Kasich says reducing overhead, phasing out income tax, online education among solutions to help Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio: John Kasich, the GOP endorsed candidate running to replace Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland next year, told a small audience in Columbus Tuesday that Ohio is at a crossroads and must "lower its overhead so it can lower its prices that will change the menu to get excitement going in Ohio" again.

He talked dreamily of the time when Ohio school children could learn from online courses. For that to happen, though, Ohio needs to have broadband Internet operating in many rural parts of the state that still don't have it, despite efforts to expand it by Strickland and former GOP governor Bob Taft...