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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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| Death row inmates abandon hunger strike after breakthrough in talks over treatment. |
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By Jo Ingles - January 18, 2011 |
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Some death row inmates who’ve been on a hunger strike for a couple of weeks are now eating their prison meals. Three men convicted of taking part in the deadly 1993 Lucasville prison riot have been refusing to eat because of the way the prison restricted their activities. Sharon Daanan, a spokeswoman for the Lucasville Uprising Freedom Network, says prison officials and the inmates have reached an agreement that allows, among other things, what are known as “semi contact” visits. |
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Sharon Daanan (:29) 
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| Daanan says the inmates will now also be allowed to order food from the commissary and have some exercise privileges. Prison officials say those privileges were not earned by the inmates at that time and insist that’s why they were not afforded those opportunities. |
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