Archive for December, 2013
Ohio Supreme Court Will Decide the Future of Payday Lending in Ohio – Or Not
December 2013On December 10, Ohio legal aid advocates, represented by Julie Robie from the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, participated in an oral argument before the Ohio Supreme Court in the case of Ohio Neighborhood Finance, dba Cashland v. Scott. What is notable about our participation is that legal aid did not represent any party involved […]
Continue ReadingAdvocates Call on Govenor to Waive Food Stamp Work Requirments
December 2013On Tuesday, December 17, OPLC Director Gene King joined other low income advocates in a press conference calling on Governor Kasich to request the available federal waiver that would exempt as many as 134,000 poor Ohioans from program work requirements. To read NBC4i’s news coverage, click here.
Continue ReadingOPLC Cosponsors “Outstanding Warrants Day” in Porstmout, Ohio
December 2013See article from Portsmouth Daily Times here See video and article from WSAZ here
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