In this bonus extended segment, Matt and Justin reminisce about the past stories they've covered, the feature interviews the team did, and their contribution to news and opinion in Ohio politics. They reflect on the past, and look towards the future.

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This week, we say farewell. Matt and Justin announce their decision to take a hiatus from the show, what it means to them, and what the future of The Ohio Advocate holds.

We made sure to include some news and a feature for this show though, too! Matt and Justin give another update on August Issue 1, the Republican power grab aimed at keeping power out of the hands of Ohio voters, instead giving it to the legislature. They also discuss a bill introduced by Ohio Republicans that would eliminate sales tax on all sales of guns and ammo in the state.

Matt interviews Raven Cruz Loaiza, the Mediation Response Coordinator at Dayton's Mediation Response Unit. The MRU is an organization that handles non-violent 911 calls, sending a mediator instead of an armed officer to help defuse the situation. They discuss how the unit is able to work both alongside and separate from Dayton's police force, and the success they've seen over the year plus that they've been operating.

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In this week's episode, Matt and Justin discuss a new bill moving through the statehouse that discriminates against transgender people, and they give an update on August Issue 1, which would take power away from Ohio's voters and give it to the legislature. They also talk about a bipartisan bill would legalize marijuana in Ohio, and the Cleveland Food Bank's plan to provide free meals to children all summer long.

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This week, Matt and Justin talk about a newly introduced bill in the Ohio House of Representatives that would establish universal healthcare in Ohio. They also discuss changes to the state budget that would expand the free lunch program for school kids, the Ohio Senate passing the DATA act, and how last year's cash bail constitutional amendment has thrown the whole pretrial release system into jeopardy.

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This week on The Ohio Advocate, Matt and Justin discuss the City of Cleveland's plan to provide paid parental leave to all its employees, activists' plan to derail the Republicans' plan to take power away from the people of Ohio, the US Supreme Court recognizing a transgender person's correct pronouns for the first time, and unlikely allies teaming up to take on the companies who are dumping toxic fracking waste water.

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This week, Matt and Justin talk about protests in Columbus against the legislature’s plan to take power away from the people of Ohio, the movement for marijuana legalization to appear on this November’s ballot, updates on the injunction against Ohio’s abortion ban, and a court case that could limit future toxic algae blooms on Lake Erie.

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In this week's episode, Matt and Justin discuss the EPA's newly released dioxin soil test results from East Palestine, some very stupid comments from US Senate candidate Bernie Moreno (R), Cuyahoga County Council taking on wage theft, and youth voter registration in Ohio.

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In this week's episode, Matt and Justin give an update on Ohio Republicans' effort to take power away from the people and make it harder to amend the Ohio Constitution. Then they take a deep dive into the newly released 2023 budget for the state of Ohio, discussing the new tax brackets, some major projects that are getting funding, and a slew of tax breaks that are going to wealthy people and large corporations.

For our feature this week, we take a listen to speeches given by leaders in the movement to get justice for Jayland Walker, who was murdered by the Akron police department back in June of last year. With the recent announcement of the grand jury's decision to not charge the eight officers who fired nearly 100 rounds at Jayland, there is renewed vigor in the Justice for Jayland movement. As a warning to our listeners, some of these speeches include detailed accounts of police violence.

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