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ICE Continues to Hold Ohio Cleric. His Defenders Say the Government’s Claims Are Bogus
Felony charges dropped against two journalists arrested during protests
Marty Schladen, The Ohio Capital Journal
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Despite Spending Billions to Create Jobs, Ohio Near the Top in Unemployment
The state has a long history of foregoing huge amounts of tax revenue on the argument that giving wealthy people and businesses tax breaks will create jobs.
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At an Ohio Food Bank, Fears That Republican Cuts Will Overwhelm an Overstretched Program
“We can’t even begin to calculate what the loss of SNAP dollars and Medicaid will mean to people.”
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Ohio Emergency Doc: Medicaid Cuts Will Hurt Everybody, Close Hospitals
“When you trim costs, you actually end up cutting care. So the way the hospital deals with this is they end up cutting staffing. They have fewer staff, longer wait times, and in some cases, communities losing access to health care altogether.”
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Health Care, Food Cuts Won’t Only Hurt Ohio’s Poor, But the Entire Economy, Study Says
Ohio job losses, roughly half of them in the health sector, would be 44,700, or 0.8% of the workforce, the study found.
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Geauga County Continues its Fight to Keep ICE Contract Secret
The ACLU has sued over the records and is asking the Ohio Supreme Court to order the county to turn them over
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Republican Proposals Will Devastate Poor Ohioans, Analyses Say
Ending Medicaid expansion in Ohio would cost 770,000 people — most of whom are working — their health coverage.
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Cleveland Fed: Tariffs Are Raising Some Prices in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Kentucky
The news comes as recent polls show that voters strongly disapprove of the way President Donald Trump, the author of huge new tariffs, is handling the economy.
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Many Unaware of Threats to Ohio Medicaid, Advocates Say
Nearly 7% of Ohioans would lose coverage
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Advocates: Huge Numbers of Ohioans Stand to Lose Food Benefits if GOP House Budget Becomes Law
“I’m not only concerned about access to affordable food for people with lower resources, but also sustainability and resilience in the food-supply sector as a whole.”
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Ohio Near the Top in April Unemployment
State spends billions on job incentives that mostly benefit the wealthy
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Geauga County Sued to Release Contract for ICE Detainees
“None of the federal statutes (the county’s lawyers) have cited, however, prohibit the disclosure of the requested records,” the ACLU’s writ said