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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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| Governor reacts to threat of lawsuit from African American legislators over cabinet diversity. |
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By Bill Cohen - January 31, 2011 |
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For the first time since African-American Ohio legislators threatened to file civil rights complaints against him, Gov. John Kasich is defending the lack of diversity in his cabinet. Of 22 cabinet appointments so far, none is black, latino, or Asian. Black lawmakers last week threatened to take the governor before the Ohio civil rights commission, a federal civil rights agency, or even a court. But Kasich doesn’t seem ruffled. |
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Gov. John Kasich (:27) 
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| Two permanent cabinet director vacancies remain to be filled: they are at the Ohio Lottery and the department of Job and Family Services. |
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