Word: ohio
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...their worst, however, rewards could backfire by ending up fostering an atmosphere in which people refuse to do anything for free. Erika Taylor, 18, took advantage of an Ohio welfare program that pays teen mothers a bonus of $62 a month if they attend school regularly until graduation, but she concedes that "people I know are just after the extra money." Perhaps that is why the program also includes tough penalties for slackers. Mothers who skip school or drop out find their welfare checks reduced $62 a month. Over the past few years, as the Ohio program has proved...
With that, attention suddenly turned to the trio of holdouts whose decision would determine the fate of the bill. One voted in favor of it. Another against. And then Douglas Applegate, an Ohio Democrat who had exceeded the 15- minute time limit for electronic voting, paced up to the House clerk and filled out a ballot by hand. It was colored green, signifying "Yes." The measure had passed...
...Ohio...
Cleveland, Ohio...
...investing more than ever in hiring guards and installing high-tech gizmos like tilt-and-zoom closed-circuit cameras or magnetic-card access systems. The current outlay is more than $22 billion each year, up 16% from 1990, according to Leading Edge Reports, a research firm based in Cleveland, Ohio. The figure is well in excess of the amount spent on the nation's police departments. By 1996 the expenditure is expected to soar another 35%, to nearly $31 billion...