Ohio will get more than $5 million from a pharmaceutical company that was found to have overcharged the state Medicaid program for three nasal sprays, Attorney General Richard Cordray's office said today.
Ohio's share of a $95.5 million multi-state settlement with Aventis Pharmaceutical Inc. is $5,019,441.83, Cordray's' [...]
AEP gets stimulus grant for $150 million 'smart-grid' project
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
About 110,000 central Ohio customers of American Electric Power soon will have advanced-technology meters, giving them the ability to track when they use the most power and thus reduce their electricity bills.
It's all part of a [...]

The Obama Administration and Norm Eisen, special counsel to the president for ethics and government reform, announced a major smackdown on lobbyists in September.
Today the media finally picked up on it.
White House initiative to limit influence could affect thousands
Hundreds, if not [...]
A leading light of climate change inadvertently exposes AGW’s crumbling foundation.
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Note: This column went up at Pajamas Media and was teased and extended here at BizzyBlog on Wednesday.
The evidence that the human-caused global-warming/climate change effort may constitute one of the biggest scams in all of human history continues to [...]

Things are so bad for Tim Geithner, who shouldn’t have been appointedin the first place, and should have resigned back in March, that even a column in Forbes (”The Gathering Geithner Storm”) by Thomas Cooley designed to buck him up for the tough times ahead [...]

Published: Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Updated: Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Thomas Hufford, 76, of Loveland, endured a massive heart attack in his urologist’s office Sept. 29. Now, doctors consider him a miracle.
Thomas experienced 25 minutes without blood circulation, and in order to save his life, Dr. Andrew Burger at [...]
I implore Senators Carey, Goodman & Niehaus (along with two yet to be named/outed GOP State Senators) to NOT go along with Strickland and Budish's plan to increase taxes on already overtaxed Ohioans.
Please give Former Senator Mike DeWine a call and ask him [...]
As Mike Curtin & Chan Cochran have both discussed in past columns, the Mayor & City Council can & should be a major pain in the ass by utilizing every possible power they have to make placing a casino in the Arena District something which [...]
In the other thread about Toledo City Council passing the texting ordinance, Ron made a very astute comment that I think should be pointed out:
I am going to guess that when internet providers start getting text messaging subpoena from municipal courts, they are not going to drop everything and for [...]
Green Party Candidates do not accept donations from Lobbyists or Political Action Committees!
On this Black Friday, let's use Grassroots Democracy People Money to beat the corporations
and PACS Money machines!
Now is the time to show your support for public funding of political campaigns and help Dennis Spisak win the 2010 [...]
Elyria – A Grafton man was arrested early Thursday morning after running from a State Trooper during a traffic stop on Cleveland Street in Elyria.
TMC NEWS PHOTOS / BRIAN WOODSWhite House Eyes Afghan Exit by 2017
War Not Going to Last Forever, Spokesman Assures
I wanted to get a Happy Thanksgiving post up so... Happy Thanksgiving!Through the day while I was sending smoke signals from the grill as the bird cooked I thought about all the things in life that I am thankful for -- especially my Little King.
I am [...]
My wish for you is the same as my wish for me …
That today will be happy, peaceful and calm; that you will enjoy a day of love and fellowship with your friends and/or family; that this will be the first day of a year full of more blessings and [...]

At age 69, I’m not quite old enough to qualify for America’s “Greatest Generation” and yet I’m a bit too old to be a Boomer. But there’s one thing at least most of us geezers have in common these days: we’re the most entitled older generation in our nation’s history.
Are [...]
Just in case your GOP relatives want to lecture you about the socialist politics of the "DumocRATS" and the failure of our Marxist Messiah Obama over the Thanksgiving Holiday.
The Maryland Millionaire Count, Tax Scams, and Train Wrecks
In a capitalist system, investors make [...]
"We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures." ~Thornton Wilder
Simple question I think.
I hope the answer is just as simple.
How much is enough?
"For where your treasure lies, there your heart will be also." Matthew 6:21
I was given all kinds of different answers way back when last year from the Kasich crew when I was banging on Kasich [...]
Here’s what’s cooking: The top 50 from the New York Times. Click through to see the graphic and the regional differences across the U.S.
Ohio is big on casseroles (sweet potato, corn, and broccoli but not green bean so much), deviled eggs and cheese balls. Yams are big in the West If [...]Writing a column the week of Thanksgiving, it seemed almost sacrileges not to write about the holiday itself. Though more secular in nature today, the observance was traditionally a religious holiday, a day focused on giving thanks to the Creator for the manifold blessings bestowed upon man. While generally accepted [...]
This post is a BizzyBlog Thanksgiving tradition.
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General Thanksgiving
By the President of the United States of America
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection [...]
It can be embarassing to admit that John Boehnhead is from Ohio. But you have to admit, he's so ridiculous that he provides us with lots of laughs.
Like this:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29881.html
It seems that Boehnhead's hilariously named "Freedom Project" PAC has spent almost $83,000 on golf this year — more [...]
I promised I would give my take on the meeting that took place November 17 to discuss reforming the Cuyahoga Democratic Part, a meeting I got myself up at an ungodly hour to attend. So here goes.
There’s been an undercurrent of conversation about reform within the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party [...]
“In the 1990s, Kasich tried to get rid of the Appalachian Regional Commission, which would have completely devastated our area,” said Molly Varner, chair of the Washington County Democratic Party. “The ARC is more than just ‘pet projects’ as he once called them. If Kasich wants [...]
The Sidney chapter of Diversity is Beautiful Group met in the basement of The Sidney First United Apostolic Church of God of the Pentecost to discuss the problems associated with Sidney’s rapidly growing Caucasian community.
“In 2000 the Census Reported that the Caucasians population had ballooned to 92.61 % if the [...]
Another reason to not participate in what has become the madness of Black Friday, WTOL reports, Stores may have less inventory of Black Friday door busters, which means your chances of waiting for hours for that “really great deal” is even less now which will increase the pushing, shoving [...]
It can’t be said morale is low anymore because of the layoffs…but something is going on with the Toledo Police Department. I just got done watching FOX Toledo, that is reporting, 2 Toledo officers fail drug test. What bothers me most about this is, I know police officers are [...]
The Other Paper gave reporters the chance to take anonymous cheap shots at their least favorite PR professionals. Check out what was said about Ted Strickland’s Spokesbabe:
Amanda Wurst may be the most beloved spokeswoman (by her bosses) to ever work a media room. The voice of Gov. Ted [...]
The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation has long been an important part of our lives here at the farm. We've covered their annual meetings, national conventions, lobbying trips to Washington, and dozens of regional meetings and leadership efforts.
Lindsay and I have been honored by the organization as State Finalists in' [...]
[Four years ago, as we were beginning a new season of Advent, I presented this explanation of the Church Year. It remains one of the most popular posts I've written for this blog. As we prepare, this Sunday, November 29, to begin another Advent season, I' [...]
"As
we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest
appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."
~John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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South Amherst – Firefighters from around Lorain County came together Wednesday morning to pay their final respects to one of their own – Captain Kenneth R. Beran of the South Amherst Fire Department.Although “liberty and justice for all” is our nation’s goal, we are far from realizing that ideal. The problem is, liberty and justice cost money and in the U.S., a lot of people simply don’t have enough money. We have liberty to freely travel, for example, but without money to [...]
Usually, losing parties in Ohio Supreme Court cases accept their defeats quietly. Not Jeff Norman.
Norman, whose companies were hammered in October with a record-breaking $6.4 million verdict for allegedly fleecing senior citizens, today lost his bid to have the Supreme Court take another look at his [...]