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Volume #79, Report #174--Tuesday, September 7, 2010

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House Activity Report

BUDISH PREDICTS DEMOCRATS WILL EXPAND MAJORITY; BATCHELDER SAYS SPEAKER 'WHISTLING PAST GRAVEYARD'

House Speaker Armond Budish (D-Beachwood) predicted Tuesday that majority Democrats would expand their control of the chamber in the Nov. 2 election, and said he did not know how a potential loss in the governor's race would affect the down-ticket legislative contests.

HOUSE ELECTION, DISTRICT 42: INCUMBENT, REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER ALONE IN RACE AFTER LIBERTARIAN WITHDRAWS

The withdrawal of a Libertarian candidate in the race for the competitive 42^nd House District could help a Republican challenger, but the freshman incumbent thinks otherwise.

ADMINISTRATION WELCOMES FUNDING FOR GREAT LAKES CLEANUP; PROBLEMS STILL DWARF RESOURCES, DIRECTOR SAYS

Funding from the federal $475 million Great Lakes Initiative is now set to start flowing to three small projects in Ohio as Obama and Strickland administration officials launched the program with an event in Toledo on Tuesday.

POLITICS NOTEBOOK: OBAMA IN CLEVELAND WEDNESDAY; YOST PLAN TO MONITOR STIMULUS; POLL SAYS MOST DON'T BLAME GOVERNOR FOR ECONOMY, BUT HALF BACK KASICH

President Barack Obama returns to Ohio on Wednesday, delivering remarks about the economy at the Cuyahoga Community College West Campus in Cleveland.

COURT BRIEFS: WIND TURBINE OPPONENTS APPEAL TO JUSTICES FOR RELIEF; FEDERAL PROSECUTORS CHARGE FORMER SOCCER TEAM OFFICIAL IN TAX CASE

Opponents of a plan to install 70 wind turbines on a site in Champaign County are asking the Ohio Supreme Court to overturn a decision of the Ohio Power Siting Board that gave the project a green light to proceed.

EDUCATION NOTES: COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS ISSUES DATA ON PRE-K, STEM PROGRAMS

The Council of State Governments recently reported that although Ohio places second in the amount it spends per child on pre-kindergarten education programs, only single-digit percentages of children enroll.

OHIO BUSINESS: CLEVELAND RATE HIGH-STRESS CITY; PANERA OUTLETS TO LIST CALORIES; TOLEDO FIRM COMPLETES ACQUISITION

An Internet site for small and mid-sized business executives released a ranking of the nation's most and least stressful metropolitan areas Tuesday, with Cleveland rated as the third most stressful in the nation.