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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.

Drive to put slots-at-racetracks plan onto ballot still on in spite of casinos, group says.
	By Karen Kasler - November 13, 2009

Now that voters have approved casinos in four Ohio cities, some people are wondering what will happen to Gov. Strickland's plan to install slot machines at racetracks. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled the slots plan couldn't just be tacked onto the state budget, but that voters had to be able to weigh in on it. LetOhioVote.org is the group that won that decision, and spokesman David Hansen says the group is still gathering signatures to put the plan before voters.

David Hansen (:23)

David Hansen (:16)

Since the vote wouldn't happen till May at the earliest, Gov. Strickland has said he is no longer counting on slots revenue to balance the budget. But Hansen says it's an important precedent to set. And he says the group is well on its way to collecting the 241,000 signatures needed by the December 20th deadline.

You can hear more about this on this week's "The State of Ohio" on PBS stations statewide.

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