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DeWine's First 100 Days

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Tony Dejak
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In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from ǿ޴ý, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss Gov. Mike DeWine's first 100 days in office. Karen Kasler, Statehouse Bureau Chief for Ohio Public Radio, joins the show.

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On this week's episode:

Performance Review

It’s been a pretty busy 100 days in office for our Republican governor. So far, Mike DeWine has raised taxes, proposed a that has big increases in social programs and , and proposed spending surplus money on environmental programs.

He’s signed an executive order related to renew protections for transgender state employees. He’s put a halt to executions and come out in support of some . 

One could argue that the only truly conservative thing he’s done – and it's a big one – is sign one of the most restrictive anti-abortion law in the country: the "."

Snollygoster Of The Week

A group of savvy lobbyists did the impossible at the Statehouse: They got every state senator to agree on something. That's right, a group of Ohio school children are leading the effort to make the Ohio’s official state fossil fish.

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Mike Thompson spends much of his time correcting people who mispronounce the name of his hometown – Worcester, Massachusetts. Mike studied broadcast journalism at Syracuse University when he was not running in circles – as a distance runner on the SU track team.
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