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- Dann is going to help his wife sell dinnerware over the Internet
So what’s Dann going to do now that he’s no longer attorney general? He’s going to work for his wife, Alyssa Lenhoff Dann, who sells Fiestaware on the Internet as a side job, said Mike Harshman, Dann’s attorney and a confidant.
- Inspector general promises thorough probe of Dann's office
Ohio Inspector General Thomas P. Charles and a diverse investigative team will look at “ everything and anything we find that's alleged to be wrongdoing” in a probe of former Attorney General Marc Dann's office.
- Dann quits, gets no deal
After 17 months on the job, and 12 days after admitting an affair with a staffer, Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann resigned Wednesday.
- Columbus insider to run Attorney General's Office
Tom Winters, the first assistant attorney general who'll run the office until Gov. Ted Strickland appoints Marc Dann's replacement, is a Columbus insider. "He pretty much knows all the players in state government," said political scientist John Green. "That will help him."
- Strickland emphatic in refusing run for VP
Gov. Ted Strickland says his answer about running for vice president in the fall would be no different if Barack Obama asked instead of Hillary Clinton. That would be "no."
- Inspector general won't discuss inquiry
Inspector General Tom Charles said he was busy "ducking and dodging" reporters, which gives Charles at least one thing in common with embattled Attorney General Marc Dann.
- Ohio's superdelegate battle rages
While Hillary Clinton still leads Barack Obama in Ohio superdelegates, eight are still undecided. The Democratic Party's executive committee announced the final two Ohio superdelegates Wednesday, bringing the total to 21. Clinton currently has seven pledged superdelegates to Obama's six.
- FBI asked to investigate Dann's office
The FBI has been asked to investigate Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann, reportedly by a task force that is part of Dann's office. However, it's not to investigate sexual harassment claims.
- 8% who voted Democrat in primary previously picked Republicans
Secretary of State records obtained by The Associated Press on Monday from most of Ohio's counties show that four out of five voters who switched parties in the election went from Republican to Democrat.
- Like presidential race, Ohio scandal divides Democrats
The Ohio standoff between Gov. Ted Strickland and company against Attorney General Marc Dann ought to appear to followers of this year's contentious Democratic presidential primary as just more of the same.
- State stimulus plans have faced hiccups
State lawmakers are expected to begin hearings this week on a $1.57 billion spending plan designed to boost the struggling state economy, making Ohio one of several states pursuing such a strategy in the face of a recession.
- Democrats wary of impeaching Dann
Passions that flared last Sunday among Ohio Democrats who were united against scandal-scarred Attorney General Marc Dann have slowed to a deliberative crawl, as officials in both parties consider the possible fallout of a prolonged impeachment trial.
- Inspector general tapped for Dann inquiry
Ohio lawmakers are tapping state Inspector General Tom Charles to spearhead a sweeping investigation that looks at a wide range of issues in Attorney General Marc Dann's office, including an allegation that a computer was wiped clean without authorization.
- Another worker caught in AG web
Another of Attorney General Marc Dann's employees has been suspended, accused of helping her former boss, Anthony Gutierrez, run his Youngstown construction business from his state office.
- Husted wants independent inquiry
House Speaker Jon Husted, R-Kettering, believes an independent, external investigation is needed to gather all the facts before the House considers whether to impeach Democratic Attorney General Marc Dann.
- McCain coming back to Ohio next week
John McCain's campaign confirmed that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee will come to Ohio for a private fund-raising event in Columbus Wednesday and a possible public appearance on Thursday.
- Paid sick day backers say they will take issue to ballot
A coalition that wants to require most Ohio businesses to give their employees paid sick days says it wants to put the issue on the November ballot.
- Deadline today for lawmakers to act on sick-days bill
Today is the deadline for state lawmakers to act on a proposed bill that would require most Ohio companies to provide workers with at least seven paid sick days each year.
- Batchelder examining how to oust AG Dann
During his nearly 40 years in public office, state Rep. William Batchelder often has found himself at the center of major battles. Now, the Republican from Medina, a constitutional lawyer, has been given the task of researching the process House members would use to impeach Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann.
- Ouster needs Dann's own help
The leader of Ohio's House of Representatives said Wednesday that lawmakers determining whether Attorney General Marc Dann should be impeached over a sex scandal need help from an unlikely source: the attorney general himself.
- Ohio congressional hopefuls swift to rebuke attorney general
As a sex scandal involving Ohio's attorney general becomes the butt of national jokes, Democratic congressional candidates who will face the state's voters this fall are scrambling to distance themselves from him.
- Dann seemed either oblivious or misleading
If the Ohio House ultimately tries to impeach Attorney General Marc Dann, it could come down to Dann's testimony in his office's internal investigation of sexual harassment.
- Environmentalists attack Voinovich over climate change
Preparing for debate over global warming in the U.S. Senate next month, the Environmental Defense Action Fund today is running a full-page ad in The Hill, a newspaper that covers Congress, criticizing Ohio's George Voinovich.
- If Dann resigns, what's next?
Ohio Democrats on Tuesday took a breather, a day after working themselves into a lather behind their vow to swiftly wrest the attorney general's office from their party mate Marc Dann.
- Rules about impeaching officials in Ohio murky
If Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann survives an impeachment movement, he'll follow the in the footsteps of Calvin Pease and George Tod — two judges who were impeached by the House but acquitted in the Senate.
- Possible replacements for Marc Dann listed
If Marc Dann resigns or the Ohio Legislature removes him before Sept. 25, Gov. Ted Strickland would appoint a replacement to serve until voters pick a new attorney general in the November election. The person elected by voters would fill out the remainder of Dann's four-year term, which ends in January 2011.
