Last Call Cleveland to laugh it up at PlayhouseSquare

Northeast Ohio sketch-comedy troupe Last Call Cleveland is hoping to exorcise some local demons with new show “Lake Erie Time Machine,” which runs this weekend at PlayhouseSquare’s 14th Street Theatre.

A Doll’s House to shoot here too

The new Ben Kingsley “A Doll’s House” won’t just be shooting in Northern Kentucky. The feature film also will be using locations all around Cincinnati after today’s announcement that the production will receive about $800,000 in Ohio Motion Picture Tax Credits from the Ohio Department of Development. (We can chat about that today noon during [...]

Ohio’s brewers set to roll out tasting rooms

AKRON — Ohio craft brewers hope a new state law allowing production breweries to open tasting rooms and sell their beer by the glass without buying a second costly permit will help boost beer tourism by bringing breweries more in line with winery tasting rooms.

Ohio fears manure piling up

COLUMBUS -- Under the best conditions, raising livestock is a dirty, smelly business.

Ohio farms flush with manure

Under the best conditions, raising livestock is a dirty, smelly business. And right now in Ohio, the conditions are far from good. Record rainfall during the fall kept most farmers from spreading manure on muddy fields. That has agriculture officials concerned that some farmers, who will soon run out of storage space, will spread manure on snow-covered, frozen fields this winter.

Casino plans sprout in US as states seek revenue

A Malaysian company's plan to build a $4 billion convention center and big-time casino on the outskirts of New York City could be the biggest shot fired yet in a tourism arms race that has seen a growing number of Eastern states embrace gambling as a way to lure visitors and drum up revenue.

State delays opening of Cleveland, Toledo casinos

Gamblers eager to place bets inside an Ohio casino this spring will have to wait longer. State regulators yesterday put the brakes on plans to open Cleveland and Toledo casinos three months from now, saying more time is needed to license them because of various delays. The casinos could open in May or June.

Ohio craft breweries toast new law

AKRON — Ohio craft brewers hope a new state law will help boost beer tourism by bringing breweries more in line with winery tasting rooms.

Two Ohio projects named 'wasteful’ for taxpayers

A federal lawmaker this week named two Ohio projects among “the most egregious ways... taxpayer dollars were wasted” this year.One of the projects singled out is federal funding for an effort to teach Ohioans about wine and grapes.

Ohio breweries laud new state bill

Ohio craft brewers are hoping a new state law signed Wednesday will help boost beer tourism and bring breweries more in line with wineries. The law allows production breweries to open tasting rooms and sell their beer by the glass without buying a second, costly permit.