Dontavius L. Jarrells In The News

A bipartisan bill introduced in the Ohio General Assembly seeks to establish a pipeline from foster care to college or careers.

The sponsors of House Bill 25 are targeting a population of O... Read Full Story

In a press conference Tuesday, members of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus, along with a voter advocate from the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, spoke of Issue 1 redistricting reform as a way forwa... Read Full Story

An Ohio House Democrat behind a bill that would require the replacement of every lead water line in the state over the next 15 years is hoping his proposal, untouched to this point, will soon becom... Read Full Story

During the height of summer in 1846, a mob of white Mercer County residents surrounded a group of nearly 400 Freedpeople who’d just taken a boat up the Miami Canal to New Bremen. The former s... Read Full Story

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — There are renewed efforts at the Ohio Statehouse to make sure Ohioans with developmental disabilities earn a fair wage.

“This is not an issue that is a D... Read Full Story

Ohio lawmakers have introduced a joint resolution that would remove slavery and involuntary servitude from the state's Constitution as a punishment for crimes.

Nearly sixty years after the last state in the nation abolished slavery, Ohio's Constitution still allows involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime. Ohio lawmakers say enough is enough. Reps.... Read Full Story

May 3, 2023; Columbus, Ohio, United States; Demonstrators wait to enter the Ohio Statehouse on Wednesday to protest HJR 1/SJR 2, which would require a 60% vote instead of a majority to approve any ... Read Full Story