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Ohio Legal Aid Attorneys Submit Comments on Payday Lending to Federal Agency

by Brenda Sherrell
April 23, 2012June 9, 2016

In response to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau‘s recent request for comments on payday lending, Ohio legal aid advocates, led by OPLC attorney Linda Cook,… Read More »

Testimony on HB 462 – Educational Stability of Foster Kids in Ohio

by Brenda Sherrell
April 20, 2012June 9, 2016

OPLC attorney Sarah Biehl presented the below testimony in support of HB 462 to the Ohio House Education Committee on April 18, 2012. To find… Read More »

OPLC Urges Ohioans to Speak Out Against SB 271, Telephone Deregulation

by Brenda Sherrell
April 16, 2012June 9, 2016

OPLC sent a letter to several Ohio newspapers last week urging them to speak out against SB 271, a bill that would deregulate telephone providers,… Read More »

Legal Aid Community Files Amicus Brief in Cashland Payday Lending Case

by Brenda Sherrell
April 3, 2012June 9, 2016

On April 2, 2012, the statewide legal aid payday litigation working group filed an amicus brief in the 9th District Court of Appeals challenging Cashland‘s… Read More »

OPLC & Legal Aird Programs File Amicus Brief in Chashland Payday Lending Case

by insivia
April 3, 2012January 16, 2015

On April 2, the statewide legal aid payday litigation working group filed an amicus brief in the 9th District challenging Cashland’s blatant disregard of Ohio’s… Read More »

Bill Could Kill Access to Basic Phone Service

by insivia
April 2, 2012January 16, 2015

OPLC fights bill that would allow phone companies to drop landline phone service. OPLC’s Mike Smalz and Joe Maskovyak are participating in a consumer coalition… Read More »

Ohio Still Needs Payday Reform

by insivia
April 2, 2012January 16, 2015

Jack D’Aurora, op-ed columnist for the Columbus Dispatch and friend of OPLC, explains why Ohio still needs payday lending reform. OPLC’s Linda Cook provided information… Read More »

Zero Tolerance Policies Bleed Education

by insivia
January 31, 2012January 16, 2015

Columbus Dispatch op-ed columnist Jack D’Aurora spoke with OPLC’s Sarah Biehl about the school to prison pipeline and came away with an idea for this… Read More »

OPLC’s Sarah Biehl on Spotlight on Youth Radio Show

by insivia
December 1, 2011January 16, 2015

On March 8, 2011, OPLC attorney Sarah Biehl appeared as a guest on the radio show Spotlight on Youth, which is hosted by the Children’s… Read More »

Gene King: Public Benefits Fight Poverty

by insivia
December 1, 2011January 16, 2015

OPLC Director Gene King wrote an op-ed that ran in the Columbus Dispatch on August 16. In it, Gene discusses the importance of public benefits… Read More »

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