From yesterday’s Youngstown Vindicator: YOUNGSTOWN Forum Health will reimburse the U.S. government $2,862,484 for inadvertently overbilling Medicare. In a settlement agreement negotiated with the U.S. Attorney’s office and the Department of Health and Human Services, Forum agreed that its Western Reserve Care System (Northside Medical Center in Youngstown) and Trumbull Memorial Hospital in Warren will [...]

According to an article in yesterday’s Cleveland Plain Dealer, two men formerly associated with Ohio’s Board of Revision, Robert Chambers and Brian Day, have new jobs in Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo’s office. This happened after State Auditor Mary Taylor’s audit of the Cuyahoga County Auditor’s office came out earlier this month to reveal the office [...]

Today in the Columbus Disptach Reporter Randy Ludlow and Joe Guillen of The Plain Dealer reported that each of their papers–along with six other Ohio newspapers–were denied access to the information of the state’s public employee pensions. “State Reps. Stephen Dyer and Matt Lundy, both Democrats and both former reporters, said Wednesday they were troubled [...]

The following was originally posted on August 5, 2010 at BankruptingAmerica.org: Administration officials continue “Recovery Summer” tour Continuing the Administration’s “Recovery Summer” tour today, the President visits Chicago; Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood visits Columbus, OH; Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan visits Fairfax County, Virginia; and Federal Highways Deputy Administrator Greg Nadeaus visits Brownsville, Texas. [...]

The Ohio Department of Transportation is gearing up to install a 400-foot “green” sound wall later this fall, according to an article in today’s Dispatch. Here are the quick facts: – It “might” work. That is, it “might” block out the sound of cars whizzing by; it “might” not erode completely into the road during [...]

This is a great clip from local news station NBC4i about an Ohio rebate program that is creating jobs not in Ohio–but Texas and central America. Definitely worth watching.

Today, the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services released the June 2010 unemployment numbers for the state of Ohio. In May, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 10.7%, while for June, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 10.5%. Already, Ohio is abuzz with talk of the “recovery summer.” While it is encouraging to note [...]

Should taxpayers be on board with the 3C train that will connect Cincinnati with Cleveland via Dayton and Columbus? The train will boast an average speed of 39 mph and take six and one-half hours to run the between the Cincinnati and Cleveland stations. The same trip by car would take four hours and fifteen [...]

When I watch fireworks—all I can see is money exploding. With hard economic times and budget cuts across Ohio, it’s no surprise that many towns, including Gahanna, Ohio, seem to agree. After all, when looking to tighten the budget, eliminating non-essential services like fireworks makes sense. Gahanna’s 2010 fireworks display only happened because of a [...]

After the income tax increase passed in Columbus, Ohio this summer, a Reform and Accountability Committee was established to monitor spending of the additional money coming into the city. Ernie Shannon spoke with the chair of the committee, Tom Hoaglin, and several union leaders to see how the first months of increased income tax revenue [...]