Study says NAFTA cost Ohio 50K jobsby Yvonne Teems Dayton Business Journal While some say a free trade agreement to be voted on by the U.S. House of Representatives later this month may contribute to more lost jobs in Ohio, others say it will present more opportunities for small businesses
The worry behind the governor’s featBy Michael Douglas The Akron Beacon Journal State Sen. Marc Dann neatly framed the mystery surrounding Bob Taft and his failure to report golf rounds as gifts on his financial-disclosure statements. The Youngstown Democrat explained to reporters last week that the governor “lives in a
The Toledo Blade Lucas and Wood counties have the dubious distinction of ranking among the highest in the state for foreclosures last year. A report released yesterday shows Lucas County with 2,766 such actions on housing in 2004, or one for every 163 people, enough to rank sixth highest among
Dayton Daily News by By Cathy Mong, Shaheen Samavati DAYTON | For the second year in a row, Montgomery County leads the state in the number of foreclosures per person. According to Policy Matters Ohio, a Cleveland-based research organization, 4,002 foreclosures were filed in 2004 among the county’s 550,063 residents
The Hannah Report Gov. Bob Taft awarded more than $1.1 million in grants to five colleges and one career center to provide advanced training for Ohio’s skilled workforce and said this advanced training will help companies to further the skills of existing workers and to prepare those who will need
Hamilton Journal News With 1,952 foreclosure filings in 2004, Butler County ranked 11th among the 88 counties in the state in filings per capita. That equates to one foreclosure filing for every 177.5 people in the county. From 2003 to last year, the number of foreclosure filings in Butler County
Springfield News-Sun An Ohio think tank released a report Thursday showing Clark County has the state’s fourth highest foreclosure rate, quantifying the continuation of a problem that has bedeviled city officials and nonprofits for almost a decade. Policy Matters Ohio, a Cleveland-based research institute, released data that showed 894 foreclosures
Gongwer News Service The state’s home foreclosure rate increased by 3% in 2004, the second consecutive year with the same increase, according to a report released Thursday by Policy Matters Ohio. Although the report indicates that the 3% growth rate represents a leveling off of foreclosures, it notes that foreclosure
The Hannah Report Policy Matters Ohio (PMO), a Cleveland research group, reported Thursday that foreclosures continued to rise in Ohio in 2004. PMO, which analyzed data from the Ohio Supreme Court, which updates previous reports on the subject that provide more history and explanation, said Ohio’s foreclosure filings rose three
The Akron Beacon Journal By Dennis J. Willard and Doug Oplinger COLUMBUS – Gov. Bob Taft will have 10 days to peruse, review and possibly apply his line-item veto pen to a new two-year state budget as lawmakers prepare to vote today to pass the $51.2 billion spending plan. Republican
Gongwer News Service Ohio’s community nonprofit hospitals benefited from tax breaks of about $900 million in 2003, but provided charity care valued at far less than that amount, according to a new report presented to a panel of legislators on Thursday. The study, produced by District 1199 of the Service
The Hannah Report A hearing into whether Ohio’s nonprofit hospitals are meeting their duty to provide charitable care in exchange for the tax breaks they receive ended on a sour note as the chair of the panel, Rep. Barbara Sykes (D-Akron), chastised the hospital representative for his attitude. “For someone
