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This week on "The State of Ohio": A twist in the campaign for governor -the GOP goes after the Democratic governor for his Wall Street connections. A new report says the state spends hundreds of millions of dollars locking up low level offenders for sentences that are too short for rehabilitation, but long enough to give them time to learn from experienced criminals. There's a huge budget deficit on the horizon, but the Department of Education has requested nearly a billion dollars more money in the next budget. The state school superintendent explains.
And the 2010 Ohio State Fair is open, and it brings a colossal honor for a former chief executive - all this week in "The State of Ohio".
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| Citizens advocacy group expects TV blitz in Supreme Court race. |
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By Bill Cohen - October 19, 2004 |
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You can expect to see a lot of TV commercials the next couple weeks for Ohio Supreme Court candidates. That’s because some of them have raised a lot of money for their campaigns. The consumer group, Ohio Citizen Action, has been monitoring the money race. In an interview with statehouse correspondent Bill cohen, Catherine Turcer of Citizen Action, says Ohio is actually in the national spotlight when it comes to money in the three contested supreme court contests. Citizen Action finds that candidates endorsed by the Republican party in the three contested races have raised a total of about 3.8 million dollars as of September 30th. The three candidates endorsed by the Democratic Party have raised a total of less than one million. Republican candidates have received more than half of their money from PACs and individuals in the legal field, insurance industry, and healthcare field. The Democratic candidates have gotten a big chunk of their money from personal injury attorneys. In some races, though, the personal injury lawyers are giving to BOTH sides....and Republicans have the edge. For example, Republican Tom Moyer has received nearly twice as much money from the trial attorneys as his Democratic challenger C. Ellen Connally. |
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Catherine Turcer with Bill Cohen (1:29) 
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