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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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| House OK's Brownfields/Greenspace Plan. |
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June 12, 2001 |
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The Ohio House of Representatives today (Tuesday) approved a plan to borrow
$400 million to preserve greenspace and to clean up polluted industrial sites
often called "brownfields." Ohio voters gave the green light to the
general idea last November, when they approved a statewide ballot issue and now
legislators are working on specific details. State Representative Jim Trakas is
one of the bill's backers.
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State Representative Jim Trakas (0:32) 
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| The vote for this environmental bill was unanimous. Despite the strong support for it in the Ohio House environmental groups are not totally happy with it. They like the part of the plan that will help cities and towns buy land for parks, nature preserves, and hiking trails. But they don't like the details of how the polluted industrial sites will be declared clean. Environmental activists are hoping now that state senators will consider the greenspace/brownfields bill, they will toughen the cleanup standards. Jack Shaner works for the Ohio Environmental Council. |
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Jack Shaner (0:17)
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