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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.

Democrat questions whether delay in road projects is an excuse to lease the Ohio Turnpike.
	By Jo Ingles - January 26, 2012

The announcement that some of the state’s road projects will be delayed for another 10 years or more is drawing mixed reactions from state lawmakers. The leader of Democrats in the Ohio House, Armond Budish, says he wonders why the Department of Transportation is scaling back so drastically all of a sudden.

Minority Leader Armond Budish (D-Beachwood) (:35)

Senate President Tom Niehaus (R-New Richmond) (:35)

Republican Senate President Tom Niehaus fires back on that point.

Niehaus says the department of transportation has been running out of money for years. Republican Speaker Bill Batchelder says governors cannot promise money they don’t have. He says suspending projects is the responsible thing to do right now.

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