Jason is an Ohio-based reporter covering labor issues for Watchdog.org, with a focus on right-to-work, public employee unions and Obamacare. Before joining Watchdog, Jason was communications director for Media Trackers Ohio. His work has been featured at FoxNews.com, The Daily Signal, RedState, Washington Examiner, Townhall and elsewhere. His investigations into labor union spending and Obamacare's Medicaid expansion have been cited by national commentators including Michelle Malkin, Erick Erickson, Dana Loesch and Mark Levin. Jason can be reached on Twitter at @jasonahart and by email at jhart@watchdog.org

Gov. Bevin warms up to Obamacare in Kentucky

By   /  January 7, 2016  /  Health Care, Kentucky, News  /  No Comments

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Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin warmed to Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion quickly after taking office last month.

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Are forced union dues key to ‘labor peace’ for public workers?

By   /  January 6, 2016  /  California, Labor, National, News  /  No Comments

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Union leaders’ “labor peace” rationale for taking forced dues from teachers and other public employees is a flimsy one, a new study suggests.

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Worker freedom fights to follow in 2016

By   /  January 4, 2016  /  California, Education, Kentucky, Labor, Missouri, National, News, West Virginia  /  No Comments

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American workers are protected from mandatory labor union dues in 25 states, and the number is likely to increase in 2016.

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Watchdog’s Scariest People of 2015: No. 22

By   /  December 28, 2015  /  Energy and Environment, Health Care, News, Ohio, Politics & Elections  /  No Comments

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Part 4 of 25 in the series Watchdog’s Scariest People of 2015

Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s presidential campaign has gone nowhere even though top-tier candidates haven’t bothered to attack his support for Obamacare. When the last fumes of gas in the Kasich for Us Bus run out, the Republican will return his attention to Ohio; this might be the scariest news of […]

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Will Arkansas Republicans renew Obamacare expansion?

By   /  December 22, 2015  /  Arkansas, Health Care, News  /  No Comments

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Several Arkansas Republicans are encouraging their peers to support a rebranded version of the state’s Obamacare expansion.

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Ohio teachers union officials are paid twice as much as teachers

By   /  December 18, 2015  /  Labor, News, Ohio  /  No Comments

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Ohio’s largest labor union is in the business of selling worker “solidarity,” and for union bosses, business is good.

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