Representative C. Allison Russo - District 7

COLUMBUS – Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) today released the following statement concerning Tuesday’s premier of the HBO’s series “The Dark Money Game” and its documentary “Ohio Confidential” which details the House Bill 6 scandal, the largest political scandal in Ohio’s history:  

COLUMBUS – Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) today voted “NO” on the Republican state operating budget, House Bill (HB) 96, because it arbitrarily and recklessly slashes critical state funding areas while failing to benefit everyday Ohioans. In this budget, House Republicans chose to dismantle the constitutional and bipartisan fair school funding formula, dump more taxpayer money into vouchers for charter non-public and private schools that benefit the wealthiest Ohioans, and authorize a $600M handout to billionaires to build a new Browns stadium outside of Cleveland amidst opposition by local leaders.

COLUMBUS – Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) and State Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) today released the following statements concerning the substitute bill introduced Tuesday to House Bill (HB) 96, the biennial operating budget bill of the 136th General Assembly:

COLUMBUS – Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) and State Rep. Beryl Brown Piccolantonio (D-Gahanna) today released the following statements concerning Governor Mike DeWine’s harmful decision to sign Senate Bill (SB) 1 into law rather then listen to the overwhelming number of workers, students, teachers, and parents who called on him to veto the dangerous bill: