Ohio's new Secretary of State forces a showdown with the Cuyahoga County Elections Board. Cleveland's former state senator C.J. Prentiss is appointed to the Department of Education. Her new challenge? To close the achievement gap. Also, a lawsuit over access to public records raises the question whether bloggers are journalists, and what lawmakers are saying about the Governor's new two-year budget. Those stories and more on The Sound of Ideas regional roundtable, Thursday morning on 90.3.George Nemeth; Karen Kasler, Statehouse News Bureau; Erick Trickey, Cleveland Magazine