(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Ohio senior citizens who hoped to receive help in applying to Medicaid became victims of a statewide scam, according to a lawsuit filed last week by Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray. The lawsuit, filed in Franklin County Common Pleas Court, alleges that the scam was orchestrated by two individuals who later left the state and now reside in New Mexico. Andrea L. West and George W. West, formerly of Dublin, are charged with multiple violations of Ohio's Consumer Sales Practices Act and Home Solicitation Sales Act.

What does Diversity mean to you? Same-sex marriage? Building a giant mosque on the 9/11 spot in New York? Elena Kagan on the Supreme Court?

To the largest teachers union, the National Education Association (NEA), diversity means celebrating the anniversary of the Communist takeover of China by Mao Zedong. The NEA posted this on its websitecalendar as a Diversity Event for October 1.

The New York Times set off a debate this week over whether the bond market is in bubble territory and ready for a bust. One of their arguments comes from the charts in Figure 1 below. The top chart shows  that over $200 billion has left stock mutual funds over the past four years. The bottom chart showing that well over $500 billion has gone into bond mutual funds.  With the assumption that individual investors are the “dumb money” doing everything at the wrong time, leads to the conclusion that a bond bust and stock rally is imminent.

COLUMBUS, OH-Due to the presence of algal toxins found within the water of a number of inland lakes across Ohio and Lake Erie, Ohio EPA, Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) and Ohio Department of Health (ODH) are releasing a comprehensive list of updated sampling results for algal toxins including microcystin, anatoxin-a, cylindrospermopsin and saxitoxin. All state parks remain open.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray announced yesterday that his office has received a federal grant that will help county sheriffs keep better track of registered sex offenders.

The $155,546 grant will pay for two new programs.