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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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| Just days before Christmas, Governor signs order to send millions to needy Ohioans. |
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By Jo Ingles - December 15, 2011 |
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Gov. John Kasich has signed an executive order that would provide more than $6 million in federal funds for needy families to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Kasich’s spokesman, Rob Nichols, says a third of that money will go to the state’s foodbanks. |
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Rob Nichols (:15) 
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| Nichols says $1 million will go for after school programs for at-risk kids. He says the rest will be used by organizations that support the mission of the Governor’s Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives. |
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