Lawmaker Creates Funding Stream For His Organization

The "Dayton Daily News" reports State Senator Chris Widener slipped an amendment into the state budget bill that sends money to a nonprofit group he co-founded.The Springfield Republican says he did nothing unethical in creating a measure sending money from the Clark County hotel tax to the Ohio Equine and Agricultural Association.

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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.