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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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| Governor urging changes in rules that keep felons from certain jobs after prison. |
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By Bill Cohen - November 28, 2011 |
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Every year in Ohio, an estimated 24,000 felons finish their prison sentences and are freed. Many of them have problems getting back into society because there are legal limits on the kinds of jobs they can hold. Dozens of activists have begun meeting to explore changing those limits, and statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports that Gov. John Kasich is urging them on. |
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Bill Cohen reports (2:29) 
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