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Columbus Dispatch / Protesters rally to protect services

The Other Paper / A new crop of anti-Kasich groups

Akron BJ / Warned by the speaker

Columbus Dispatch / Kasich alters order on work rights

Columbus Dispatch / Kasich paying cabinet higher salaries

NBC 4 / Kasich administration ask for security increase

Paul Aker / ODOT's $3 million plane waiting for take-off

Dayton DN's / Republicans advised to tread carefully

NBC 4 / Budget increase for security approved

January 2011

Columbus Dispatch / Prison jobs costly

Columbus Dispatch / Board denies college land buys, security approved

Columbus Dispatch / GOP legislators get fast start

Columbus Dispatch / Statehouse lobbyist seem to get Kasich's reform message

Warren Tribune / Kasich pledges support

Vindicator / City and state working together to reduce crime

Vindicator / Kasich offers a helping hand

Cleveland PD / East 55th Street DX to stay open

WKYC / Historic ODOT corruption case now over

Vindicator / Late fees get GOP's attention

Toledo Blade / City to pay $500,000 in officers' grievance

February 2011

Akron BJ / Kent's first female chief says challenges, not paycheck was reason for wanting job

Akron BJ / Chief's salaries are real mystery

Columbus Dispatch / Prisons about to "blow"

Columbus Dispatch / 'Idiot' remark riles First Lady too

Cleveland PD / Ohio would increase fees for auto titles

Columbus Dispatch / Ohio muni's consider sheriffs

NBC 4 Video / Battle over title fees

Cincinnati.com / Reece: Put a brake on BMV fees

Columbus Dispatch / State workers pay, cuts near end

Marietta Times / Fees may rise for motorist

WYTV / YSU, City leaders meet with Kasich's cabinet

Vindicator / Troopers to make more random visits

Columbus Dispatch / Trouble not over for official fired over e-mail snooping

Columbus Dispatch / House puts $7 billion in transit budget

March 2011

Vindicator / Troopers to make more random visits

Dayton DN's / Kasich considers leasing OTP

Cleveland PD / Kasich to unveil first budget

Columbus Dispatch / Kasich has been working years on this

Columbus Dispatch / Kasich plans to sell 5 prisons

Toledo Blade / Kasich cuts spending for schools, government

Columbus Dispatch / Kasich reviews budget

Dayton DN's / Female prison may be moved to Dayton

Toledo Blade / City, police resolve dispute

Akron BJ / Maneuvers in the transportation budget

Dayton DN's / Legislator pay not part of budget cutbacks

Columbus Dispatch / Prison sales, fewer inmates part of plan

Cleveland PD /Low performance numbers for Gov. Kasich

Dayton DN's / Prison officials to meet with public

Cleveland PD / State backpedals on moving prison for women

Marion Star / ODRC: Plan for prisons

Columbus Dispatch / Kasich signs transportation budget

Dayton DN's / Bill limits investigations to crashes

AP / Highway deaths fall to lowest level since 1949

April 2011

Cleveland PD / OTP raises limit to 70 MPH

Dayton DN's / Would options ease prison population

Columbus Dispatch / Prison director has not conflict

Washington Post / Military health care unsustainable

Cleveland PD / Kasich may need Washington bailout

Columbus Dispatch / Cop's wife says shame on Kasich

Columbus Dispatch / House GOP huddles on budget

Toledo Blade / Lawmakers push for recall

Cincinnati CityBeat / Reflections on riots and race

Cleveland PD / Senate passes concealed carry bill

Columbus Dispatch / Kasich staff earns less, by .5%

Cleveland PD / Senate passes concealed carry bill

Dayton DN's / Police throw out written exam scores

Columbus Dispatch / Lawmaker won't give up on gun bill

Columbus Dispatch / $5 million grant was misused by chiefs

Akron BJ / Akron ignores labor agreement

Cleveland PD / Officers had criminal and financial troubles

Dayton DN's / Governor defends us of state planes

Cleveland PD / State Fair votes to allow beer

Columbus Dispatch / Delaware ends pension pick-up

WTOV 9 / Norris case sent to prosecutor

