Ohio Republicans are living in Denial

By Jason Hart

Published October 17, 2019 4:00am ET

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Ohio Republicans are living in Denial — Ohio’s drug epidemic, surging welfare spending, and slow job growth spell trouble for the future. But few Ohio Republicans seem concerned. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine and the supermajority Republicans hold in Ohio’s General Assembly sprang into action to raise fuel taxes this spring after John Kasich, DeWine’s Republican predecessor, saddled the state with infrastructure debt. […]

Ohio’s drug epidemic, surging welfare spending, and slow job growth spell trouble for the future.

But few Ohio Republicans seem concerned.

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