Lorain board debates affording teacher raises in contract
Lorain district says proposed three year raises totaling about 20 percent cannot be afforded while teachers push for higher pay. Union leaders defend demands as misrepresented by the board amid ongoing contract talks and a possible strike.
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Teresa Starkey
Lorain Education Association
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Kaiceley
Kniceley
Poverty ranking adds to Cleveland woes
The AP reports Cleveland the nation’s poorest big city per the 2003 American Community Survey, with a 33 percent poverty rate. It notes layoffs across police, fire, schools, and a proposed $68 million tax increase to fund education while neighborhood contrasts persist in Mount Pleasant. Local figures stress ongoing hardship despite past urban renewal efforts.
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Cincinnati
Toledo
Colubus
United States
Tom Kaplan
Institute For Research On Poverty
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Caution Urges Vigilance Over Voter Registration Door Outreach
Ohio Elections Board warns voters about door to door registration tactics asking for social security numbers. Last four digits or driver license suffice for registration. Officials Marilyn Jacobcik and Robert Rousseau stress only sworn insiders may handle absentee ballots to protect secrecy. Call 326-5900 for status verification and guidance. Cindy Leise reachable at 329-7245.
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Lorain man pleads not guilty in shooting case
Jabari Gardner 26 pleaded not guilty in Lorain County Common Pleas Court to attempted murder and felonious assault in a February shooting that left Angel Witherspoon wounded. Police say the attack followed a dispute between Gardner's friends and Witherspoon's group at Broadway Dairy Mart. Gardner remains jailed. a conviction could carry up to 13 years.
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Construction worker injured on Route 57 bridge project
Dave Espenschied, 47, of New Philadelphia, suffered a chest cut when plywood fell 65 feet under a Black River bridge. He is in satisfactory condition at Akron City Hospital after transfer from EMH Regional Medical Center. OSHA will investigate.
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