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Feb 10 2016

The education mess in Ohio under Gov. John Kasich – Washington Post

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The Washington Post reports on the state of education in Ohio under Kasich, citing an important study from Innovation Ohio:

“…traditional public schools, which educate 90 percent of Ohio’s kids, are receiving $515 million less state funding than before Kasich took office. Local school levies have been increasing as a result. Yet, Innovation Ohio said, funding for charter schools increased by 27 percent over that same five-year period — and charters wind up receiving more state money per pupil than traditional public schools through a complicated formula — even though Ohio’s charter sector is considered the most troubled in the country.”

Read more on the Washington Post‘s website.

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Feb 09 2016

Your voice, your vote makes a difference

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To vote in the March 15th primary, Ohioans have one more week to register. Your voice matters and your vote makes a difference.

For more information about how to get registered, update your address or check your registration, click here.

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Feb 08 2016

Celebrating Black History Month

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February is Black History Month. Here at We Are Ohio, we’re celebrating civil and labor rights champion, A. Philip Randolph. Randolph was the first African-American inducted into the Labor Department’s Hall of Honor, and his inspirational words are just as meaningful today.

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Feb 05 2016

West Virginia House passes right-to-work bill – Washington Post

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The West Virginia State House narrowly passed a right-to-work bill on Thursday, setting the state up to become the country’s 26th that doesn’t require employees to pay dues to their unions — a measure that has hobbled organized labor elsewhere.

The bill had been fast-tracked through the legislature’s two-month session, passing through committee hearings, floor debate, and final votes in a span of three weeks — amid protest rallies and furious lobbying by unions and their allies — in order to leave enough time for the legislature to override an anticipated veto by Democratic Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin. It passed by a vote of 54-46, and an override only requires a simple majority vote.

Read the full story from the Washington Post here.

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Feb 04 2016

A BIG win over RTWIW for Kentuckians – Lexington Herald-Leader

 

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Local governments in Kentucky can increase the minimum wage, but a federal judge ruled Wednesday that they can’t ban labor unions from requiring employees to join them.

In competing court cases that pitted Democrats against Republicans in a pair of polarizing workplace issues, the courts have now declared them distinct.

Read more on the Lexington-Herald’s website here.

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