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Abandoned Sick Leave Campaign was Costly

Some Ohio labor unions, anti-poverty groups, and others Thursday dropped their campaign for a ballot issue that would require many Ohio businesses to offer workers at least seven paid sick leave days a year.

The action raises the question of whether those groups wasted a lot of money by pushing a plan and then abandoning it.

Statehouse Correspondent Bill Cohen reports.