COLUMBUS — Ohio Gov. John Kasich plans to unveil a new energy policy this week that could deliver a personal income-tax cut by taxing certain resources extracted through a new form of oil and gas drilling, according to published reports.
Do you have a family heirloom, a curious knickknack or an objet d’art hanging around your house and you’ve always wondered if it is worth anything? Here’s your chance to find out, and to help out the Delaware County District Library’s Friends of the Library (FOL) at the same time.
COLUMBUS — After a childhood spent moving around, Patti Gorcheff vowed that she’d never uproot her daughter. But she says wastewater disposal in her area from an oil and gas drilling frenzy that’s hit Ohio and other states has forced her to change her mind.
CLEVELAND — A government watchdog group has found that oil and gas companies have spent nearly $3 million in the last decade on lobbying and campaign contributions in Ohio — a state that is believed to be on the verge of a natural gas boom in the coming years.
PIERRE, S.D. — When farmers need to check honey prices so they can decide whether to sell, there’s been a report for that. And when catfish and sheep farmers want to check production in their industries, there’ve been reports for that, too. The U.S. Agriculture Department has kept tabs for decades on a wide range of agricultural industries that generate billions of dollars for the U.S. economy. But that’s about to change, as the agency eliminates some reports and reduces the frequency of others to save millions of dollars in tight budget times.
CHICAGO — Boy or girl? A simple blood test in mothers-to-be can answer that question with surprising accuracy at about seven weeks, a research analysis has found. Though not widely offered by U.S. doctors, gender-detecting blood tests have been sold online to consumers for the past few years. Their promises of early and accurate results prompted genetics researchers to take a closer look.
Paul E. Spears, chairman of the board of Hanover Shoe Farms and executive vice-president of the Standardbred Horse Sales Company, has been elected as the 27th Little Brown Jug Wall of Fame honoree.
NEW YORK — Together and apart, the lives of Gabrielle Giffords and husband-astronaut Mark Kelly have been extraordinary. She the congresswoman from Arizona who has miraculously survived being shot in the head. He the commander of the space shuttle Endeavour, exchanging wedding rings with his wife before his final mission in space. Now, he is retiring to be with her full time and the two are collaborating on a memoir that will tell a story, their story, that Kelly says the public hardly knows.