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This week on "The State of Ohio": State lawmakers consider what they can do in the wake of the horrible and yet miraculous escape story out of Cleveland involving three women held prisoner in a house for a decade. New data shows more than half of all violent crimes are committed by a very small numbers of offenders. Lawmakers are now working to target that tiny group. And more thoughts on legislation that would dramatically change rules on unions in Ohio.
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| County building up what it hopes is a solution to foreclosure crisis - a land bank. |
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By Dan Moulthrop - November 13, 2007 |
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News of the foreclosure and sub-prime lending crisis has become a near daily event. Whether it's Countrywide or E*trade, we're growing accustomed to hearing of another bank suffering multi-billion dollar losses. Those losses are one part of the landscape. The other part is the foreclosed and in many cases, abandoned homes - an estimated 7,000 in Cuyahoga County, for instance. What do you do with them? Cuyahoga County officials have an idea and if it happens, it would go statewide. It's called a land bank, and it's an idea that's already working in Flint, Michigan. From Ohio Public Radio member station WCPN, Dan Moulthrop has our story. |
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Dan Moulthrop reports (3:17) 
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