Law Journal

Joint Comments Filed with the PUCO by OPLC and the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel

by Brenda Sherrell
January 27, 2016June 9, 2016

The Ohio Poverty Law Center and the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel (OCC) filed joint comments with the PUCO urging the PUCO to assert jurisdiction over utility… Read More »

OPLC Senior Attorney Mike Smalz participates in Advocates for Ohio’s Future press conference on HB 394

by Brenda Sherrell
January 22, 2016June 9, 2016

Video and article from Channel 10, Columbus, Ohio is here

What Will Happen to Ohio’s Safety Net Programs?

by Linda Cook
January 20, 2015June 9, 2016

As we begin the new 2015-2016 legislative session, the Ohio House has new leadership, with a larger majority of Republicans, the Senate has the same… Read More »

The Future of Payday Lending in Ohio – Take 2

by Linda Cook
June 16, 2014June 9, 2016

In a previous post, I suggested that the Ohio Supreme Court may or may not decide the future of payday lending in Ohio. On Thursday,… Read More »

We Thought We Had Resolved Electronic Access to Unemployment Compensation, But…

by Linda Cook
April 18, 2014June 9, 2016

Last July we told you about House Bill 2 – the bill that as originally proposed would have required every unemployed Ohio worker seeking unemployment… Read More »

Loan Sharking and Payday Lending

by Linda Cook
March 20, 2014June 9, 2016

In the struggle to regulate the short term, small dollar loan industry, one theory regularly pops up. This theory states that if such loans are… Read More »

Ohio Supreme Court Will Decide the Future of Payday Lending in Ohio – Or Not

by Linda Cook
December 20, 2013June 9, 2016

On December 10, Ohio legal aid advocates, represented by Julie Robie from the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, participated in an oral argument before the… Read More »

Consumer Advocates Offer Recommendations to PUCO Rules

by Linda Cook
October 31, 2013June 9, 2016

Recently, Ohio residential consumer advocates were invited by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO to file comments of on the rules governing the connection,… Read More »

Medicaid expansion is a win-win for Ohio

by insivia
August 28, 2013June 9, 2016

August 28, 2013: the Ohio Poverty Law Center releases fact sheets showing why Medicaid expansion is a win-win for Ohio For Immediate Release: August 28, 2013 Facts show… Read More »

Advocates Improve Unemployment Compensation Bill for Ohio Workers

by Linda Cook
July 25, 2013June 9, 2016

The Ohio General Assembly has passed new unemployment compensation legislation, House Bill 2 (HB 2), and Governor Kasich signed HB 2 on July 11, 2013. It becomes law 90 days… Read More »