One a day - that's the rate America's schools are registering for the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification program to establish themselves as "green" schools, according to the U. S. Green Building Council. And Ohio is leading the trend.
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While sticker shock at the gas pump is expected to put a dent in some summer travel plans, those high gas prices actually could end up helping Ohio's summer tourism industry. Because gas prices are so high, vacationers are expected to travel shorter distances and that means Buckeyes, as well as people from neighboring states, may be pumping their money back into Ohio businesses.
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Ohio lawmakers are attempting to keep the 911 emergency call center infrastructure in tandem with emerging wireless technology by strategically phasing their legislation. House Bill 550, introduced Tuesday by Rep. Larry Flowers, extends until 2013 a 32-cent monthly surcharge for 911 service imposed by wireless providers.
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Ohio Supreme Court justices determined this week it is OK for a public utility to erect a pole used for transmission lines within a few feet of the paved edge of an Ohio roadway - as long as the company has secured permission to do so and the pole doesn't impede normal traffic.
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Three separate opinions arose from the Ohio Supreme Court's decision this week which upheld lower court rulings in support of a mandatory life sentence for a juvenile who committed rape but wasn't prosecuted until he was an adult.
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NEW YORK - Consumers gave some of the nation's retailers a little relief in April after months of dismal sales, gravitating toward less expensive discounters and wholesale clubs but generally still shying away from stores selling clothes and other non-necessities.
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NEW YORK (AP) - The three biggest U. S. carriers said Thursday they have again raised ticket prices, this time by $20 roundtrip, to recoup rapidly rising fuel costs. The increases by American Airlines, United Airlines and Delta Air Lines affect the carriers' fuel surcharges, which now total $130 roundtrip on many flights.
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FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Spc. Loren Dauterman, who trained at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin last month with the National Guard, found something good to say about the falling-apart floors and ceilings in her quarters. Barely. "It is better than sleeping out in the woods," Dauterman said last week, "but not a whole lot better.
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