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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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| More Ohioans are buckling up, but advocates are strapping themselves in to prepare for a fight. |
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By Bill Cohen - July 25, 2005 |
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More Ohioans than ever before are wearing their seat belts - 79% of Ohio drivers and passengers are now buckling up, up from 74%. Laurie Lang with the Ohio Department of Public Safety says officials are confident that seat belt usage is up, because trained observers have seen it with their own eyes as part of a regular survey. Critics say the seat belt law, passdd in the mid 80s, amounts to “big brother government,” and it should be up to individuals to decide whether they want to buckle up. But supporters of the law say the intrusion by government into people’s lives is a small price to pay for the thousands of lives the law has saved over the years. |
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Laurie Lang with Bill Cohen (2:57) 
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