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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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| State officially drops outdated names on agencies helping those with developmental disabilities. |
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By Bill Cohen - June 10, 2009 |
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State and local government agencies that currently have the term "mental retardation" in their names soon will not have it. The Ohio House of Representatives today approved a Senate-passed measure that wipes out the term, leaving only the term "developmental disabilities" in the agencies' official titles. Rep. Debbie Newcomb sponsored the measure in the House. |
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Rep. Deborah Newcomb (D-Conneaut) (:34) 
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| The House vote on the measure was 98-0. Gov. Ted Strickland is expected to soon sign the bill into law. That would put Ohio in line with 44 other states which have already removed the term "mental retardation" from the title of their state and local agencies. |
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