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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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| Test of controversial license plate scanners on Ohio Turnpike complete. |
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By Karen Kasler - January 4, 2005 |
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The Ohio Highway Patrol says controversial new technology that scans license plates helped troopers recover more stolen cars on the Ohio Turnpike than the same time period in 2003. Lt. Rick Zwayer told Ohio Public Radio’s Karen Kasler says a four-month test of the Automatic Plate Recognition system is now complete. Zwayer says the state will have to evaluate the system to decide if it should be put into place permanently, but if it is, he says troopers don’t intend to use to it track speeding or other minor crimes. 64-thousand dollars of homeland security funds were used to buy scanners for the western and eastern entrances to the Turnpike, as well as a mobile scanner. |
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Karen Kasler reports (1:40) 
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