SCHOOL FUNDING--Ohio Gov. George Voinovich gestures as he questions a witness testifying before the Ohio School Funding Task Force, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, June 25, 1997. The Task Force may issue its recommendation as early as next week.

BUDGET CLEARS THE HOUSE--Ohio House Speaker Jo Ann Davidson announces that the $36.1 billion dollar state budget has been passed by a 92-5 margin in the House Chamber, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, June 25, 1997. To the right is Senate President Richard Finan.

THE BATTLE CONTINUES--Tri-State Environmental Council members (left to right) Terri Swearingen, Dick Wolf, and Alonzo Spencer speak to the media after asking Ohio Gov. George Voinovich to initiate an independent investigation of Waste Technologies Industries, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, June 25, 1997. WTI operates a controversial hazardous waste incinerator in East Liverpool, Ohio.