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Officials running the Wilmington Air Park say they have reason to be optimistic as they attempt to fill the still mostly vacant space.

Ohio Governor John Kasich used his annual State-of-the-State address last night to try to sell state legislators on the big changes he’s proposing in taxes and state spending.

Republicans and other critics are blasting President Obama’s call to increase the federal minimum wage from 7.25 to nine dollars an hour. But administration officials are beating the bushes to drum up support.

Cleveland’s West Side Market is open again after being closed for 3 weeks due to a fire.

Tens of thousands of unemployed Ohioans are continuing to receive overpayments in their monthly government benefit checks.

The acting leader of the Ohio Department of Education is being asked to recalculate grade cards for the nine school districts that have been accused of scrubbing student data.

Republican Governor John Kasich’s proposal for a major shift in Ohio’s taxes plus an overall tax cut, has already been the target of withering criticism from minority Democrats in the legislature. And now, it’s getting a lukewarm reception from some key Republicans.

The President of the Ohio Board of Education issued a public apology today, for re-posting a wrongly-attributed quote from Adolph Hitler on her personal Facebook page.

With both tax cuts and tax increases in it, along with the expansion of Medicaid, Governor John Kasich’s second budget has generated both praise and controversy.

Governor Kasich’s decision to expand the state’s Medicaid program will add nearly 300,000 new enrollees. But the expansion won’t take effect until 2014.

Governor Kasich’s newly proposed two year state budget would make some changes in Ohio’s prisons meant to hold down costs.

More than two months after the police chase and shooting that killed two people in East Cleveland, Ohio Attorney General Mike Dewine released the results of his investigation.

A new study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland says poverty is increasingly concentrated within certain neighborhoods – especially in the kinds of cities that dominate Ohio.

Governor Kasich’s new education plan will allow more vouchers to be used for private elementary, middle and high schools.

They’re labeled “bath salts” or “herbal incense" but Ohio law enforcers say the prices are so astronomical, it’s clear that the products are actually meant to get people high.

One Democratic State Senator who has been very outspoken when it comes to how elections are handled in Ohio says voters in the buckeye state need to be protected.

As Republican Governor John Kasich prepares to unveil his own plan for changing the way Ohio pays for schools, debate continues to flare over what the current 2-year state budget has meant for schools.

If you’ve ever blamed the weather for a splitting headache, you might be right.  A new University of Cincinnati study finds that lightning may affect the onset of headache and migraines.

“What we found was that on days with lightning around the patients’ homes there was approximately a 30-percent increase in headache activity, or headache occurrence, and also a 30-percent increase in migraine,” said fourth-year medical student Geoff Martin, one of the researchers.

Ohioans are being urged to practice a specific drill to help them deal with possible earthquakes.

A national education expert speaking in Ohio delivered a less-than-stellar assessment of the nation's school reform efforts.