Ohio’s governor candidates talk policy — not red meat — a month before the primary
It was policy week for Ohio’s two main candidates for governor. Democrat Dr. Amy Acton unveiled what her campaign calls its “affordability agenda” – a roll-up of previously announced and new policies aimed at addressing Ohioans’ rising cost of living. And Republican Vivek Ramaswamy held a campaign event in Ottawa County to address a notably non-“red meat”…
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