Ohio pension fund trips cost $1M
Ohio's five public retirement systems spent more than $1 million on travel to conferences during a one-year period while the economy continued to squeeze the funds' pension investments, according to records reviewed by a newspaper.
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Tourism Industry Ends Summer Season With A Bang
Summer visitor numbers give tourism industry high hope.
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Pension officials traveled in style
When two board members of the Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund jetted to New York in October for a conference on protecting investments, the pension fund made an investment of its own: more than $400 per night for each trustee to stay in a hotel that "blends old-world elegance and new-world opulence."
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Fewer hot days worries some Southern Oregon wineries near Roseburg
A wet spring and cool summer has slowed grape growth at many vineyards across Southern Oregon, including Reustle-Prayer Rock near Roseburg. Despite the challenge, at least one wine maker says...
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Much ado about non-news stories
Did you see those pictures of Michelle Obama sashaying around Europe—Spain I think it was—and staying at that fancy hotel? I mean, who does she think she is, Nancy Reagan? Isn’t she kind of getting ahead of herself, putting on airs?
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