Rotunda Rumblings

Uncovered : The number of uninsured children in Ohio increased by 30,000 between 2022 to 2024, leaving 5.6% of the state’s minors without coverage. This is largely due to children being disenrolled from Medicaid/CHIP, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data by Georgetown University. During the pandemic, states were not allowed to kick people off Medicaid until March 2023. Then Ohio removed over 600,000 adults and children, Laura Hancock reports .

Rule reversal : Seneca County’s elections board voted Tuesday to rescind a short-lived rule that barred voting-machine critics from managing polling places. The reversal came after a packed meeting where Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy urged the board to change course. Anna Staver reports that whil

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