Regional News Stories: January 2009

Akron RTA Goes Green
Posted Thursday, January 1, 2009
Starting January 18th Akron area METRO riders will have a warm place to wait for their next bus - and the city won't have to worry about the heating bill at all. Gretchen Cuda reports.

Annual Robotics Competition Kicks Off
Posted Thursday, January 1, 2009
How would YOU build a robot that plays basketball, races around a track or stacks rubber rings on huge plastic arms? Teams of engineering students from around the country come up with innovative designs every year - and they're about to get the details for this year's competition. Gretchen Cuda reports.

Social Welfare Advocates Call For Halting Tax Cuts
Posted Thursday, January 1, 2009
Consider raising taxes.... Don't just cut government programs. That's the theme of a campaign that social welfare advocates across Ohio are just beginning to plan. They're worried that if the governor and legislators use spending cuts ALONE to plug a projected 7 billion dollar budget shortfall, Ohio's most vulnerable citizens will suffer. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports.

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