Archive for May, 2008

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Ohio AG gives grants for home courses - Cincinnati Enquirer
The Ohio Attorney General’s Office has awarded a $25,000 Financial Literacy Initiative Grant to the Home Ownership Center of Greater Cincinnati to help teach homeowners how to avoid predatory lending. Five other non-profits elsewhere in the state

Suspect arraigned in 1999 killing of two students - Observer-Reporter
Washington County prosecutors are still considering whether they will seek the death penalty for Nathan “Boo” Herring in the execution-style killings of two Franciscan University students in 1999. First Assistant District Attorney Mike Lucas said

Interim attorney general named - Akron Beacon Journal
COLUMBUS: Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland on Wednesday could barely contain his glee at finding Nancy Hardin Rogers, the dean of Ohio State University’s law school, to serve as Ohio’s new attorney general. ‘’I'm a happy governor today,'’ he said

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Interim attorney general named - Akron Beacon Journal
COLUMBUS: Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland on Wednesday could barely contain his glee at finding Nancy Hardin Rogers, the dean of Ohio State University’s law school, to serve as Ohio’s new attorney general. ‘’I'm a happy governor today,'’ he said

Time s running short, preservationists tell court - Seneca County Advertiser-Tribune
Courthouse preservationists are asking the Ohio Supreme Court to speed things up. With the county proceeding with demolition plans, preservationists now are asking the high court to make a ruling that could temporarily protect the courthouse until

Some in GOP call for fresh face to replace Dann - Toledo Blade
COLUMBUS - Some conservatives see Marc Dann’s forced exodus from the Ohio attorney general’s office as a chance for Republicans to energize a bloc of voters yet to get excited about the top of the ticket. But they said they fear the party’s process

Ohio governor taps law professor as AG replacement - Kansas City Star
Ohio’s governor appointed the dean of the Ohio State University law school as a temporary replacement for the state attorney general who resigned amid a sex-related scandal involving his office.

Nancy Hardin Rogers will lead the office for

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Ohio government oversight should be increased - Fremont News-Messenger
It took a while, but Marc Dann finally left the office of Ohio’s attorney general. However, his delay in doing so just fueled interest in investigating his time in office. So, in addition to calls for Dann to resign, the legislature gave power to the

Law School Dean Named Interim Ohio Attorney General - All Headline News
Columbus, OH (AHN) - Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has appointed Ohio State University Moritz College of Law Dean Nancy Rogers as the state’s interim attorney general. The announcement comes two weeks after Marc Dann resigned from the post amid pressure

Strickland taps Ohio State law dean as temporary attorney general - Newark Advocate
Strickland says Nancy Hardin Rogers will lead the office for about six months but that she has no plans to run in the November election. Strickland s announcement means Democrats must still select a candidate to run for the remaining two years left