Anna Staver at cleveland.com reports from Columbus that Statehouse Republicans are moving Bills that gradually limit Union Power - a strategy critics fear is an “under-the-radar” revival of Ohio’s infamous 2011 overhaul of Public Unions. GOP Leaders say legislation like Senate Bills 1 and 8 protect taxpayer dollars, improve student learning and drive economic growth. Democrats argue they set Ohio on a piecemeal path to accomplishing what former Governor John Kasich’s couldn’t with Senate Bill 5: Gut the powers of Public Unions. “That has continually been the concern,” House Minority Leader Allison Russo, a Columbus-area Democrat said.

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