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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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| Columbia Gas of Ohio Offers Help With Winter Bills. |
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By Bill Cohen - January 26, 2001 |
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Ohioans who don't think of themselves as poor are about to get some special help paying their winter gas bills. Columbia Gas of Ohio is offering to give families a break, even if their yearly incomes are twice the official poverty level.
Since some families are facing monthly bills that have doubled this year, Columbia spokesman Steve Jablonski says they need a break. He talks with Ohio Public Radio's Bill Cohen: |
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Bill Cohen reports (1:05) 
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Under the Columbia program, a family of four could have an annual income as high as $34,000 and still qualify for the $175 credit on one of their monthly gas bills. Governor Taft wants to help that same group of people with some government aid.
He's proposing $45 million worth of credits be handed to families with incomes as high as twice the official poverty line. |
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