Monday,  September 21, 2009
By Mark Niquette
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled today that Gov. Ted Strickland’s plan to add video slot machines at Ohio’s horse-racing tracks is subject to a referendum, potentially creating a nearly $1 billion hole in the state budget.
The court also put implementation of the slots plan on hold for 90 [...]

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Toledo Blade
Article published August 4, 2009
Families are scrambling after Ohio day-care cuts
Some children are expected to be ‘out of luck’
 
By NEENA SATIJA
BLADE STAFF WRITER
 
Day-care centers across the state had been gearing up for a funding cut, but almost none expected what the new Ohio budget gave them two weeks ago.
 
The devastating cuts included eliminating the [...]

6/1/09
Washington Post
Maria Glod
Forty-six states and the District of Columbia today will announce an effort to craft a single vision for what children should learn each year from kindergarten through high school graduation, an unprecedented step toward a uniform definition of success in American schools.
The push for common reading and math standards marks a turning point [...]

5/31/09
Columbus Dispatch
Jim Siegel
Gov. Ted Strickland and legislative Democrats want a complete overhaul of Ohio’s school-funding system, but Republicans support the current system, designed when they ruled over Capitol Square.
The chasm is wide, but there are glimmers of hope that it can be bridged by the end of June, when Strickland needs to sign the new [...]