From the Speaker:
 

COLUMBUS – Ohio House Speaker Jon Husted (R- Kettering) today appointed Sally Conway Kilbane to the newly-created Commission on Cuyahoga County Government Reform.

From ODOD:
 
COLUMBUS – Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher today announced that four Ohio communities, two companies, and one nonprofit organization received the Director’s Awards for Excellence in Housing and Community Development for effectively implementing programs that benefit Ohio’s low- and moderate-income citizens and fostering public/private partnerships.  The awards were presented during a ceremony today at the Ohio Conference of Community Development Annual Meeting luncheon at the Concourse Hotel in Columbus.

From ODJFS:
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services is preparing for the mandatory review of the guidelines used by county child support enforcement agencies and the judicial system to determine child support payments by providing several methods for public input.  ODJFS will conduct public forums in several locations across the state designed to gather comments about the effectiveness or shortcomings of the guidelines.  Remarks will also be accepted through the Internet at http://www.odjfs.state.oh.us/csguidelines/ 
“In order to ensure our services are meeting the needs of those served by Ohio’s child support …

From the Cordray Campaign:
 
Columbus–Teachers, ironworkers, and members of the building trades, as well as health care and social workers are backing Richard Cordray for Ohio Attorney General.
In recent days Treasurer Cordray has been endorsed by the following:

Don’t miss the story related to the above pic on THE ONION. Good stuff on global warming.

New letters are out from Gov. Strickland urging cooperation and compromise. Here they are:

It’s cloudy in Columbus but hot. Here’s the opening ceremony, with Gov. Ted Strickland cutting the ribbon at the main gate:

Here he is, talking to reporters afterward (apologies for the audio, the band started playing midway through the interview):

And, finally, here’s the Gov. sampling some milk from a processor that was involved in the big label debate earlier this year: