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6. A Working Health Care System
7. Funding Our Lives
“For 15 years the problem in the state of Ohio has been insufficient funding and too often policies that work against Ohioans,” said Policy Matters Senior Project Director Wendy Patton. “The American Rescue Plan will help a lot. It shows us how government works best when it works for all people…It gives us a chance to reset and to start to rebuild. We need a commitment to a [state] budget that supports all people and a sustained effort for a better future.”
The state budget can be used to address past and enduring harms created by racist policy choices that have resulted in higher infant and maternal mortality rates in the Black community, as well as COVID-19’s disproportionate toll on communities of color.
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RAVENNA Portage County Treasurer Brad Cromes provided an update to his office’s pandemic operations plan.
As has been the case since the COVID-19 outbreak began, the treasurer’s office will not accept in-person tax payments this winter.
The treasurer’s office is encouraging taxpayers to pay by mail, to use the payment drop boxes located at the county administration building in Ravenna, and to take advantage of electronic payment options. Taxpayers who want proof of payment should provide a self-addressed stamped envelope along with their mail-in payment (or print a copy for their records from the county’s electronic payment portal).