"I don't know anything about it now other than that there's all the time a bunch of young guys hanging around there," said Moss, who still returns to visit friends. "That's not good."

His administration has also targeted career college programs - primarily at for-profit institutions - with high loan default rates among graduates over multiple years by taking away their ability to participate in such programs.

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He said "small business is the backbone" of the nation, and policies that bolster small business should be pursued more aggressively.

The Ohio Legislative Black Caucus, formerly known as the Black Elected Democrats of Ohio (BEDO) was founded in 1967 by African-American State Legislators with the goal of addressing the hopes, aspirations, and needs of Ohio’s African-American population.