By RUSTY MILLER AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The schism between public and private schools — at least on a football field or a basketball court — widened a little more on Wednesday. For the second consecutive year, Ohio high schools voted down a proposal that would have addressed the ongoing competitive-balance problems […]
By JULIE CARR SMYTH AP Statehouse Correspondent COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Senate fast-tracked legislation on Tuesday aimed at shoring up four of Ohio’s five public pension funds, with both political parties supporting passage of the changes as early as next week. The idea is not expected to move so quickly in the Ohio House, where […]
MorningJournal.com NORWALK (AP) — A Norwalk High School teacher found alone in a parked car with a 17-year-old male student in early April has resigned, according to Superintendent Dennis Doughty. Alexa Nasonti, 25, turned in her letter of resignation Wednesday, which the board accepted during a special meeting yesterday morning, Doughty said. The school’s investigation […]
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare’s payment system, the unseen but vital network that handles 100 million monthly claims, could freeze up if President Barack Obama’s health care law is summarily overturned, the administration has quietly informed the courts. Although Obama’s overhaul made significant cuts to providers and improved prescription and preventive benefits, […]
SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) — Two ferries that deliver tourists to a Canadian island in Lake Erie have been shut down for weeks, sinking much of Pelee Island’s economy. Farmers who are ready for spring planting are stuck too, unable to get deliveries of seed to the island in the western Lake Erie basin between Cleveland […]
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Whirlpool Corp. is set to officially open its new office campus in Benton Harbor. The appliance-maker says the $70 million project is a part of a larger plan to consolidate 15 facilities into three centralized office campuses. Whirlpool Chairman and CEO Jeff Fettig and Benton Harbor Mayor James Hightower were […]
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An aging population and an economy that has been slow to rebound are straining the long-term finances of Social Security and Medicare, the government’s two largest benefit programs. Those problems are getting new attention Monday as the trustees who oversee the massive programs release their annual financial reports. […]
By DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney unleashed a strong attack on President Barack Obama’s truthfulness Wednesday, accusing him of running a “hide-and-seek” re-election campaign designed to distract voters from his first-term record while denying them information about his plans for a second. Addressing an audience of newspaper editors and publishers, Romney […]