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• Bills boost job hopes of former offenders

  
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  Ohioans with criminal records will find it easier to get jobs, become licensed in construction trades and get a driver’s license under legislation passed yesterday by both houses of the General Assembly.
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• Justices uphold state smoking ban

  
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  Armed with a new Ohio Supreme Court ruling that the state’s smoking ban is constitutional, state officials are now going after bars and other establishments that owe a combined $2.5 million in fines for violations.
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• Mandel’s new investment program keeps money local

  
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  A new investment program inaugurated by Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel will allow Ohio political subdivisions to invest in a secure, state-managed fund that funnels money to smaller community banks, which in turn can loan it out.
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• Kasich glad wild-animal ban is OK’d

  
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  An exotic-animals law is on its way to Gov. John Kasich seven months after Ohio made headlines worldwide when dozens of tigers, bears and other wild creatures were released and had to be killed.
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• Bill to aid victims of sex, labor trafficking

  
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  In a rare display of bipartisan cooperation, the Ohio House passed legislation yesterday to shield juvenile human-trafficking victims from going to jail on prostitution charges.
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• House approves exotic-animal bill

  
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  The Ohio House approved new regulations on exotic animals this afternoon by a vote of 87 to 9. The tally came despite warnings from opponents that Ohioans will have a “false sense of safety” that they will now be protected from another Zanesville.
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• Auditor wants to stop pumping biodiesel in state vehicles

  
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  To save taxpayers $800,000 a year, state Auditor Dave Yost wants the state vehicle fleet to cut back pumping more expensive biodiesel fuel.
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• Report breaks down wrongful convictions

  
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  More than 2,000 people falsely convicted of serious crimes ranging from murder to child sex offenses have been exonerated in the U.S. during the past 23 years, according to a new study.
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• Pardon from Kasich is rare

  
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  Gov. John Kasich has used his executive clemency power moderately during his 16 months in office, sparing the lives of two convicted killers but approving only 5 percent of other requests.
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• Leveson inquiry: Hunt adviser and lobbyist to give evidence

  
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  Former special adviser Adam Smith and lobbyist Frédéric Michel to give evidence to the Leveson inquiry next week The two men at the centre of the row over Jeremy Hunts handling of the News Corporation/BSkyB deal – his former special adviser Adam Smith and lobbyist Frédéric Michel – are to give evidence to the ...
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• Ohio Village to reopen to public

  
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  After a nine-year absence because of budget cuts, Ohio Village will re-open this summer. The re-created Civil War-era village, next to the Ohio History Center at 17th Avenue and I-71, will be open June 2 through Sept. 2, the same hours as the museum: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. ...
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• Johnson vs Johnson? Will Alan run for mayor in 2016?

  
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  A couple of weeks ago we took a look at some of the names being linked with a tilt at the Labour nomination for the 2016 London Mayoral race. But it seems that one prominent name may have been missing. The auumption was that after choosing not to stand in 2012, Alan Johnson had given up on standing as mayor for the ...
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• Alan Johnson Considers His Mayoral Options

  
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  Labour’s former Home Secretary and shadow Chancellor Alan Johnson has revealed that he considered running as his party’s candidate for this year’s mayoral election, and is thinking about doing the same in 2016. Eagle-eyed mayor spotters will realise that this isn’t news. Two years ago this month we wrote a ...
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• Exotic-animals law ready for final votes

  
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  After months of testimony and fierce debate, an Ohio bill regulating exotic animals is poised for final action.
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• 3 of Ohio’s favorite sons vie for Statuary Hall in D.C.

  
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  After a two-year wait — and a behind-the-scenes challenge by the Wright Brothers — Thomas Alva Edison might finally be headed to Washington. Maybe.
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• Panel backs trafficking bill

  
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  Minors who are victims of human trafficking would be shielded from being jailed on prostitution charges under a bill approved unanimously yesterday by an Ohio House committee.
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• Company sued for ignoring Do Not Call

  
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  A California company that repeatedly called Ohio consumers who were on the National Do Not Call Registry has been sued by state Attorney General Mike DeWine.
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• State adds drug-treatment funds

  
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  Just days after county officials complained about lack of money to treat Ohioans with drug and alcohol problems, Gov. John Kasich’s administration stepped to the plate yesterday with $3 million.
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• Britain, US & Beyond Feature: Occupy Seeks A Creative "Global Spring"

  
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  Occupy London protesters in Liverpool Street underground station (Photo: HeardInLondon/Demotix/Corbis) Today in London, New York, and cities throughout the world, the Occupy movement will attempt to launch a "Global Spring" of protests against economic inequality. Making the one-year anniversary of the 15-M ...
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• Officer urges autism training for first responders

  
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  Akron Police Sgt. Mark Farrar knows the facts of autism in his head and the pain of autism in his heart. With the incidence of autism rising rapidly — 1 in 88 children (and 1 in 54 boys) are born with some form of it — law-enforcement agencies are being affected because, Farrar says, the autistic are seven times ...
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