Aaron MarshallReporter, Plain Dealer statehouse bureau
Aaron Marshall has been a reporter in The Plain Dealer's Columbus Bureau since 2006. He previously worked for the Columbus Dispatch, the Other Paper, Columbus Monthly and Gannett News Service. He has a degree in journalism from Ohio University.
The latest Truth-O-Meter items from Aaron Marshall
"We never had an earthquake in Youngstown until John Kasich was elected Governor,"
"We are now eighth in the nation in job creation . . . we are No. 1 in the Midwest."
"At a minimum, 40 percent of those who view child pornography end up molesting children as a result."
Says unemployment in Ohio "is significantly higher than the unemployment rate in states which are not forced union states and it’s always been that way."
"We are the poster child for compliance, and whenever we discover possible infractions we resolve and report it to the NCAA no matter how minor the violations."
Says that to drive the length of the newly drawn 15th District "you’d find yourself on the road as long as it would take to drive from Columbus to Niagara Falls."
Every 1 percent increase in the number of Ohioans with bachelor’s degrees "means economic activity growing the next year and for each year thereafter (by) $2.5 billion dollars."
"You might be surprised to know that 137 billion gallons flows (into Lake Erie) every day. You might be surprised to know that only 86.3 billion gallons flow out. ... Leaving us a net surplus of approximately 50 billion gallons a day."
"State agencies have not identified one single instance where groundwater has been damaged due to hydraulic fracking."
Says tax revenue was lower than expected in May and "that's basically a clear indication the governor's counselors are probably right -- that we are still not out of the woods yet."
Recent stories from Aaron Marshall
Canadian anecdote lands on 2011 favorites listOhio House Speaker William G. Batchelder loves telling a good story. An anecdote about a top Canadian official seeking medical treatment in Ohio that he included in a floor speech got our attention and became one of our favorite items for 2011.
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