Democratic News

COLUMBUS — Earlier this week Ohio House Democrats spent Tax-Day highlighting Democrat-led bills that create real opportunities for tax relief for Ohioans under the greatest financial strain and that will positively benefit the economy. These videos are in direct contrast to the continued tax cuts for the wealthiest residents that Republicans have pursued, including a $1.4 billion handout exclusively for the wealthiest Ohioans and a budget that makes cuts to programs that the majority of Ohioans either rely on or benefit from. Republicans’ two decades of insisting that income tax for the wealthiest Ohioans would trickle down to the rest of Ohio has proven to be incorrect on nearly every metric as cost-of-living is higher than ever and Ohio’s economy continues to lag the nation and the region. 

COLUMBUS — Members of the Ohio Jewish Caucus today attended the 46th Annual Governor’s Holocaust Commemoration.

COLUMBUS — State Reps. Erika White (D-Springfield Township) and Ashley Bryant-Bailey (D-Cincinnati) recently introduced legislation to provide publicly funded childcare benefits to childcare employees who work at least 20 hours per week. House Bill (HB) 768 allows county Jobs and Family Services offices to exclude family income when determining eligibility for publicly funded childcare. 

COLUMBUS — State Reps. Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) and Tristan Rader (D-Lakewood) yesterday introduced a bill to protect Ohio’s drinking water by providing state-level standards for drinking water that limit contaminant levels for common toxic chemicals such as PFAS, chromium-6, 1,4 dioxane, and others as the need arises. 

COLUMBUS — Ohio House Minority Leader, Dani Isaacsohn (D-Cincinnati), Assistant Minority Leader Phil Robinson (D-Solon), Minority Whip Beryl Brown Piccolantonio (D- Gahanna), Representative Anita Somani (D- Dublin), Representative Karen Brownlee (D- Symmes Township), Representative Crystal Lett (D- Hilliard), Representative Munira Abdullahi (D- Columbus) and Representative Tristan Rader (D- Lakewood) today unveiled innovative and timely legislation that will reduce Ohioans’ rising healthcare, childcare, energy, housing, and consumer goods costs. 

COLUMBUS – Members of the Cuyahoga County delegation today sent a letter to Cleveland Clinic leadership, requesting additional information and transparency regarding the health system’s proposal to establish a new Level I adult and pediatric trauma center at its main campus in Cleveland.

COLUMBUS – State Reps. Juanita O. Brent (D-Cleveland) and Tristan Rader (D- Lakewood) today issued a statement following the passage of House Bill (HB) 372, a bill that makes the penalty for aggravated murder either death or life without the possibility of parole if the victim is a peace officer, prosecutor, first responder, or military member.

COLUMBUS — Ohio House Minority Leader Dani Isaacsohn (D-Cincinnati), on behalf of the Ohio House Democratic Caucus, today issued the following statement regarding House Bill (HB) 347, legislation requiring a 24-hours waiting period for patients accessing reproductive care:

COLUMBUS — Ohio House Minority Leader Dani Isaacsohn (D-Cincinnati), Assistant Minority Whip Desiree Tims (D-Dayton), and Representative Tristan Rader (D-Lakewood) today unveiled legislation aimed at lowering rising energy costs for Ohio families and bringing much-needed relief to household budgets across the state. The Ohio House Democrats legislation would:  

COLUMBUS — State Reps. Christine Cockley (D-Columbus) and Crystal Lett (D-Columbus) Friday introduced legislation that would require data centers to report monthly and yearly water consumption and to prohibit data centers from including water consumption information in nondisclosure agreements with political subdivisions.