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The Spectrum: Teachers' retirement fund; Meta at the Statehouse; Ohio governor's race

The Spectrum: Teachers' retirement fund; Meta at the Statehouse; Ohio governor's race

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – This week on The Spectrum:
Lawmakers are looking to make changes to the board for the State Teachers Retirement System.
'Our consultants get rich, our investors get rich, our STRS management get rich,' CEO of the Ohio Retirement for Teachers Association Robin Rayfield said. 'The only people who don't get rich are the people who put the money in.'
Hear from retirees on why they say it's nothing more than an attempt to strip away their power.
A social media giant testifies at the Ohio Statehouse in support of a bill that would require parental consent for app downloads.
'This isn't really about tech companies,' Meta Head of Safety Policy for North America Jennifer Hanley said. 'It's about what parents want.'
Hear from state leaders who said the proposal doesn't go far enough.
Is the Republican primary for Ohio governor already over or is there still a way for another candidate, like Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel, to jump in and take on frontrunner Vivek Ramaswamy? Democratic strategist Brian Rothenberg and Republican strategist Will Hinman join the roundtable to weigh in.
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