Panelists:  Guest Host - Karen Kasler, Ohio Public Radio and Television; Bill Cohen, Statehouse Reporter, Ohio Public Radio; Herb Asher, OSU Political Scientist; Bob Clegg, Republican Strategist. Likely Topics: Bars want slot machines if horse tracks get them ; GOP’s growing complaints over education plan secrecy; Unclaimed Funds; Prison overcrowding.

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