It’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day. On this day, it’s worth re-watching his
I Have a Dream speech
.
Local governments are hopeful they won’t see
big budget cuts in Gov. John Kasich’s 2014-2015 budget
. Townships, municipalities and counties were economically hit by big cuts in the last budget. The local government cuts added up to $1 billion on a state level, and Hamilton County shared $105 million — more than 10 percent — of the cuts, according to Cuts Hurt Ohio. Education saw $1.8 billion in cuts statewide, with Hamilton County taking $117 million of those cuts.
Gov. Kasich announced that his state of the state address will take place in Lima, Ohio. Kasich’s speech last year was labeled “bizarre” by outlets like
The Hill
. During the speech, Kasich imitated a person with severe Parkinson’s disorder and called Californians “wackadoodles.”
falling apart
. Cincinnati Museum Center executives say they need nearly $180 million for repairs. The damages are largely due to how the building was constructed. Its design lets moisture get behind bricks, which then causes supporting steel beams to rust.
The judge in the Miami University rape flier case gave a deposition Jan. 15. The document outlines Judge Robert Lyons’ reasoning for letting the rape flier case go: “What I remember about him is that there was certainly concern about his, say, his mental health and there were grounds stated on the record for the necessity of sealing the record. It had to do with his — probably as I recall, more so mental well-being than anything else.”
Former governor Ted Strickland is tired of raising campaign money, but that didn’t stop him from
joining City Council candidate Greg Landsman Friday
. Landsman was Strickland’s field director for his congressional campaign, and when Strickland was governor, Landsman was director of the Governor’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.
Rumor has it the Carew Tower will be going residential, but the owners are
denying it all
. The denial letter, which assured current tenants they won’t be kicked out, makes reference to a “softness in the general downtown office market.”
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation made
$1.3 million in grants
. The grants will help a variety of businesses and groups. A $225,000 grant will go to Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber’s Minority Business Accelerator, which helps local businesses owned by minorities.
delayed by a day this week
due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Will the first neanderthal in 30,000 years be given birth by a human mother? A Harvard geneticist says
he’s close to making it possible
.
This article appears in Jan 16-22, 2013.