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Monday, March 11, 2013  Judge skeptical of former Sen. Craig's use of campaign cash to pay for sex-sting legal defense

Tuesday, December 18, 2012  City Council passed legislation on Tuesday to move $326,000 of surplus into the budget stabilization fund for capital improvement plans.

Monday, November 12, 2012  An Ohio legislator thinks the state should offer taxpayers the option of getting their Ohio refunds on prepaid debit cards.

Monday, August 13, 2012  Identity thieves filing bogus tax returns got more than 5 billion dollars in fraudulent refunds from the IRS last year. That's according to a new report issued over the weekend by the IRS inspector general.

Tuesday, May 01, 2012  During a Tuesday morning press conference, Mayor Mike Bell (I) announced that the City of Toledo had achieved a balanced budget and managed to accumulate a $326,000 surplus.

Monday, March 05, 2012  A former chief administrative officer imprisoned for stealing nearly $8 million from the American Cancer Society of Ohio has been released and is on house arrest.

Thursday, February 16, 2012  Imagination Station has launched our Adopt-a-School program, an exciting new initiative that will help provide access to the science center for 2nd-6th grade classrooms in need of financial assistance.

Friday, January 27, 2012  Obama to spell out plan to target universities that don't control rising tuition costs

Wednesday, January 11, 2012  Ohio's State Department of Taxation is now accepting 2011 state returns filed by computer or phone.

Monday, January 09, 2012  Former Toledo mayors Jack Ford and Carty Finkbeiner had a bone to pick about the recent firings in the Toledo Department of Neighborhoods during a joint press conference Monday.

Thursday, December 08, 2011  As part of her pledge to make government more transparent, Lucas County Auditor Anita Lopez announces the launch of the online listing of Unclaimed Funds.

Thursday, September 22, 2011  Three area postal workers have been charged in U.S. District Court in Toledo for federal violations of postal law.

Thursday, August 04, 2011  A new e-mail scam promising riches to unsuspecting recipients is making its way across the country and this one appears to bear the approval of the FBI.

Thursday, April 14, 2011  AP-GfK Poll: Most Americans say what they pay in taxes is fair, though fewer expecting refunds

Monday, October 04, 2010  Verizon Wireless says it will begin to pay out up to $90 million in refunds to cell phone customers who were improperly charged for data usage in the past several years.