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Monday, December 07, 2020
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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For nearly 25 years, Ohio lawmakers have been working on a plan to overhaul the way the state's public schools are funded. The work followed the 1997 Supreme Court of Ohio decision declaring the current model, which relies heavily on property values, unconstitutional.
In early November, Senator Peggy Lehner (R-Kettering) and Senator Vernon Sykes (D-Akron) introduced the bipartisan Fair...
Friday, January 07, 1977, 12:00 p.m.
Dennis Kucinich, councilman for the city of Cleveland, speaks about Cleveland Municipal Light and Power. Click here to listen to audio
Friday, April 09, 1976, 12:00 p.m.
Jimmy Carter, Governor of Georgia, speaks to the City Club as a Democratic Presidential Candidate. Carter discusses campaign strategy, his plans to restructure of the executive branch, and social mobility. Using his credentials as a businessman, Carter defends his preparedness...
Friday, November 14, 1975, 12:00 p.m.
President of American Federation of Teachers and education reform activist Albert H. Shanker discusses the unionization of teachers and the involvement of teachers in political activity. Shanker advocates to use the surplus of teachers to create smaller class sizes and...
Friday, June 27, 1975, 12:00 p.m.
Congressman Louis Stokes, the first African-American Congressman in the state of Ohio, speaks on President Ford and the Democratic Congress, specifically about President Ford's large number of vetoes and the attempt to override these vetoes. Click here to listen to...
Friday, December 27, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Dorothy Fuldheim, credited with being the first woman in the United States to anchor a television news broadcast as well to host her own television show, reviews the state of the city of Cleveland for the year 1974. She has...
Friday, December 20, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
David Broder, a national political correspondent for the Washington Post, speaks on the questions of whether there is a "fatal feud" between the Government and the press, especially within the context of the Watergate incident. Broder was awarded the Pulitzer...
Friday, May 17, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Retired Admiral Gene R. La Rocque criticizes current U.S. military spending practices. Along with other retired military officers, La Rocque is a founder of the Center for Defense Information, CDI '' to analyze military matters, inform decision-makers and the public,...
Friday, May 03, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Debate: Howard Metzenbaum and John Glenn
In response to a speech by Howard Metzenbaum in Toledo in which he accused John Glenn of never holding a real job, Glenn delivered what came to be known as his 'Gold Star Mother Speech' at the City Club debate....
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