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Posted June 24, 2005 in Press Releases
The Hannah Report Gov. Bob Taft awarded more than $1.1 million in grants to five colleges and one career center to provide advanced training for Ohio's skilled workforce and said this advanced training will help companies... read more
Posted June 24, 2005 in Press Releases
Hamilton Journal News With 1,952 foreclosure filings in 2004, Butler County ranked 11th among the 88 counties in the state in filings per capita. That equates to one foreclosure filing for every 177.5 people in the... read more
Posted June 24, 2005 in Press Releases
Springfield News-Sun An Ohio think tank released a report Thursday showing Clark County has the state's fourth highest foreclosure rate, quantifying the continuation of a problem that has bedeviled city officials and nonprofits for almost a... read more
Posted June 23, 2005 in Press Releases
Gongwer News Service The state's home foreclosure rate increased by 3% in 2004, the second consecutive year with the same increase, according to a report released Thursday by Policy Matters Ohio. Although the report indicates that the... read more
Posted June 23, 2005 in Press Releases
The Hannah Report Policy Matters Ohio (PMO), a Cleveland research group, reported Thursday that foreclosures continued to rise in Ohio in 2004. PMO, which analyzed data from the Ohio Supreme Court, which updates previous reports on... read more
Posted June 21, 2005 in Press Releases
The Akron Beacon Journal By Dennis J. Willard and Doug Oplinger COLUMBUS - Gov. Bob Taft will have 10 days to peruse, review and possibly apply his line-item veto pen to a new two-year state budget as... read more
Posted June 16, 2005 in Press Releases
Gongwer News Service Ohio's community nonprofit hospitals benefited from tax breaks of about $900 million in 2003, but provided charity care valued at far less than that amount, according to a new report presented to a... read more
Posted June 13, 2005 in Press Releases
The NewStandard Hoping to give the poorest workers a modest boost, anti-poverty activists are pushing forminimum wage increases on the state and federal levels, with the long-term aim of turning the issue into a platform for broader... read more
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