Ohio GOP lawmakers claim deep concern about protecting kids, except from child labor apparently

Ohio GOP lawmakers claim deep concern about protecting kids, except from child labor apparently

Ohio Republicans advanced Senate Bill 50 to let 14- and 15-year-olds work later hours for lower wages, sparking criticism that the measure prioritizes business interests over children’s safety, education, and long-standing labor protections.

Ohio GOP lawmakers claim deep concern about protecting kids, except from child labor apparently

A teenager sleeping in class. (Getty Images)Whenever Ohio’s gerrymandered Republican supermajorities in the Statehouse concoct new “culture war” bills to codify book bans, dictate lesson plans in school, mandate bathroom rules, erase marginalized youth, or outlaw diversity, equity and inclusion as the downfall of society, lawmakers always bray about the need to protect the vulnerable young from terrible MAGA imaginings. Yet these same disingenuo…