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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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Families Rally at Ohio Statehouse for Support in State Operating Budget
“If our elected officials really believe in families and want families to move to Ohio, to stay in Ohio and to thrive in Ohio, we really need the support for working families.”
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‘Christian’ Lobbyists Embrace Ohio Republican Budget That Guts Programs to Help the Poor and Hungry
A budget that takes resources away from hard-working Ohio families to give handouts to the rich is not pro-family, pro-life, or pro-children.
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Former FirstEnergy Executive Sheds Light on Ohio HB 6 Machinations, Denies Culpability
The former vice president also was asked about Tony George’s involvement in the scandal
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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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Ohio Regulators Begin House Bill 6 Hearings as Lawmakers Mull Anti-Corruption Legislation
The hearings, coming almost five years after the scandal came to light, will include testimony from FirstEnergy executives who previously refused to testify
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Ohio Senators Propose Novel, If Questionable, Browns Stadium Funding Plan
“This is not robbing Peter to pay Paul,” Cuyahoga County executive Chris Ronayne said. “This is robbing Bob and Betty Buckeye to pay (Browns owners) Jimmy and Dee Haslam.”
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Voter Rights Groups Say Ohio GOP Voting Overhaul Threatens the State’s Citizen Initiative Process
The proposals have gotten more attention for requiring proof of citizenship and eliminating ballot drop boxes, but they carry significant changes to signature gathering, too
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I’m Ohio’s Teacher of the Year. Proposed State Budget Changes Betray Our Students.
Voucher and charter schools are not bound by the same transparency requirements as public schools. Yet, they’re receiving hundreds of millions more in taxpayer dollars.
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Kent State University to Close LGBTQ Center, Women’s Center and Multicultural Center
The moves come due to Ohio’s SB1 going into effect
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Ohio Lawmakers Want Local Governments to Create Cybersecurity Plans
Ohio cities including Cleveland have been hit with ransomware attacks in recent years
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Many Unaware of Threats to Ohio Medicaid, Advocates Say
Nearly 7% of Ohioans would lose coverage