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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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| Embattled civil rights commission head resigns after flap with governor over maternity leave policy. |
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By Karen Kasler - December 11, 2007 |
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The head of the Ohio Civil Rights Commission has resigned, after losing the governor's support over a maternity leave policy. Former state representative Barbara Sykes had been appointed by Gov. Ted Strickland to lead the civil rights commission, which last month passed a policy requiring women be offered 12 weeks of unpaid maternity leave. Strickland asked Sykes to delay that policy, because of concerns about the cost to business. Sykes refused, but a panel of state lawmakers delayed it by three months. Last week, the governor said he would no longer back her as chair of the commission, and that she chose to resign.
Sykes writes that she is quitting - quoting here - in hopes of hastening resolution of this issue. Her resignation came out just hours before hearings to confirm her as the head of the Civil Rights Commission. |
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Gov. Ted Strickland (:17) 
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Gov. Ted Strickland (:13)
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