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BY ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gov. Ted Strickland planned today to sign an executive order that bans discrimination in state employment on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
Strickland, a Democrat, wants to restore the specific protection removed by Republican Gov. Bob Taft in August 1999 several months into Taft's first term.