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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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| Auditor, safety net advocates team up to talk about fighting food stamp fraud. |
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By Bill Cohen - January 17, 2012 |
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For decades, low-income Ohioans received food stamps to help them put food on the table. These days, the paper stamps have been replaced with plastic cards, which contain the benefits electronically and which can scanned at supermarket checkouts. The state auditor has just investigated the program, and he’s found a suspicious number of cases where the recipients have been given multiple cards, because they’ve claimed the originals were lost or stolen. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports. |
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Bill Cohen reports (4:03) 
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