CINCINNATI (AP) - Tea party activists have rallied outside the federal building in Cincinnati waving flags and signs, singing patriotic songs and chanting "Stop the IRS!" The demonstration was among dozens planned nationally today to protest IRS scrutiny of conservative groups.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - State officials are saying the federal government will be taking over the state's program for patients with pre-existing medical conditions. The Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan is meant to be a temporary patch until 2014, when insurers are required to accept applicants regardless of medical history. Ohio is among 27 states with a state-based program. The federal government already runs the remaining plans.
LEBANON, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio prisons department says an inmate is missing after walking away from his work assignment as an auto mechanic. The Department of Rehabilitation and Correction says Stephen Ramey was last seen shortly before noon today at the garage at Lebanon Correctional Institution in southwest Ohio. The garage, where state vehicles are repaired, is outside the prison's security perimeter in a minimum-security camp.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio Department of Transportation has revealed which sections of rural interstate highway will have a higher speed limit of 70 mph instead of 65 mph starting July 1st. The department says the limit will increase on more than 570 miles of interstate highway. The increase applies to parts of Interstates 70, 71, 75, 76, 77 and 90 but doesn't include sections of those roads in major metropolitan areas and a few smaller cities along the way.
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