When U.S. Senator George Voinovich retires at the end of his current term in 2010 it will signal the end of progressive Republican education reform in Ohio. Voinovich announced today that he will not seek reelection to a third term as Ohio's senior Senator. His public service goes back to 1967 when he was elected to the Ohio House. Voinovich's stellar reputation as a school reformer comes honestly...Read it here.
A native of Dayton, Ohio, Mike Lafferty is a freelance journalist and former reporter for The Columbus Dispatch newspaper, where he covered science, environment and agriculture news. Lafferty was the editor-in-chief of the "Ohio's Natural Heritage" book. He formerly worked for the Associated Press, the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
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