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GOP leaders are talking about extending the Trump-GOP tax cuts. The bill, which passed late last year, favors the wealthy and powerful while starving Ohio of the resources we need to build strong communities. #TaxDay https://www.policymattersohio.org/research-policy/quality-ohio/revenue-budget/us-tax-law-is-a-boon-to-the-affluent

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Check out our Wendy Patton at the Tax March on Sunday. Collectively, we've used our resources to build strong communities through infrastructure, public education, green spaces and more. Cutting taxes for the wealthy and powerful starve programs like these and...

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Proposed Medicaid work requirements demand workers consistently meet 80-hour-per-month work requirements, or lose coverage. That's tough to do when recovering from a serious illness or a chronic condition unexpectedly flairs up. A new Center on Budget and Policy Priorities report...

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Hannah Halbert gives testimony and explains why full unemployment compensation is important to our workforce and advocates against proposed cuts to Ohio's current benefit period of 26 weeks. To see our full unemployment blog entry go to this link: http://www.policymattersohio.org/uctestimonials-nov2016

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