Ohio House and Senate Reach Compromise on Transportation Budget

Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Topics: Politics, Other
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Negotiators for the Ohio Senate and House have reached agreement over several issues they had disagreed on -- a tougher mandatory seat belt law, highway cameras, and a passenger train line from Cleveland to Cincinnati. The compromise means that state lawmakers may be able to meet a deadline today for approving a new state transportation budget and capturing millions of federal dollars. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports.