Here’s the statement.

The state’s minimum wage will increase on January 1, 2009. The new wage will be $7.30 per hour for non-tipped employees and $3.65 per hour for tipped employees, plus tips.

Brown sends letter to Obama on federal stimulus.

According to NRF’s 2008 Holiday Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, conducted by BIGresearch, the average person had completed 47.1 percent of their holiday shopping by the second week of December, about ten percent less than the 52.6 percent average completed by this time last year.

Group says Ohio would be among hardest hit by auto shutdown.

Employees from the Ohio Department of Commerce’s Divisions of Industrial Compliance and Liquor Control donated their lunch hour to sew approximately 400 stuffed toys.

Akron mall is one of the spots where Onion reporters found lines.

A redux of an earlier post that’s been getting a lot of hits lately.