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This week on "The State of Ohio": The Senate version of the budget is on its way, with just a few weeks remaining to hammer out differences with the House. Lawmakers try to clarify the state auditor's role with JobsOhio. And we revisit and update two controversial issues from the last year - the abortion debate in Ohio and the state's new exotic animals law and the facility it created.
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| Anti-smoking agency says polls shows voters want tobacco money to stay with its programs. |
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By Karen Kasler - April 11, 2007 |
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The state agency set up to handle the millions of dollars in tobacco settlement money says a new poll shows voters want at least part of that money to stay with that agency. The survey, commissioned by several anti-smoking groups, comes as Gov. Strickland proposes converting that settlement into a lump sum payment to put toward a property tax cut for elderly and disabled homeowners. Shelly Kiser with the American Lung Association says nearly 90% of voters told pollsters they want the state to spend at least a quarter of the tobacco settlement funds on anti-smoking programs.
The Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation says Ohio will collect a record $1.3 billion from the tobacco settlement and from taxes on cigarettes this year, but so far, none of that is allocated for anti-tobacco programs. And the agency says it will be completely out of money in a decade unless lawmakers and the governor change this trend. |
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Shelly Kiser (:28) 
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Shelly Kiser (:19)
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Shelly Kiser with Karen Kasler (1:44)
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