By Ryan Schaaf from the March 11 Wooster Record

Raising the educational environment in Ohio is the first step toward attaining economic growth, higher education Chancellor Eric Fingerhut told a large audience at the Wayne Economic Development Council's annual meeting on Tuesday morning. Full Article.

By Paul Krugman from the March 9 Columbus Dispatch

Democrats won the 2006 election largely thanks to public disgust with the Iraq war. But polls and Sen. Hillary Clinton's big victory in Ohio suggest that if the Democrats want to win this year, they have to focus on economic anxiety. Full Article.

By John Higgins from the March 5 Akron Beacon Journal

After voters rejected the Barberton schools' bond issue in November, officials asked for a little less in Tuesday's primary election and voters gave them a little more, helping to push it just over 50 percent. Full Article.

By Liz Sidoti of the Associated Press on March 3

Combined, Ohio and Texas have sustained roughly one-eighth of all U.S. troop deaths in a war that's certain to shape the general election as candidates with two vastly different approaches — stay or go — compete for votes in communities that have been personally touched by the conflict that began with a U.S.-led invasion five years ago this month. Full Article.

By Nedra Pickler of the Associated Press on March 3

Barack Obama's senior economic policy adviser privately told Canadian officials to view the debate in Ohio over trade as "political positioning," according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press that was rejected by the adviser and held up Monday as evidence of doublespeak by rival Hillary Rodham Clinton. FullArticle.

By Gebe Martinez from Politico on March 2

In the final days before what could be make-or-break primaries in Texas and Ohio, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have cast their lot with Ohioans instead of Texans when it comes to the issue of free trade. Full Article.

By Dennis J. Willard from the March 2 Akron Beacon Journal

Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton each have at times lauded the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for creating jobs in the United States, opening borders, removing troublesome tariffs and increasing exports to other countries. Full Article.

By Mark Naymik from the Feb. 29 Cleveland Plain Dealer

The North American Free Trade Agreement again grabbed attention in the Democratic presidential race Thursday after a Canadian television network accused Barack Obama s campaign of privately downplaying his opposition to the deal. Full Article.

By John Higgins from the Feb. 24 Akron Beacon Journal

Most of the dozen Akron-Canton area school districts that are asking voters for new money on March 4 had tax issues on the ballot last November. Full Article.

By Jonathan Riskind on Dispatch.com Feb. 16

Aside from Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Cleveland, who was an early Hillary Clinton backer, Ohio’s Democratic members of Congress have remained uncommitted – and there is a reason for that, says Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Toledo. Full Article.