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How do you see the State of the Union? - Boston Herald
"We do big things," said President Obama at the close of this week's State of the Union Address, a challenge he issued to the nation after observing earlier that the country finds itself in a "Sputnik moment."
2. Growing Concerns about Privatizing Ohio Development Effort
Concern raised over plans to privatize Ohio development - recordpub.com
The head of the Ohio Newspaper Association voiced concern about Gov. John Kasich's plans to replace the Ohio Department of Development with a private nonprofit that would be exempt from the state's open meetings and records laws.
Dennis Hetzel, the association's executive director, told the Ohio House's state government committee that legislation establishing JobsOhio "raises concerns in terms of open government, particularly the important public policy need to monitor not only the expenditure of taxpayer dollars but the activities of what would be a brand new entity."
3. Calls for Greater Diversity in Kasich Cabinet
Ohio Statehouse Democrats demand Gov. John Kasich embrace diversity, add minorities to his all-white cabinet - The Plain Dealer
A group of Statehouse Democrats -- black, white, Indian-American and Hispanic -- accused Gov. John Kasich Thursday of racial discrimination and demanded that he name minorities to his cabinet. Kasich's early record of hiring only white people for his cabinet -- and his defiant defense of it, likening diversity to quotas -- has ignited a firestorm of racial tension for the Republican governor.
4. Potential Cuts to Medicaid
Study: Mend mental-health care - The Columbus Dispatch
State budget cuts have ravaged mental-health services in Ohio, making it more difficult, and sometimes impossible, to get help even as demand is increasing. A report urges state policymakers to target investments to make scarce tax dollars go further.
5. Ohio's Public Pension Plans Face Changes
5 Ohio public pension funds make offer to cut benefits - The Toledo Blade
Ohio's five public retirement funds came to lawmakers with proposals to raise member contributions and cut benefits in an effort to ensure their long-term viability. Conspicuously absent from all the proposals this time around was any mention of asking taxpayers, via government employers, to pay more.
6. Casino Developers May Truck Sewage to Marysville
Trucking out sewage a costly fix: Casino may haul 24 hours, pay $300,000 a year - The Columbus Dispatch
It could take 20 to 24 trips each day from western Franklin County to Marysville to haul 120,000 gallons of human waste to a sewage-treatment plant - if casino officials are actually considering giving that a try.Marysville officials confirmed that an unnamed party contacted the city about whether its sewage-treatment plant could handle 120,000 gallons of sewage a day
January 28, 2011