PUCO backs lifeline rates to shield low income Ohioans
The Public Utilities Commission backs lifeline phone rates after studying effects of AT&T divestiture and federal actions. Aiming to prevent loss of service, the panel notes possible $7 to $13 bill increases, with SOS option proposed at $5 monthly. Spratley warns rates could double next year without lifeline measures.
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Columbus
Public Utilities Commission
Spratley
Ohio Bell Telephone
Eagles Top Civilian Aeronautical Team Dazzles at Cleveland Air Show
Young spectators from Mentor, Danny Kozlowski and David Lund, watch as the Eagles perform over Lake Erie at the Cleveland National Air Show on Monday. The crowd also views the C-5 Galaxy as visitors exit the plane in a scene echoing Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
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Danny Kozlowski
David Lund
Mentor
Eagles
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Ohio schools' neglect ends as Celeste touts record funding
Gov. Richard Celeste says Ohio's 615 public school districts begin a new year on stable finances with a 3.5 million boost for reading, English and math, plus increased vocational and special education funds. Superintendent Franklin B. Walter warns against repealing the 90 percent income tax hike, a measure headed for the November ballot by Ohioans to Stop Excessive Taxation.
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Richard Celeste
Nhon
Ohio
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Franklin B. Walter
Ohioans
SET
General Assembly
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