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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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| Big Bills on the Way. |
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By Jo Ingles - May 14, 2003 |
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Ohio businesses are bracing themselves for a huge bill they’ll soon be receiving from the state. Thee Ohio bureau of Workers Compsenation says businesses will be paying a lot more for workers compensation insurance. In an interview with Ohio Public Radio’s Jo Ingles, the bureau’s Jim Samuel explains businesses will see their worker’s compensation bills quadruple. |
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Jo Ingles reports (2:41) 
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| The bureau of workers compensation’s Jim Samuel says a total of $1.7 billion will be collected from Ohio businesses during the next six months. He says the state would like to be able to give businesses some sort of break on January’s bill. But Samuel says it’s still too early to determine whether that will be possible. |
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