State funding cuts are pushing a record number of Ohio’s public libraries to seek local tax levies as they struggle to keep branches open and avoid cutting services.

A dramatic drop in funding could leave Ohio crime victims without needed support.

The IRS says it is severing ties with ACORN, the community activist group involved in a scandal after employees were caught on video giving advice to a couple posing as a prostitute and pimp.

The Youngstown-area library system is the latest to ask voters for help paying the cost of day-to-day operations.

A West Virginia program created to distribute digital pictures of missing children is being
eliminated.

A dog fights to stay alive, but the organization that saved his life once, now needs help to save it again.

Almost five and a half years ago, The Justice League of Ohio began providing legal assistance to crime victims including direct representation during criminal proceedings.  Recently a drop in federal and corporate funding could be forcing it out-of-business. 

Obama warns the nation’s mayors, including Mayor Michael Coleman, he will “call them out” if they waste the money from his massive economic stimulus plan.

Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland says he’s confident aid from the federal stimulus package will make his state’s budget deficit more manageable.

Strickland announces Ohio will receive at least $8.2 billion in federal funds as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.