio Senate Committee Holds Hearing on Medical Marijuana
Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008
In what was a bit of surprise, a legislative committee held a hearing on a proposal to legalize the use of marijuana by some medical patients. Bill Cohen reports from the statehouse.

Kilroy and Stivers Both Attend Orientation in D.C.
Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008
Ohio will have six new members of Congress in January, but it has seven potential members of Congress attending orientation on Capitol Hill this week. For Ohio Public Radio, Hanna Gutmann reports from Washington.

Towns on the Edge - Aid for Wilmington’s Displaced Workers?
Posted Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Local, state and federal officials are scrambling to prevent an economic catastrophe in Southwest Ohio’s Clinton County. Package delivery firm DHL announced last week that it planned to shut down its North American air hub in Wilmington, which means as many as 8,000 jobs could be lost. ideastream®'s David C. Barnett has more on efforts to help the displaced workers.

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