- No charges for Barrett over flashdrive photos
Former state Rep. Matthew Barrett lied to police about whether he knew women who appeared semi-nude on a flash drive he used during a high school government class talk, but will not face criminal charges for it, his attorney and a city official said Monday.
- Suddes: Ohio Senate's turn to resist bullying on payday issue
Ohioans should give House Speaker Jon Husted of Kettering and fellow Republican Rep. Christopher R. Widener of Springfield three cheers, even an ovation, for standing up to payday-loan gouging.
- Two say they want apology from AG
The women whose complaints triggered the sexual-harassment investigation that brought down three top officials in Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann's office are relieved that it's over.
- Willard: Ohio AG lowers bar for himself
Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann's political survival was severely weakened Friday by his own governor.
- Strickland on AG: There seems to be a double standard
Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann vows to stay in office and repair the damage caused by his affair with a staffer and a sexual-harassment investigation that concluded dramatically Friday with four people losing their jobs.
- Brunner wants to use unapproved voting devices
The secretary of state is moving forward with a plan to allow Ohio to approve new voting devices for use by eliminating the need to have the equipment also meet federal standards for accuracy, security and reliability.
- Editorial: This has to be the end for Marc Dann
When Marc Dann likened himself to Eliot Spitzer, this is not what he had in mind. But the Ohio attorney general's story should have the same outcome: a premature departure from office.
- GOP calls for Dann to resign amid scandal
Ohio Republicans are calling for Attorney General Marc Dann to resign, calling his public apology for an affair and the conduct of aides an inadequate response.
- Ohio attorney general had affair with employee
Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann said today he had an affair with an employee, and three advisers were forced out of their jobs in a scandal over sexual harassment allegations against an aide.
- Scandal explodes in AG office
Two top aides to Attorney General Marc Dann were fired today after an investigation of sexual harassment and intimidation complaints. Two other employees of Dann’s resigned Thursday in the wake of an internal probe.
- Dann gives his side, felt 'uncomfortable'
For the first time, Attorney General Marc Dann has given his version of his role into the events of Sept. 10, 2007, that spurred an investigation into sexual harassment charges against a top Dann aide, Anthony Gutierrez.
- Summit GOP still divided after vote
Just as clear as the outcome of Alex Arshinkoff's nomination to the Summit County GOP central committee chair was what the vote indicated — the party is divided heading into the home stretch of a major local election year.
- McCain rolls out health care plan in Cleveland
Presumed Republican presidential nominee John McCain continued his week-long roll-out of his health care plan this morning at the Cleveland Clinic.
- Poll: Clinton bests Obama in Ohio matchup against McCain
Hillary Clinton does better than Democratic rival Barack Obama against Republican John McCain in Ohio and two other key presidential swing states, a new poll today shows.
- Voinovich to pursue key assignment
Sen. George Voinovich told a room full of Dayton-area leaders Wednesday that he will seek a seat on the Senate Appropriations Committee next year.
- Redfern concerned about Obama's tie to Wright
Chris Redfern, the chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party, who is uncommitted, said Barack Obama’s delay in responding to Rev. Jeremiah Wright may have hurt the senator’s standing with many voters — in particular, the so-called Reagan Democrats who live in places like Toledo.
- House OKs payday lending caps
One of the nation's strictest proposed crackdowns on payday lending cleared the Ohio House on Wednesday, backed by Republicans and Democrats who believed the protection of consumers would far outweigh job losses should the industry shut down.
- Brown legislates twice as often as Voinovich
Some lawmakers go to Congress to pass bills. Some go to block bills they don't like. Regardless of their motives, Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, has sponsored nearly twice as many bills, resolutions or amendments in the U.S. Senate this term as his Republican counterpart, George Voinovich.
- AG's employee finds desk ransacked
Cindy Stankoski, who filed a sexual harassment complaint against here boss Anthony Gutierrez, returned from vacation to her job at Attorney General Marc Dann's office on Wednesday, April 30, to find her desk ransacked, said her attorney Rex Elliott.
- Dann's scheduler planned to accompany boss on overseas trip
When Alyssa Lenhoff canceled plans to accompany her husband, Attorney General Marc Dann, on an international exchange trip to Turkey last June, Dann's scheduler Jessica Utovich moved quickly to go on the trip.
- GOP decides Arshinkoff's fate tonight
Is Boss Arshinkoff in or is he out? That's the question opponents of Summit County Republican Party Chairman Alex Arshinkoff have posed for eight months — and it finally will be answered in a meeting tonight.
- Dann aide Gutierrez accused of hitting truck
The suspended attorney general's office manager who is already under investigation for sexual harassment and damage to two state vehicles also may have been involved in a hit-skip accident last summer while driving a state car, the office says.
- Ohio bill could lower payday loan cap to 28%
In a surprise move Tuesday, House Republicans introduced legislation that would cap the annual percentage rate charged on payday loans at 28 percent.
- Police chiefs association says Dann's scheduler had planned to travel to Turkey with boss
Attorney General Marc Dann's scheduler had made arrangements to accompany Dann to a four-day conference in Turkey last June after Dann's wife dropped out, the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police confirmed to The Dispatch today.
- Watts to Akron: Education should be on campaigns' front burner
Former Oklahoma representative J.C. Watts Jr. told a Greater Akron Chamber audience this morning that the presidential candidates need to campaign on education in a way that transcends the typical debate positions.
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