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Weekly News and Opinion from Ohio's Newspapers
April 15 - April 21, 2008
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Welcome to the latest issue of Economic News from Ohio's Regions, a new weekly newsletter from the Ohio Urban University Program and the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University. We'll search Ohio's papers to bring you economic news and key happenings that impact Ohio's regions.
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Education:
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Editorial: Potent Knowledge (Akron Beacon Journal, April 17, 2008)
Ohio must do more than add college graduates. The state must see universities as engines of innovation.
Geneva Schools are Going Green (Ashtabula Star Beacon, April 17, 2008) The district will take advantage of the Ohio School
Facilities Commission's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED) Program, which rewards and compensates school districts for
using energy-efficient environmentally friendly designs.
Money for Schools in Dann's Hands (Dayton Daily News, April 21, 2008) Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann has two weeks to decide if Dayton schools will receive a windfall of up to $16 million.
Editorial: Chancellor's Higher Education Plan Places Onus on Institutions
(Youngstown Vindicator, April 20, 2008) Fingerhut's plan
establishes standards by which each institution will be measured.
Universities and colleges will be evaluated on how they meet the
academic goals they have established in conjunction with the chancellor
and the Ohio Board of Regents.
Interest in Tuition Vouchers Up in Ohio (Toledo Blade, April 20, 2008) More students are seeking, and more schools are
accepting, taxpayer-funded tuition vouchers, a statewide program that
has grown in its first three years.
Editorial: State School Board has Duty to Bow to Governor (Dayton Daily News, April 21, 2008) It's just not tolerable to have the governor and the head of K-12 education at war. Unresolved is, what's next, as in how is the next
superintendent going to be chosen and to whom is he or she going to owe
loyalty?
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News From Around Ohio
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CSI Cleveland Could Bring 1,000 Jobs (The Plain Dealer, April 16, 2008) State and local officials plan to build a major crime and medical lab near downtown Cleveland that could bring more than 1,000 jobs to the city after it opens in 2011.
Study: Great Lakes Restoration Would Help Cleveland (Akron Beacon Journal, April 17, 2008) Cleveland's economy could get a boost of up to $3.7 billion if the
federal government invests in a comprehensive effort to protect,
restore and clean up the Great Lakes.
Budget Crunch Lead to Layoffs, Cuts in County (Canton Repository, April 17, 2008) County officials are struggling to balance
their general fund budgets, which were crippled in March when Stark
County commissioners slashed the salary accounts of nearly all county
departments by roughly 10 percent.
Mayor Angry at Banks Proposal (Cincinnati Enquirer, April 17, 2008) Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory angrily swatted down demands for public
housing at The Banks, a $1 billion riverfront development project, saying it was ill-timed and
counterproductive to affordable housing efforts in the region.
Editorial: The Economy Has to Come First (Cincinnati Enquirer, April 15, 2008) Will legislators' raid on the Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation funds snuff out the state's anti-smoking efforts? Or will applying the money to a jobs creation program be just the spark the state's economy needs to take fire?
'Other Ohio' Falls Short on Transit Panel (Toledo Blade, April 20, 2008) Columbus and Cleveland will be well-represented when a new Ohio transportation task force meets next month, but the taskforce has only two from the Toledo area.
Editorial: Ohio Needs to Put Opportunity Corridor on Cleveland's Map (The Plain Dealer, April 20, 2008) Traditional formulas for spreading around Ohio's
highway money might not squeeze enough money from Columbus
to usher the corridor into Cleveland - and the world to
University Circle. But if the corridor is seen for the
economic development option it is, old-school approaches
need not apply.
Editorial: Ohio Needs More Companies Like Skybus (The Times Gazette, April 21, 2008) Business
failure is an essential part of the churn of a vibrant economy. They
can't be prevented, and policymakers shouldn't try.
TARTA Increases Use of Biodiesel in Bus Fleet (Toledo Blade, April 21, 2008) TARTA equipped 10 new buses with the blend of 20 percent
soybean oil, 80 percent diesel it has been using to fuel about three
dozen of its buses.
Healthcare Venture Investment Down to Start 2008 (The Plain Dealer, April 21, 2008) Call it the venture dichotomy: Equity firms have raised more money than ever, but first-quarter results show that venture investment has dropped over last year. |
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