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Organizing For America, President Obama’s grassroots campaign, will celebrate the opening of its new Marion office with a Grand Opening Party this Tuesday, July 24th.
Speakers will include former U.S. Treasurer Mary Ellen Withrow, Mayor Schertzer, and State Senate candidate Tanyce Addison.
Properly maintained smoke alarms save lives. That is a fact that was underscored in the final report recently delivered by the Smoke Alarm Advisory Task Force (SAATF) to State Fire Marshal Larry Flowers.
A number of leading advocacy groups for utility consumers, including the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel (OCC), the Northwest Ohio Aggregation Coalition and the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council, expressed concerns about a settlement approved yesterday by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO).
With more people finding jobs, Ohio's unemployment rate was 7.2 percent in June, down from 7.3 percent in May, according to data released Friday morning by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS). Ohio's nonfarm wage and salary employment increased 18,400 over the month from the revised 5,157,500 in May to 5,175,900 in June.
The slots will spin and the dice will fly at Hollywood Casino Columbus beginning on Oct. 8.
The Ohio Casino Control Commission on Wednesday approved the opening based on a recommendation by commission Executive Director Matthew Schuler. The date, Oct. 8, also happens to be Columbus Day.
Wings of an Angel, a local non-profit organization, is holding their first The Big Top Angelpalooza. They hope to make the fundraising effort and annual event. Wings of an Angel works to help children with special needs receive the therapies, services, and equipment that can be beneficial to their journey in life.
Aqua Ohio, Inc. (Aqua) has announced three new water line replacement projects in the City of Marion with combined project costs of $425,000. The projects involve the replacement of 3,335 linear feet of aging, undersized water mains and related infrastructure.
President Barack Obama's re-election team has asked a federal judge to reopen a target-rich window for all Ohioans to vote in person on the three days before Election Day.
In a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday, the Obama campaign, along with the Democratic National Committee and Ohio Democratic Party, argued that restrictions on balloting those days violate the U.S. Constitution's equal protection clause.
Marion County Commissioner Ken Stiverson appeared Tuesday evening at the Marion City Council’s Finance Committee meeting to present a plan to share revenues from a proposed sales tax increase. While City officials expressed appreciation to Stiverson for developing and presenting the plan, several said it may have come too late for them to hold off on their plans to request an income tax increase.
Gas prices at many central Ohio gas stations jumped Tuesday to $3.59 a gallon. AAA says the primary reason for the recent increase in retail gasoline prices is increasing crude oil prices.
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