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This week on "The State of Ohio": The Senate version of the budget is on its way, with just a few weeks remaining to hammer out differences with the House. Lawmakers try to clarify the state auditor's role with JobsOhio. And we revisit and update two controversial issues from the last year - the abortion debate in Ohio and the state's new exotic animals law and the facility it created.
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| Governor says pair of lawsuits against slots plan don't knock it off track. |
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By Bill Cohen - September 4, 2009 |
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Gov. Ted Strickland's move authorizing up to 17,500 electronic slot machines at Ohio horse-racing tracks is now the target of two separate lawsuits at the Ohio Supreme Court. But he doesn't seem discouraged about that development. One lawsuit demands a referendum on the gambling expansion so voters could have the final say. The other lawsuit charges that the governor and state legislators don't have the authority by themselves to authorize the slots. Still, the governor doesn't consider the double-barreled legal challenge as bad news for him. Strickland says he still believes the slot machines can be up and running at the seven race tracks by next May. He figures that by July of 2011, the slots will bring in nearly a billion dollars to help fill a money hole in the new state budget. |
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Gov. Ted Strickland (:17) 
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