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This week on "The State of Ohio": The budget is on its way to a committee that will hammer out the differences before the end of the month deadline. But there are serious issues on both sides that could slow down the talks. A billion dollars is headed back to Ohio employers who paid into the states Bureau of Workers' Comp program. But a critic says the BWC has an outstanding bill that remains unpaid. And more on how Ohio's poorest people are surviving the rising costs of a basic existence.
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| Mussels from Columbus Zoo will go south to help clean up Ohio River after spill. |
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By Fred Kight - April 20, 2009 |
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Mussels being raised at the Columbus Zoo will be used to restore mussel communities along a ten mile stretch of the Ohio River. In 1999, a chemical spill destroyed portions of the aquatic life between Marietta and Belpre. Now, Ohio and West Virginia are re-establishing the mussel population, according to Jeff Deshawn of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. |
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Jeff DeShawn (:27) 
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Jeff DeShawn (:27)
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| The project also calls for research on a certain type of fish that serves as a host to the mussel during the reproductive stages. Replenishing that species of fish would mean that the mussels would be better able to reproduce naturally in the future.
The project is being paid for with a $97,000 grant from the U-S Fish and Wildlife Services |
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