WKBN / Troopers help Youngstown police with patrols

Cleveland PD / Citizens say dog, troopers, intimidated them

Toledo Blade / New police officers

Akron BJ / Nothing extra in police paychecks

Akron BJ / Two townships put police levies on ballot

Columbus Dispatch / Fired head of Chief's group suing OACP

Columbus Dispatch / Sheriff envisions regional aviation unit

Columbus Dispatch / Pardons promised failed to materalize

Columbus Dispatch / Sixth prison to be run privately

Cleveland PD / Mayor announces cuts in city workforce

Toledo Blade / Chief seeks boost in police diversity

Columbus Dispatch / Kasich questions Capital's security

May 2011

WBNS / OSP defends Statehouse security

ONN / New gun law would allow more rights

Cleveland PD / Planners against leasing OTP

Cleveland PD / OTP employees make more than ODOT

Columbus Dispatch / Statehouse access may be limited

AP / OTP traffic lower despite higher speed limit

Columbus Dispatch / Kasich signs "pill mill" bill

Cleveland PD / Deputies to help suburban police

Cleveland PD / County braces for prisoner release

Cleveland PD / New OTP speed limit brings change

Cleveland PD / Ohio poised to approve new CCW law

Marion Star / Mixed opinions on guns in bars, cars

Cleveland PD / Crime statistics continue to drop

Chronicle-Telegram / Lawyer faces gun charge

Cleveland PD / LaRose bill would shield "dash-cam" video

Cleveland PD / Cadets will graduate, then get layed-off

Columbus Dispatch / Breath-tester's reliability challenged

Dayton DN's / Officers reprimanded in previous pursuits

Columbus Dispatch / Gun sale laws easily circumvented

Marion Star / Private prisons see opposition

Cleveland PD / Senate budget restores some funding

Springfield Sun / Lawmakers, police argue over front plate

Cleveland PD / OTP director may have violated ethics law

Dayton DN's / Guns, the budget, tops legislative agenda

WEWS 5 / Law enforcement against front plate legislation

Middletown Journal / Inmates proud of plate production

Toledo Blade / Limit on union wage cut proposed

ONN / House, Senate have differing budget views

Columbus Dispatch / Bill will allow auditors to carry guns

Ironton Tribune / Ironton Post formally opened

Columbus Dispatch / Officials work to be more secretive

Cleveland PD / OTP lease would benefit northern Ohio

Cleveland PD / Policy changes tucked in massive budget

Columbus Dispatch / Budget plan spares rich

Columbus Dispatch / Working undercover

Dayton DN's / Ohio lawmaker's pay 6th in nation

June 2011

Dayton DN's / 141 state workers outearn Kasich

Columbus Dispatch / Bill would expunge old convictions

Mansfield NJ / Beasley retiring after 40 years of service

Cleveland PD / Setting up a duel of referendums

Columbus Dispatch / Vote on "get-out-of-prison" bill

Dayton DN's / Legislators get more reimbursements

Columbus Dispatch / Engel faces ethics charges

Dayton DN's / Fewer Ohio convicts may go to prison

Columbus Dispatch / Agreement reached on budget

Athens News / State defends its alcohol breath testers

Columbus Dispatch / Budget cuts could mean big changes

AP / Cincinnati gets first black police chief

AP / House passes bill to ban texting while driving

Columbus Dispatch / House passes budget

Columbus Dispatch / Kasich signs budget

Columbus Dispatch / Full service bar to open at Statehouse

Columbus Dispatch / 3 to bid on five state prisons

Columbus Dispatch / Kasich signs "new day" budget

Columbus Dispatch / State budget packed with changes

Dayton DN's / Local governments prepare to cut services

Toledo Blade / Reservations about hiring Cleveland officers

Columbus Dispatch / One in five would fail driving exam

July 2011

Cleveland PD / Kasich appoints new OTP commissioner

Columbus Dispatch / Highway fund is falling into holes

Columbus Dispatch / Ohio BMV worker fired

Toledo Blade / Public records law draws complaints

NJ.Com / Steroid testing for NJ police officers announced

Columbus Dispatch / OTP - Moneymaker or drain on drivers

