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Thursday, March 21, 2013  GOP-dominated House expected to pass budget plan promising slashing cuts, balance in 10 years

Thursday, February 21, 2013  The Medicaid expansion takes place in January 2014.  The state wants county social welfare agencies to have their computer systems upgraded by October

Tuesday, February 19, 2013  Ohio Gov. John Kasich takes his annual State of the State address to Lima on Tuesday.

Thursday, January 31, 2013  Ohio Gov. John Kasich says he doesn't view expanding Medicaid as "Obamacare," which he opposes.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013  Threatened by benefit cuts and future tax burdens, senior citizens in Point Place urged Ohio legislators on Wednesday to protect their social safety net.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013  As Congress begins anther round of deficit reduction and budget negotiations, Northwest Ohio seniors will gather Wednesday to protest cuts to Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  A new study says that expanding Medicaid in Ohio under the federal Affordable Care Act could net the state $1.4 billion over the next decade.

Thursday, August 16, 2012  DeWine is hosting his third of four state-wide forums in Toledo today, focusing on recent consumer and charitable scams affecting Ohioans.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011  At one Department of Motor Vehicles' office in the nation's capital, motorists can get a driver's license, temporary tags and something wholly unrelated to the road: an HIV test for free.

Monday, November 14, 2011  Supreme Court will hear arguments over health care overhaul, a key Obama initiative, in spring

Thursday, August 11, 2011  Congress' supercommittee faces warring pressures to follow party ideology, find big debt cuts

Thursday, August 04, 2011  Politics of 2012, clashes over policy pose huge obstacles as Congress seeks more deficit cuts

Tuesday, August 02, 2011  Debt limit bill moves on to Senate, passage expected; then on to Obama for signature

Sunday, July 24, 2011  The Ohio attorney general's office says its units that deal with Medicaid and workers' compensation fraud recovered a record-setting amount of nearly $103.8 million for the fiscal year that ended last month.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011  House to vote on tea party-backed debt plan that's doomed in Democratic-controlled Senate