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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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| Southern Ohio county makes history with the size of its financial problems. |
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By Bill Cohen - August 19, 2009 |
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For the first time in Ohio history, a county government has such a big economic mess, it's been declared in a state of fiscal emergency by the state auditor. Scioto County, in southern Ohio, is the one with the financial headache....and a state commission will now be appointed to approve a remedy. State Auditor Mary Taylor talks with Ohio Public Radio's Bill Cohen about how big the county's financial problem is. |
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Auditor Mary Taylor (:23) 
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| Taylor says Scioto County officials shouldn't be surprised about the "emergency" label the county has just received. Taylor notes the county first began experiencing a deficit in its general fund three years ago, and local officials have never gotten the financial mess under control. Twenty-three local governments in Ohio are either on fiscal watch or in fiscal emergency. |
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