Toledo Blade / Juveniles with guns on the rise in Toledo

Dayton DN's / AG offers training for police

AP / Ohio police say tougher texting ban may be tough

USA Today / Distracted driving programs show success

Dayton DN's / Liquor sales soaring in sluggish economy

Dayton DN's / City gets DOJ approval to hire new officers

Dayton DN's / City's police exam consistent on racial lines

Columbus Dispatch / Teens need to learn CPR to get license

Athens News / Police still using challenged breath tester

Columbus Dispatch / Speaker wants House member to resign

Cincinnati Enquirer / Driver exam stations may close

Columbus Dispatch / Station closures may not be a done deal

Columbus Dispatch / Legislator swore his record was clean

Columbus Dispatch / One in five would fail driver exam

Akron BJ / Stay issued in promotion of Akron firefighters

Columbus Dispatch / "Last Chance" often a misnomer

Columbus Dispatch / Serious crime arrests at 10 year low

Columbus Dispatch / Legislator quits after drunken-driving

Arizona Republic / Guns in Arizona - A life -or-death question?

Massillon Independent / Ohio may ban texting while driving

Columbus Dispatch / Mecklenborg's troubles?

Columbus Dispatch / Statehouse bar hits speed bump

Cleveland PD / A fresh eye on police work

Columbus Dispatch Poll / Should the State lease the OTP

Dayton DN's / Beavercreek state rep. facing OVI charge

Columbus Dispatch / Kasich can expect OTP fight

Columbus Dispatch Poll / Should the State lease the OTP

AP / Ohio got $493 million from Homeland Security

Dayton DN's / Rep. Martin to be arraigned

Cincinnati Enquirer / Union president seldom worked

NBC 4 / How safe is the Ohio State Fair?

Columbus Dispatch / Medical board might arm investigators

Columbus Dispatch / Legislator found in garage last year

Toledo Blade / Two in legislature warned of conduct

Elyria Chronicle / Operation Open Heart allows kids to camp

Cleveland PD / Hacking credit card accounts from prison

Cleveland PD / Mobile phones a dangerous weapon in prison

Dayton DN's / 2 killed in Wright replica plane crash

AP / Ohio loses 6 officers in 6 months

Dayton DN's / Drivers distracted by phone apps

July 2011 (con't)

Cincinnati Enquirer / OSP investigating Mecklenborg

Columbus Dispatch / Probe on lawmaker requested

Cincinnati Enquirer / OSP investigating Mecklenborg

WMFD / Maxey to lead United Way

August

WKYC / Kasich uses state plane more than Strickland

Columbus Dispatch / Legislator says he asked for help

WFIN / Retired OSP sergeant will run for sheriff

Dayton DN's / Security measures mixed for private prisons

Toledo Blade / Consultant sought for OTP sale

Dayton DN's / Police, deputies will keep using tasers

Columbus Dispatch / Court chides "public-records police"

Cleveland PD / Kasich moves ahead with OTP leasing

Columbus Dispatch / Board agents to carry weapons

Cincinnati Enquirer / Ohio Government shrinking faster

Dayton DN's / Lawmaker will not resign house seat

Dayton DN's / Firearm sales up in 2011

Columbus Dispatch / Chief put ego over investigation

Dayton DN's / Bill would allow inmates to manufacture goods

Dispatch.com / Merging systems may not cut cost for munis

Cincinnati.com / Legislator pleads guilty to OVI

Cleveland PD / Ryan critical of OTP plan

Toledo Blade / Kaptur decries OTP leasing plan

Toledo Blade / Firms line up to make OTP deal

WBNS 10TV / BCI will review Jordon case

Dispatch.com / Group ask court to halt prison privatization

Dayton DN's / State Rep urged to resign following DUI

Dispatch.com / Stimulus gone, highway fund may be next

Dispatch.com / Engel back for hearing on email case

Dispatch.com / State takes more time to pick OTP advisor

Dispatch.com / Judge allows sale of prisons, for now

Dispatch.com / Court rejects BMV fee increase

Dispatch.com / State considers plans for OTP lease

Cincinnati.com / Fewer traffic tickets issued in SW Ohio

Cleveland PD / ODRC sells one prison

Dispatch.com / Prison chief working to re-work system