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Paystub Protection Act signed into effect, Central Ohio Worker Center supportive along the way
Wednesday, January 8, Governor DeWine officially signed the Paystub Protection Act, with Central Ohio Worker Center (COWC) and Policy Matters Ohio staff by his side. In this important move, Ohio now joins 41 other states in …
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Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones says he wants back in the “deportation business”
Ohio’s Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones wants to restart his ICE contract during the second Trump presidency. However, Butler County Jail officers abused immigrants and violated the jail’s contract with US Immigration and Customs…
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Blinken’s Blinkered Vision Has Spotted, of All Things, a Genocide
This article first appeard on World Beyond War
The U.S. Secretary of State has taken a break from demanding more weapons shipments to fuel the genocide in Palestine, to announce that he has “recognized” a genocide in Sudan.
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Ohio coal plant said to be nation’s most deadly. New owners seem likely to keep it open
This article first appeared on Ohio Capital Journal
Environmental activists have been pressing the company buying an Ohio coal plant said to be the nation’s deadliest to retire the facility. But that seems unlikely, given statements it made…
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