COLUMBUS — Natural gas wells using the drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing are producing at a much higher rate than traditional wells, according to the first look at production figures from nine active wells in the Utica Shale formation in eastern Ohio.
COLUMBUS — During the darkest days of the Great Recession, Ohio didn’t have enough in its rainy day fund to buy even a candy bar. It held a balance of exactly 89 cents.
COLUMBUS — A dozen earthquakes in northeastern Ohio were almost certainly induced by injection of gas-drilling wastewater into the earth, state regulators said Friday as they announced a series of tough new rules for drillers.
COLUMBUS — An Ohio lawmaker is proposing that owners of exotic animals be subjected to background checks and required to fence their property — measures supporters say might have saved dozens of lions, tigers, and other wild creatures that were shot by authorities months ago after their suicidal owner let them loose.
CINCINNATI — The governor on Monday mobilized the National Guard to tornado-ravaged areas of southern Ohio where nearly 300 homes, businesses and government buildings were damaged by the storms and winds.
Delaware City could see 2,500 new jobs and an additional $2.6 million annually in taxes if all goes as hoped with the Sawmill Parkway extension and the development it would make possible, said Dan Whited, the city’s economic director.
WASHINGTON — Democrats are playing defense in governors’ races in 2012, protecting eight seats — some in conservative states like North Carolina and Montana — while Republicans are safeguarding just four. But one of those is in Wisconsin, where a recall effort against incumbent Scott Walker has emerged as a national test of the confrontational measures many GOP governors have taken to balance state budgets.
COLUMBUS — He’s fresh off a bruising fight and ultimate defeat over the rights of unionized public workers. His approval ratings among voters are low.