HuffingtonPost.com Posted May 3rd 2012   ATLANTA — The cause of a fire that ripped through a simulated streetscape at the studios of Atlanta filmmaker Tyler Perry may never be known, Atlanta fire officials said Wednesday. The Tuesday evening blaze at Tyler Perry Studios in southwest Atlanta will be recorded as undetermined, Atlanta Fire Chief [...]

Associated Press Posted May 3rd 2012   COLUMBUS: Ohioans who are behind on their state taxes could clear their obligations without having to pay penalties under a tax amnesty program that starts Tuesday. The program is the first for individuals in six years and just the third general amnesty program for Ohio, although the state [...]

ColumbusDispatch.com By Catherine Candisky Posted May 2nd 2012   Lawmakers hoping to approve legislation by the end of May to overhaul Cleveland schools say they need to work out a final sticking point with charter school advocates who complain the plan would limit school choice options. Concerns about the tax-funded, privately operated schools are the [...]

BeaconJournal.com By Rick Armon, Beacon Journal Posted May 1st 2012   Ex-offenders have long faced problems when leaving prison and attempting to rejoin the Ohio work force. In some cases, they are prevented from holding certain jobs because of their criminal convictions. And in other cases, they lose their driver’s licenses, making it tougher to [...]

Associated Press By Julie Carr-Smyth Posted April 30th 2012 (PHOTO: MARK KVAMME, PRESIDENT JOBSOHIO)   COLUMBUS: A private economic development agency created by Gov. John Kasich to move “at the speed of business” has been slowed to a near halt in obtaining its startup money as it awaits the outcome of a lawsuit. A bond [...]

AOL.com By Travis Hoium, The Motley Fools Posted April 29th 2012   Since the birth of the Internet, all of the Web’s dominant companies have had one thing in common: Eventually, they all faded into oblivion. Prodigy and Netscape are now a distant memory; MySpace becomes more irrelevant by the day; and AOL (parent of [...]

Associated Press Posted April 28th 2012   COLUMBUS: A divided Ohio House has approved a bill that would set up rules for how much water farms and factories can draw from Lake Erie and the rivers flowing into it. The measure cleared the Republican-led chamber 59-38 Wednesday, despite objections from Democrats. It now goes to [...]

Associated Press By Julie Carr-Smyth Posted April 27th 2012 (PHOTO: RON AMSTUTZ HOUSE FINANCE CHAIRMAN)   COLUMBUS: The Ohio House on Wednesday approved a sweeping package of spending and policy initiatives spearheaded by Gov. John Kasich after stripping out the governor’s signature tax provision on oil and gas. The midterm budget bill trims state spending [...]

Associated Press By Andrew Miga Posted April 27th 2012   WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney likes to talk about how his father “grew up poor.” But that’s not the whole story. The father of the presumptive Republican nominee, George Romney, grew up in a family that suffered financial losses and enjoyed prosperity. The elder Romney [...]

Associated Press Posted April 25th 2012   COLUMBUS: The county that includes Columbus is testing an electronic court filing system that would let residents with Internet access file online for divorce, child custody or protection orders. The Columbus Dispatch reports a test program in Franklin County allows lawyers to electronically file cases in domestic court. [...]