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Advocates say large budget cuts to Ohio's adoption services will hurt the 3,000 children in need of a stable home.

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MTR Gaming Group, parent company of Scioto Downs, reported a decrease in its third quarter and year-to-date earnings yesterday, but the company's chief executive noted some reason for optimism in the face of new competition in Ohio.

The Little Tikes Co. won't pick up its toys and go elsewhere but will keep its headquarters in Ohio.

The planned $100 million-plus project to renovate and modernize General Electric Co.'s jet engine complex represents another step in Ohio's efforts to build its aerospace industry along the Interstate 75 corridor, according to TechSolve, a state Edison technology center that focuses on aerospace and aviation industries.

Alcoa Inc. plans to invest more than $110 million at its Cleveland plant in part to refurbish a forging press used in the production of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter plane.

COLUMBUS -- Gov. Ted Strickland's administration apparently is backing off efforts to apply the prevailing union wage to more construction projects that get state financing, in the wake of an Ohio Supreme Court decision.

In videotaped comments, a state agency director appears to back off new standards Ohio Gov.

A a $300 million project that will create about 220 temporary construction jobs and generate electricity for AK Steel's Middletown Works operations is headed to Middletown.

COLUMBUS -- Two Republican lawmakers advising Ohio's Democratic governor on changes to the state's lethal injection process say it shouldn't be hard to fix the system.

Location, location, location - and jobs. That twist on the real estate agent's motto sums up why Ohio voters approved the four-casino plan on Tuesday, Nov.

President Obama and Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland share a laugh last October when Obama was on the campaign trail.

Regulators on Wednesday ordered FirstEnergy Corp . to develop a comprehensive program by the end of the month to distribute its 4.75 million compact fluorescent light bulbs.

The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday set two new execution dates even as the state continues to rework its procedures for putting condemned inmates to death by injection.

A former state fire marshal will be the next mayor in Toledo. With 100% of precincts reporting unofficial results, independent candidate Mike Bell got 52% of votes, and Democrat Keith Wilkowski got 48%. The two rivals grew up near each other, went to the same high school and graduated together.

Equipment manufacturer Intelligrated , with up to $24 million in state incentives, plans a $13.3 million project that will expand its operations in West Chester Township and London, in Madison County, as well as its corporate headquarters in Mason.

Arguments for and against casinos bombarded Ohioans via the airwaves, phone lines and news media for weeks.

A person who symbolized problems with Ohio education funding will help monitor the state's new system for paying for schools.

COLUMBUS: The economy is the big question mark in Tuesday's election, as Ohio voters grappling with 10 percent unemployment decide whether to reverse their long-held antigambling stance for the promise of casino jobs.

Voith Hydro announced Monday that it would open a manufacturing facility in Hannibal, Ohio.