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The Great Unclaimed Funds Heist: Lawmakers are stealing $1.7 billion from Ohioans to build…

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When Sen. Jerry Cirino unveiled his plan to use the unclaimed funds account to pay for stadiums, he didn't make clear he planned for Ohio to permanently steal the money, without plans to pay it back so that the rightful owners of the dollars could claim them. Anna Staver

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In what can only be described as one of the most brazen money grabs in recent Ohio legislative history, state lawmakers have engineered a scheme to permanently seize billions in unclaimed funds from rightful owners and redirect them to finance sports stadiums and other projects.

The the true nature of the plan made for a hot discussion on Wednesday’s episode of Today in Ohio.

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