Black History Month reflections on civil rights progress and gaps
Delbert Lancaster of the Lorain County Urban League notes Black History Month highlights past civil rights milestones and ongoing issues. He cites racial profiling, the death penalty, voting rights, and redistricting, urging continued work toward equal justice and inclusion for African Americans.
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Brown
South
Hudson
Connecticut
Kansas
Texas
California
Lorain County
America
Delbert Lancaster
New Adoption Aid Rules Limit Private Adoptions
U S officials limit federal aid and Medicaid for privately adopted children with special needs. Only SSI eligible children will qualify for adoption assistance, changing policy set in 1989. Ohio will continue arranging aid for private adoptions in progress while counties update rules.
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Columbus
Pam Carter
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Carter
United States
Joe Kroll
North American Council On
Ohio
Survivor seeks Koh Tang remains and honors for Marines
Cambodian battle survivor Larry Barnett clings to a bag of Koh Tang beach sand as he seeks the missing remains of four unaccounted Marines from the May 1975 Koh Tang action. Nine of 18 Marines are identified. Barnett hopes for recovery, official honors, and closure for families.
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U.S
Larry Barnett
Lance Cpl
Joseph Hargrove
Gary Halli
Danny Marshall
Urbana
Mayaguez
Cambodia
Hargrove
Hall
Marshall
Barnett
Khmer Rouge
Koh Tang
Larry Greer
Defense Department
Daily Citizen
Mason
Okinawa
Saigon
Six hurt as van crosses center on Route 82
State troopers say a van driven by Randall Suta crossed left of center on Route 82 and struck two oncoming cars. Six people, including Suta and a family of three from Strongsville, were taken to Southwest General Hospital with non life threatening injuries. doctors were assessing their conditions.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Columbia
Southwest General Hospital
Randall Suta
Brunswick
David Dylag
James Moss
Columbia Station
Dylag
Suta
Gwen Hobe
Stephanie Hobe
Jennifer Regelmayer
Strongsville
Dylan
Lake Erie natural gas pipeline proposal faces environmental concerns
A 640 million Millennium Pipeline would move gas from the Canadian Rockies under Lake Erie from Patrick Point Ontario to Ripley New York, drawing opposition over environmental impact along the overland route into New York and concerns about Haverstraw Bay. The line would run north of Painesville and Ashtabula on the Ontario side, with no Ohio lake crossing.
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Cleveland
Canadian Rockies
U.S
Lake Erie
New York
Haverstraw Bay
Hudson River
Patrick Point
Ont
Ripley
N.Y
Lake Michigan
Indiana
Milwaukee
Army Corps of Engineers
Chicago
Canada-to- New York
Taft Uses Hidden Employees Across Agencies
Gov. Bob Taft maintains that about 16 percent of his 3.9 million payroll is paid by other departments. The Columbus Dispatch notes 12 of 63 staffers are funded externally, a practice mimicking former governors as Taft orders department heads to tighten budgets amid modest growth forecasts.
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Bob Taft
Taft
Columbus Dispatch
Brian Hicks
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Bureau of Adoption and Kinship Care
Ohio Department of Job
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Jonathan Tressler
Chronicle
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