Unions propose cheaper operation of state prisons
The OCSEA and SEIU plan a Columbus news conference to present a plan to run North Coast Correctional Treatment Facility in Grafton and Lake Erie Institution in Conneaut cheaply without private operators. They argue a 5 percent cost saving could be achieved though contract changes and legislative action.
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Andrea Misko
Chronicle-Telegram
Ohio Civil Service Employees Association and
Service Employees International Union
Columbus
OCSEA
Peter Wray
Wray
North Coast
Grafton
Lake Erie
Conneaut
CiviGenics
Marlborough
Mass
NCCTF
Bush presses testing as cornerstone of education reform
President Bush visited Sullivant Elementary in Columbus to champion annual testing to gauge reading progress and hold failing schools accountable. He praised Ohio leaders and cited a plan to redirect federal funds from consistently failing schools to alternatives while praising local efforts like Columbus Reads.
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Bush
Mycha Gordon
Sullivant Elementary School
Columbus
Laura Bush
Bob Taft
Ohio House
Senate
Sullivant Elementary
Sullivant
Maria Stockard
Limited Inc
Pat
U.S
Pat Tiberi
Ohio
Taft
Ohio Supreme Court
Jim Jordan
Urbana
Prosecutor OKs labor pact for county justice center
Assistant County Prosecutor Gerald Innes says the county can include a project labor agreement in bid specs for the planned 50 million justice center. He cites a Cuyahoga Common Pleas ruling on state law as unconstitutional and notes an Elyria challenge pending in the 8th District Court of Appeals.
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Gerald Innes
Innes
Cuyahoga Common Pleas Court
8Th District Court of Appeals
Alan G. Ross
Ross
Elyria
North Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council
Elyria City Hall
Common Pleas
Edward Zaleski
Justice Center
Foltin denies conflict in hiring business partner
Lorain Mayor Craig Foltin asserts no wrongdoing in recommending his lifelong partner Michael Provenza for two city posts. Provenza briefly served as city sealer in 2000 and did not take pay. A parks department supervisor post was also discussed, but Civil Service declined the hire.
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Foltin
Diana
Chronele-Telegram
Lorain
Craig Fol Foltin
Michael Provenza
Provenza
Police Department
Craig Miller
Civil Service Commission
Professor Testifies Stoneco Plant Lowered Local Property Values
Lorain’s former Stoneco Inc asphalt plant is blamed for property-value declines of up to 18 million as a Williams College economist testifies in Lorain Common Pleas Court. About 20 residents seek class-action status for some 6,000 property owners amid odor and health concerns.
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Elyria
Stoneco Inc
Lorain
Oberlin College
Stephen Sheppard
Williams College
Williamstown
Mass
Stoneco
Sheppard
Common Pleas Court
Saul Rodriguez
Roosevelt Avenue
Sheffield Township
Rodriguez
William Rehoreg
Common Pleas
Mark A. Bedeski
Jack Zouhary
Robert D. Gary
Edward M. Zaleski
Zaleski
Emis
Zouhary
Thomas R. Theodo
Gary, Naegele & Theodo
Gary
Lee Stoneco
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Uranium Workers Union
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Kristin Yarbrough
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Cindy Leis
the Chronicle-Telegram
Chuck Humel
Chronicle
Jason R. Bristol
Thomas A. Downie
Mark A Betleski
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