Odds and ends, 3/27/08

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state’s top law enforcement officer wants Ohio’s colleges and universities to crack down on what he believes are overly aggressive and deceptive marketing practices by credit-card companies on campus.

Attorney General Marc Dann joined the U.S. Public Interest Research Group in a conference call Thursday to release a nationwide survey that shows four out of five students want schools to enact tougher regulations on credit-card marketing. ...

Among other things, schools should disclose how much they get back from the credit card companies who solicit business on campus.

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We're still Number 49!

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — While West Virginia’s per capita income grew by more than $1,300 from 2006 to 2007, it still remained 49th in the country.

A U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis report released Wednesday showed that West Virginia’s per capita income was $29,537 last year. That was trailed only by Mississippi’s figure of $28,845.

Both states also ranked 49th and 50th in 2006.Connecticut hung onto its No. 1 spot in the rankings with a 2007 per capita income of $54,117, followed closely by New Jersey, Massachusetts and New York.

The national per capita personal income in 2007 was $38,611, a 5.2 percent increase from 2006.

But let's make our public sector employees Number 25. We have our pride, after all.

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And Huntington-Ashland remains the 160th largest metropolitan area in the United States out of 363. Charleston is 151, Lexington KY 109 and Columbus OH 32.

For what it's worth, the Columbus metro area now has about 1.7 million people. All of West Virginia has 1.8 million.