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This week on "The State of Ohio": The Senate version of the budget is on its way, with just a few weeks remaining to hammer out differences with the House. Lawmakers try to clarify the state auditor's role with JobsOhio. And we revisit and update two controversial issues from the last year - the abortion debate in Ohio and the state's new exotic animals law and the facility it created.
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| As governor files new ethics reports, ethics head says changes may be useless under state law. |
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By Bill Cohen - July 20, 2005 |
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Governor Bob Taft has filed new forms with the Ohio Ethics Commission, listing more than 50 golf outings and other events he participated in that he didn’t report to the commission earlier as required by law, according to the Columbus Dispatch. The newspaper cites unnamed sources for the information. In response to questions from Ohio Public Radio…neither the Governor’s office nor the ethics commission is confirming the new filing. But ethics commission director David Freel is making one point; there’s no provision in Ohio ethics law for public officials to amend their original financial disclosure statements. Freel stresses he’s not talking about the Governor’s case or anyone else’s. But he does say – when government officials try to change the annual disclosure statements, it merely raises more questions. Freel was interviewed by statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen. |
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Bill Cohen reports (2:38) 
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