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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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| Story Archive - January, 2007 |
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| Jan 2, 2007 |
| • Dozens of new - and returning - lawmakers take the oath of office at the Statehouse |
| • New program seeks to blast the old belief that seniors and computers don't work well together |
| • New year brings new governor, new general assembly and new challenges |
| • Taft signs bills strengthening penalties for sexual predators |
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| Jan 3, 2007 |
| • Democrat leaves for DC to take over seat long held by embattled Republican congressman |
| • Departing Ag director says new high-tech agriculture lab will have impact on average Ohioans |
| • Taft has two bills left that he could veto, and he's reportedly conflicted over one of them |
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| Jan 4, 2007 |
| • Governor signs abortion policy bill that puts both sides of the issue against one another - again |
| • Leader of agency at the center of the Coingate scandal quits - before Taft leaves office |
| • More farmers who want to follow the wind power trend can do so under new law |
| • New law prohibits massive teen carpools and late night teen joyriding |
| • Ohio's new junior Senator and the first Democratic Ohio senator since 1998 is sworn in |
| • Ohioans who need discounts on drugs may find them under law signed today |
| • Thousands of state workers left wondering if they'll have jobs on Monday |
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| Jan 5, 2007 |
| • New attempt to toughen drunk driving laws takes aim at refusal to take breath test |
| • Republican candidate for governor leaves state office for now, but warns he'll be back |
| • Specific tasks around the state mark transition from one governor |
| • Taft veto a victory for cities, a defeat for critics who blasted red-light cameras |
| • Taft vetoes red light camera law, just days before leaving office |
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| Jan 8, 2007 |
| • Democrats say outgoing SOS put up transition roadblocks, but Blackwell says that's untrue |
| • Just hours after being sworn in, new governor arrives for his first day of work |
| • Low-key ceremony is the official swearing in, but a bigger one is planned for Saturday |
| • New governor Ted Strickland sworn in, signs first official document |
| • Strickland wastes no time in delivering first veto |
| • Strickland's executive order goes over well with ethics chief, Republicans |
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| Jan 9, 2007 |
| • Boating deaths sink, and officials say it's part of a long term trend |
| • Republican lawmakers explore options in the wake of Strickland's veto of bill Taft didn't act upon |
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| Jan 10, 2007 |
| • AG announces proposal for new guidelines for special counsel contracts |
| • Plan in the works to tweak the role and responsibilities of Board of Regent Chancellor |
| • Voters may see ballot issue on porn shops and topless bars |
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| Jan 11, 2007 |
| • Lawmakers pondering eliminating group of appointees that oversee colleges and universities |
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| Jan 12, 2007 |
| • First Lady will wear gown that is uniquely hers - and Ohio's |
| • Ohio teachers getting good marks in national certification |
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| Jan 13, 2007 |
| • Cold, rainy weather greets hundreds of party faithful as Strickland takes ceremonial oath |
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| Jan 15, 2007 |
| • African Americans say race and money were why three black candidates on the ballot didn't win |
| • C-SPAN starts "Road to the White House" from the Ohio Statehouse |
| • Kids speak out and share legacy of Martin Luther King |
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| Jan 16, 2007 |
| • Corn yield reaches all time high, but some worry the effect that will have on consumers |
| • Health department sifting through thousands of compliments and complaints on new smoking ban |
| • Some private clubs fuming over their inclusion in new smoking ban |
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| Jan 17, 2007 |
| • New Secretary of State finds thousands in bills from her predecessor, who promised a clean slate |
| • Researcher says some families literally have to choose between "heat or eat" |
| • School groups come together for ballot issue - but without key supporters |
| • State rep says smoking ban is "Stalin-esque", hints legislature might step in |
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| Jan 18, 2007 |
| • Strickland says upcoming budget will be lean, but says no tax increases are planned |
| • Utility watchdog wants Ohioans to have access to "green" energy, even if they have to pay more green |
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| Jan 19, 2007 |
| • Ex-Congressman gets more than two years in prison in bribery scandal |
| • Gas prices creeping down, but no one credits the oil companies |
| • Strickland does as he hinted a few weeks ago and delays upcoming executions |
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| Jan 22, 2007 |
| • A phone could ring up a bigger refund on this year's tax return |
| • Lawmakers want students to be graded on how they manage their green |
| • Though it's across the country, Ohio food banks may feel the effects of the cold in California |
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| Jan 23, 2007 |
| • Jobless rate ticks up again, but experts say the economy will stay stable |
| • Lawmaker proposes millions in aid for poor schools, brings back bill on all-day kindergarten |
| • Ohio's senators - now from different parties - react to President's speech |
| • Strickland prepares to ask for waiver to help more Ohioans get health insurance |
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| Jan 24, 2007 |
| • As drive to bring in more ethanol rushes forward, one company halts ethanol plant project |
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| Jan 25, 2007 |
| • Bus driver's criminal record forces district to close - AG is now involved |
| • Ohio university cuts sports to save cash |
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| Jan 26, 2007 |
| • A broken-hearted widow breaks her silence, hopes other elderly victims will follow |
| • Farm workers, many of them immigrants, field concerns about state's new minimum wage law |
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| Jan 29, 2007 |
| • Gov. Strickland's first veto - just hours after taking office - will take lawmakers to court |
| • Ohio EPA considers regulating hair spray, glue, polishes and other consumer products |
| • Secretary of State proposes poll workers be "drafted" into service |
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| Jan 30, 2007 |
| • First presidential poll of the '08 campaign shows one clear frontrunner in Ohio |
| • New piece from long-dead classical master is unveiled in Oxford |
| • Treasurer says many state properties are unused, because Ohio doesn't know it owns them |
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| Jan 31, 2007 |
| • Legislator tries to drive through "road rage" bill again |
| • State says contraband getting into prisons via mail forces change in prisoner package policy |
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