Emilia Strong Sykes News

State Rep. Emilia Sykes (D-Akron) today announced she will soon introduce a resolution urging Congress to protect Ohio’s children and families by reauthorizing the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). 

State Rep. Emilia Sykes (D-Akron) today announced the committees on which she will serve to help shape and refine public policy. 

State Rep. Emilia Sykes (D-Akron) Monday was named Finance Committee’s Health & Human Services Subcommittee Ranking Member, the House Minority’s highest ranking official on the legislative panel.

State Rep. Emilia Sykes (D-Akron) applauded the awareness raised by today’s sixth annual Human Trafficking Awareness Day at the Ohio Statehouse. The event, organized by State Rep. Teresa Fedor (D-Toledo), brings together law enforcement officials, advocates and survivors from all over the nation for a day of discussion on ways to raise awareness and fight back against human trafficking in Ohio.

Emilia Sykes (D-Akron) was sworn in to the Ohio House of Representatives Monday as State Representative for the 34^th House District in a Statehouse ceremony with her colleagues. Sykes, elected to her first House term in November, will serve the citizens of North and West Akron, parts of East and South Akron and small sections of Cuyahoga Falls and Bath Township.