The Ohio Advocate

In this week's episode, Matt and Justin discuss a new bill moving through the statehouse that discriminates against transgender people, and they give an update on August Issue 1, which would take power away from Ohio's voters and give it to the legislature. They also talk about a bipartisan bill would legalize marijuana in Ohio, and the Cleveland Food Bank's plan to provide free meals to children all summer long.

This week, Matt and Justin talk about a newly introduced bill in the Ohio House of Representatives that would establish universal healthcare in Ohio. They also discuss changes to the state budget that would expand the free lunch program for school kids, the Ohio Senate passing the DATA act, and how last year's cash bail constitutional amendment has thrown the whole pretrial release system into jeopardy.

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This week on The Ohio Advocate, Matt and Justin discuss the City of Cleveland's plan to provide paid parental leave to all its employees, activists' plan to derail the Republicans' plan to take power away from the people of Ohio, the US Supreme Court recognizing a transgender person's correct pronouns for the first time, and unlikely allies teaming up to take on the companies who are dumping toxic fracking waste...

In this week's episode, Matt and Justin give an update on Ohio Republicans' effort to take power away from the people and make it harder to amend the Ohio Constitution. Then they take a deep dive into the newly released 2023 budget for the state of Ohio, discussing the new tax brackets, some major projects that are getting funding, and a slew of tax breaks that are going to wealthy people and large corporations.

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In this week's episode, Matt and Justin talk about a newly proposed Ohio tax on large corporate landlords, aimed at helping keep rents down. They also talk about how Ohio's Attorney General Dave Yost is working to stop student loan forgiveness of graduates who were defrauded by for-profit universities.

Matt sits down with Akron mayoral candidate Marco Sommerville, and discusses his plan and vision for the city, ...

In this week's episode, Matt and Justin talk about Norfolk Southern deleting video from inside of the locomotive that derailed in the East Palestine disaster, and a new Ohio House bill that would ban fracking and oil drilling under Lake Erie.

Chrissy Stonebraker-Martinez interviews Jose-Arnulfo Cabrera from the Young Latino Network about their Liberation Lab Earth Day event, which is coming up soon, on Saturday April...

In this week's episode of The Ohio Advocate, Matt and Justin cover H.B. 68, a blatant attack against the rights of transgender children, and S.B. 83, a blatant attack on free speech within Ohio's universities. Both of the bills are sponsored by and being pushed by the Ohio Republican Party.

 Matt interviews Joshua Schaffer, candidate for Mayor of Akron, about his vision for the city, and how he plans to improve ...

In this week's episode, Matt and Justin discuss the upcoming Ohio constitutional amendment that would secure abortion rights across the state and the conservative pushback against it. They also give an update on the bribery trial of Larry Householder, Secretary of State Frank LaRose's plan to pull Ohio out of an anti-voter fraud group, and the insane things that Ohio Republicans said at CPAC.

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In this week's episode, Matt and Justin dive into the health impacts of the East Palestine derailment disaster, and then talk about the Secretary of Transportation's proposal to stop accidents like this from happening again. They also discuss how Ohio children will lose healthcare access due to the ending of pandemic-era Medicaid enrollment expansion, and how Fox 8 Cleveland's photojournalist union is fighting for hi...

This week on The Ohio Advocate, Matt gives a quick update on new information coming out of East Palestine about the train derailment disaster, he talks about a signature gathering campaign to get abortion rights on the ballot this year in Ohio, and an effort led by Republican Attorney Generals to ban the drug Mifepristone from being mailed to patients.

For our feature interview, Matt talks with Jeff Swertfeger, from Great...

In this week's episode, Matt and Justin give an update on the East Palestine train derailment/environmental disaster, with all the new facts that have come to light since last week's episode. They also discuss Governor DeWine's plan to allow fracking wells to be drilled on state lands.

The first in a new series of features with each candidate in the race, Matt interviews Shammas Malik, candidate for Mayor of...

In this week's episode, Matt and Justin discuss the devastating train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, as well as it's human and environmental consequences. They also tackle a proposal from Ohio Senate Republicans that would weaken child labor laws, Senate Bill 30.

Kevin Naughton talks to  Rachel Breece from Project RISE in Akron, about their efforts to assist children within Akron Public Schools that are fac...

In this week's episode, Matt and Justin give an update on the unionization push at REI Cleveland, as well as the unjustified firing of an Amazon warehouse employee in Cincinnati, who was leading the charge to form a union in that warehouse.

Chrissy Stonebraker-Martinez interviews Maggie Scotece  from the Abortion Fund of Ohio, about the launch of their new legal access program, which offers brief legal advice to our ...

On this week's episode, Matt and Justin discuss the trial of former Speaker of the House Larry Householder, over bribery charges stemming from the HB6 / FirstEnergy scandal. They also give an update on the fight for the future of the White Pond wetlands in Akron, Ohio's huge union gains in 2022, and Cleveland City Council's plan to eliminate 190 million dollars worth of medical debt held by Cleveland residents.