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Voters will not get the chance to increase Ohio’s minimum wage in this year’s election. Supporters of an effort to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour have come up short in their attempt to get the proposed amendment on the ballot. Joining us to discuss the campaign is the president of One Fair Wage, Saru Jayaraman.

AEP seemed to survive the storm pretty well, at least in Ohio. But the utility made news when Governor DeWine mentioned his administration is trying to keep AEP's headquarters in Ohio. The company is looking to possibly move out of its 31-story headquarters in Columbus.

The Democrat running for governor is doing her best to stay away from any kind of socialist label. She has taken some moderate stances in recent weeks.

Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, questions the Bush administration's handling of post-war Iraq. Lugar suggests the administration has not been forthcoming with the Congress or the American people about the costs of rebuilding Iraq. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.

President Bush has named U.S. Rep. Porter Goss (R-FL) as his choice to head the Central Intelligence Agency. Goss, who served in the CIA before running for Congress, is chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. Hear NPR's Don Gonyea and NPR's Renee Montagne.

Julia Green of Front Street Books recommends Moonlight on Linoleum by Terry Helwig, City of Women by David R. Gillham and The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly.

Many critics at home and abroad are suggesting the U.S. failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq signifies a failure of pre-war intelligence -- or worse. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Early intervention for treating psychosis and grants to train more psychologists and psychiatrists are just some of the ways the legislation would change mental health services.

Senate leaders had hoped to pass the funding bill Thursday but were forced to wait after Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., objected. His maneuver makes a temporary lapse in funding basically inevitable.

Protesters nationwide are demanding police reform. Calls to defund the police mean different things to different people, and there's no clear answer to what that might look like in reality.