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This week on "The State of Ohio": The budget is on its way to a committee that will hammer out the differences before the end of the month deadline. But there are serious issues on both sides that could slow down the talks. A billion dollars is headed back to Ohio employers who paid into the states Bureau of Workers' Comp program. But a critic says the BWC has an outstanding bill that remains unpaid. And more on how Ohio's poorest people are surviving the rising costs of a basic existence.
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| Critic has simple plan to avoid more massive power outages. |
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By Bill Cohen - December 30, 2004 |
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Now that electricity has been restored to almost all of the more than 400-thousand Ohio houses and businesses that fell victim to last week’s ice storm. some people are asking if many of the power outages could have been avoided. One consumer advocate says – perhaps what’s needed are uniform guidelines that would require utility companies to do more tree-trimming. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports. |
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Bill Cohen reports (1:16)
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