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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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| Some Democrats Will Back GOP Plan to
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By Bill Cohen - April 25, 2002 |
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A proposal to triple Ohio's cigarette tax is picking up support. Republicans who dominate the state senate are pushing it. Governor Bob Taft is endorsing it. And some minority Democrats in the legislature also say they'll vote yes on it. Joyce Beatty is a Democratic state representative from Columbus. The proposal to add a 50-cent-per-pack tax would raise an estimated $400 million a year, and Beatty says that would help fill a hole in the state budget. She talked with Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen. Beatty is the number three leader of Democrats in the Ohio House. |
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