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But, he made it clear he would avoid using terms like climate change and global warming WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Full Story »

Despite highlights like the "Kimono as Art" exhibition, the museum is facing a deficit for 2009 and is taking austerity measures WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Full Story »

No industry has been rattled more by the economic collapse than the auto industry. And as the state with more auto part suppliers than any other, Ohio has felt the impact acutely. At a session sponsored by the Cleveland Council on World Affairs today (Thursday), a panel suggested a turn-around already is underway " though big caveats remain. WKSU's M.L. Schultze reports. Full Story »

Summit County's Board of Elections chairman has been formally stripped of his position by Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner. WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz reports. Full Story »

A state senator has announced he's running for a council seat on the new Cuyahoga County government that's taking shape. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Full Story »

Polls show Democratic governor Ted Strickland is facing a touch re-election bid against Republican John Kasich. Now, Strickland is facing a challenge on his left flank. A Green Party activist has announced he's running for Governor. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Full Story »

J.B. Silvers ran an insurance company before becoming a professor at Case Western Reserve University. He's also on the board of SummaCare in Akron. And he's probably one of the few people who have read both versions of the health care bill several times over -part of his job is to explain the legislation to doctors and administrators at Case medical school. He says one important provision of the ... Full Story »

It appears there won't be a settlement this week in that deadlock in the Ohio legislature over a plan to delay this year's 4.2% cut in the state income tax. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Full Story »

The Ohio House has passed a bill that would require private health insurance companies to cover autism just as they would other chronic diseases. Democratic representative Ted Celeste says it's only fair. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Full Story »

Ohio has become the first state to execute an inmate using a single drug. Kenneth Biros was given a lethal dose of sedative intravenously this morning at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Full Story »

With the digital wave sweeping away advertising revenues in an already washed-out economy, newspaper reporters are becoming an endangered species. The decline of the newspaper industry has many Northeast Ohioans pining for the days when Cleveland was a three- newspaper-town. We sat down with three veteran reporters to look at what we had and what we lost: WKSU's Vivian Goodman reports. Full Story »

Following the discovery of eleven murder victims at an eastside Cleveland home in October, the city is reviewing how it handles missing persons and sex crimes. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Full Story »

The race to replace retiring Ohio Senator George Voinovich is expected to be one of the most intense in the country next year. Open seats are swing seats " especially in swing states. So all four of candidates who want to replace Voinovich already are campaigning heavily around the state. Tuesday was Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher's turn to tell the Akron Press Club that he should be the one ... Full Story »

Whether it's the scandal surrounding Tiger Woods or Indians star Grady Sizemore's racy cell phone photos, pro athletes' personal lives take center stage in the media and at the water cooler. The Plain Dealer's Terry Pluto talked with WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz about the fascination with athletes and their image. WKSU's Amanda Rabinowitz reports. Full Story »

Even as investors are told they can't get to their money, people who borrowed from the Akron-based firm say they're being pressed to pay up at a dramatically accelerated rate... WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Full Story »

The November 24 closing of Fair Financial offices came amid multiple investigations and questions about nearly $200-million in loans and investments. Tim Rudell reports from the WKSU Akron Studios... WKSU's Tim Rudell reports. Full Story »

The impasse in the Ohio legislature continues to drag on over the plan to delay this year's 4.2% cut in the state income tax. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports. Full Story »

Governor Ted Strickland is playing hardball with Senate Republicans, who appear to be ready to give in to his income tax cut rollback to plug an $851 million budget hole. The GOP leadership in the Senate has said it will support taking back the full 4.2% income tax cut that went into effect in January, if Democrats will go along with reforms in public construction projects. But Strickland says ... Full Story »

Ohioans who don't fit any of the categories of people currently eligible to get the swine flu vaccine will soon get that opportunity. WKSU's Jo Ingles reports. Full Story »

The group that won the right to take the governor's slots at racetracks plan to voters says it has the signatures to do just that. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Full Story »

The closing came amid multiple investigations and questions about nearly $200-million in loans and investments. Fair financial was founded by an Akron auto dealer 1934 and operated with a solid reputation through 2002 when the Fair family sold the company to an Indiana entrepreneur and his partners. Tim Rudell reports from the WKSU Akron Studios... Full Story »

Ohio officials are not happy with the results of a multi-billion dollar federal foreclosure prevention program. Its' shortfalls were among the complaints registered at a congressional hearing in Cleveland today on the foreclosure crisis. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier reports. Full Story »

Ohio legislators have okayed a proposal to plan a commemoration of an often-forgotten war that was fought partly on Ohio soil. It's the War of 1812, which pitted the young U.S.A. against its formal colonial rulers, the British. 2012 will be the 200th anniversary of that conflict, so Ohio legislators want a newly-formed commission to start planning activities now that will educate people about ... Full Story »

Ohio's Attorney General Richard Cordray has been on the job for less than a year, but he's already making a name for himself. He's filed multiple lawsuits against major Wall Street financial players. Some say the suits are more of a political move than a financial one. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports. Full Story »

It's expected to be business as usual today (Monday) at Cleveland's AmTrust bank despite its takeover last week by New York Community Bank. Community Bank officials don't expect any major changes in the forseeable future and that includes staffing levels for the Cleveland bank. Depositors of AmTrust are now automatically depositors of New York Community Bank and every effort is being made ... Full Story »