342,000+ Ohioans have lost their Medicaid coverage since pandemic protections ended in April, including many who remain eligible but were unenrolled for procedural reasons. Budget & Health researcher, @Poements, discusses the impact in @OhioCapJournal. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/11/30/ove…

ON THE SCAM THAT IS SCHOOL VOUCHER PROGRAMS

Today is #NativeWomensEqualPayDay. According to @IWPResearch, Native Women will not reach pay equity with white men until 2144! In Ohio, the annual earnings gap is $14,732. iwpr.org/native-womens-…

Non-union automakers are raising employee pay thanks to the pressure from the historic @UAW contracts at the Big 3. Solidarity is contagious. When workers win, we all win! #UAWBump reuters.com/business/autos…

We are proud to support the Thriving Families Tax Credit. We know the positive impact it can have on many low-and-middle-income families here in Ohio. twitter.com/policymatterso…

The House Higher Ed Committee is accepting public testimony on SB 83 (Higher Education Destruction Act) next Wednesday, November 29th, at 9:30 am in the Ohio Statehouse (Room 17) HOW TO submit testimony: tinyurl.com/kzhtcpfc cleveland.com/opinion/2023/1…

ICYMI: The Thriving Families Tax Credit was recently introduced in the Ohio House. This would mean targeted tax relief for low- and middle-income families, benefitting around 1.6 million Ohio children. @OHorganizing @CDF_Ohio @OhioFoodbanks 13abc.com/2023/11/16/liv…

What a great example of useful and accessible communication about important issues! twitter.com/seeyourwords/s…

It's Thanksgiving week, so it's a great time to shout out a huge THANK YOU to labor unions. This has been the biggest year for organized labor in four decades! Unions are taking on the billionaire class and we're here for it! It's #SolidaritySeason.

Learn about your collective bargaining rights and the advantages of being in a union at our newly redesigned WORK Center: workcenter.gov

Thank you @ELLEmagazine for uplifting the Black women who led this fight! elle.com/culture/career… 📸: @KRForbesPhoto #abortion #miscarriagecare #birthcontrol #reproductivejustice #ohio #ohpol

Soon after the UAW won major pay raises for its workers, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai and Nissan — all nonunion operations — raised their own workers' pay in what Fain characterized as an obvious bid to stop the UAW from unionizing those workforces. wtol.com/article/news/l…

Ohio needs a property-tax circuit breaker to help low-income renters, property owners beaconjournal.com/story/opinion/… via @beaconjournal

LIVE: Proposal would give more money to Ohio families with children 13abc.com/2023/11/16/liv…

Get the Facts and Get Involved! Gerrymandered state legislators first choose their voters, then choose who and what they want to eliminate from our society. twitter.com/OhFairDistrict…

By Adding Huge School Voucher Entitlement for the Rich, Ohio Rises Near Top in State Spending on School Privatization janresseger.wordpress.com/2023/11/21/by-… via @JanResseger

Check out @PolicyMattersOH very own @Dr_TSPruitt blog addressing unspent ARPA funds for our schools! twitter.com/Dr_TSPruitt/st…

🧵After the historic Stand Up Strike, UAW members at Ford, General Motors and Stellantis have voted to ratify their new contracts, locking in record gains at the Big Three automakers. Across the three companies, 64% of voting members voted in favor of the agreements.

JobWatch: Ohio jobs data diverge for a second month policymattersohio.org/research-polic…

Honda, Toyota, and now Hyundai are raising wages for workers because @UAW members held the line. Strikes work. apnews.com/article/hyunda…

Pretty amazing chart in The Times today matching what CBO and others have found — Top 1% owns 31% of US wealth — Bottom 50% owns 2.5%

@WTOV9 Just hours after the Jan. 6th insurrection, Congressman Johnson voted against certifying the 2020 election. Curious whether the @youngstownstate Board of Trustees selected him because or in spite of this fact.

@MahoningMatters Just hours after the Jan. 6th insurrection, Congressman Johnson voted against certifying the 2020 election. Curious whether the @youngstownstate Board of Trustees selected him because or in spite of this fact.

@CantonRepdotcom Just hours after the Jan. 6th insurrection, Congressman Johnson voted against certifying the 2020 election. Curious whether the @youngstownstate Board of Trustees selected him because or in spite of this fact.

@haleybemiller Just hours after the Jan. 6th insurrection, Congressman Johnson voted against certifying the 2020 election. Curious whether the @youngstownstate Board of Trustees selected him because or in spite of this fact.

Today you have your chance to let @Starbucks know how you feel about the way they treat their workers. We're taking a stand. You should too. bit.ly/redcupSBWU #RedCupRebellion

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Steubenville, Manchester and democracy A 🧵 Last night, PBS and the iconic Judy Woodruff aired a story about the plight of Steubenville, Ohio. You should watch it. All of Ohio should. (Link below): It’s the story of Ohio that state leaders don’t want told. 1/