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Laura A. Bischoff

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Laura Bischoff works in our Columbus bureau, covering state government and politics. Previously, she lived in Dayton's St. Anne's Hill neighborhood and covered Dayton city government and information technology businesses.

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State plane cleared by FAA to fly again

12:20 AM Friday, February 10, 2012

COLUMBUS — Air and ground training classes on a state-owned Partenavia P68 Observer airplane will begin for pilots in the coming weeks after the Federal Aviation Administration gave the Ohio Department of Transportation the all clear to fly the plane.

Ohio to dedicate $75M for demolishing abandoned homes

12:13 AM Friday, February 10, 2012

COLUMBUS — Ohio cities and nonprofits will soon have a $75 million pot of money to knock down blighted and abandoned properties that often drag down housing values and become neighborhood nuisances.

Plan to overhaul public schools similar to SB5

10:43 AM Thursday, February 9, 2012

COLUMBUS — Gov. John Kasich loves Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson’s ambitious plan to overhaul the city’s failing public schools, but its chances of being a statewide model may rest with its similarities to the failed Senate Bill 5 collective bargaining plan.

Kasich: Education will lead to new jobs

11:16 PM Tuesday, February 7, 2012

STEUBENVILLE — Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday said that jobs in manufacturing, logistics and other industries are moving back, but the state needs to revamp public education and align work force training to match job openings.

Bills aimed at shrinking government stirring controversy

10:03 PM Monday, February 6, 2012

Making government more efficient and cost-effective is the idea behind a new effort to change how county governments could operate in Ohio.

Ohio workers to share in AIG’s $725M settlement

12:28 AM Saturday, February 4, 2012

COLUMBUS — Insurance giant American International Group Inc. must pay $725 million to settle a securities class action lawsuit led by three Ohio public pension systems.

Donations helping DeWine pay down campaign loan

10:44 PM Wednesday, February 1, 2012

COLUMBUS — Republican Mike DeWine raked in $1.7 million from a list of contributors that includes lawyers, lobbyists and Republican Party faithful during his first year as attorney general — money that is helping DeWine repay the $2 million loan he made to his campaign committee in the closing weeks of his 2010 race to unseat Democrat Richard Cordray.

State plane grounded due to safety concerns

10:49 PM Monday, January 30, 2012

COLUMBUS — For 16 months, the state-owned Partenavia P68 Observer airplane has been sitting idle in the Ohio Department of Transportation’s hangar while state and Federal Aviation Administration officials haggle over safety concerns raised by two state pilots.

Captured leopard dies after accident at zoo

10:25 PM Monday, January 30, 2012

A male spotted leopard from the Thompson farm in Zanesville was euthanized Sunday after breaking his neck at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, where it was being held.

Fired prison guard's speech rights debated

10:23 PM Friday, January 27, 2012

COLUMBUS — The firing of a Lebanon Correctional Institution prison guard who once was commended for saving the life of a suicidal inmate has ignited debate over free speech in the workplace and whether it extends to threatening comments on an employee’s Facebook page.