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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.
Marty Schladen, The Ohio Capital Journal
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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
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Ohio Supreme Court Says Nitrogen Isn’t Toxic After It Killed a Guy at TimkenSteel
The lone Democratic Justice, Jennifer Brunner, wrote a dissent accusing her colleagues of playing word games to deny killed workers’ families due compensation.
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Study: Ohio Among Hardest Hit if Congress, Trump Cut Medicaid
About 770,000 Ohioans are covered by expanded Medicaid
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Ohio Libraries Win Big in Tuesday Elections
As state Republicans propose funding cuts, every single levy across Ohio passed this week
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Ohio Economists: Cutting Library Funding Will Reduce ‘Human Capital,’ Hurt the Economy
“Public libraries are essential infrastructure in every American community, and that especially is so during times of economic uncertainty”
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Critics Say Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan Wanted to Gut Antitrust Agency as Favor to Billionaires
While the proposal was nixed, Jordan wanted to use a spending bill to gut the Federal Trade Commission and its ability to regulate the most powerful and wealthy in America
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Businesses Say Trump Tariffs Will Raise Prices and Decrease Demand, Cleveland Fed Survey Shows
A full 75% of those who said their businesses would be impacted by tariffs said they would have to raise prices in response, and 60% said the tariffs would reduce demand