Michele Grim News

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Michele Grim (D-Toledo) today released the following statement concerning Issue 1’s resounding passage by Ohio’s voters:

COLUMBUS– State Reps. Michele Grim (D-Toledo) and Jessica E. Miranda (D-Forest Park) today held a press conference to discuss legislation they will soon be introducing, The STAND UP Act (Strike Term Access to Negotiation Duration Unemployment Protection), a bill essential to the support of workers across the state of Ohio. 

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Michele Grim (D-Toledo) today announced that the City of Toledo has received a $25,000 Certified Local Government Grant from the Ohio History Connection. The funds will be used to develop official Style Guidelines for the administration of the Old West End Historic District. 

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Michele Grim (D-Toledo) today applauds the announcement that Ohio is the first state in the nation to break ground on an electric vehicle (EV) charging station built as part of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program under President Joe Biden.

COLUMBUS – Minority Leader Allison Russo (D- Upper Arlington) and State Rep. Michele Grim (D- Toledo) are thrilled to congratulate the City of Columbus on the announcement of their medical debt relief plan. This plan will provide relief for hundreds of thousands of Columbus residents and is a bold step to confront the medical debt crisis.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Michele Grim (D-Toledo) last week, along with 603 legislators across 49 states from State Innovation Exchange’s (SiX) Reproductive Freedom Leadership Council (RFLC), submitted an amicus brief calling on the Supreme Court to review  FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, a case that will have nationwide implications for abortion access, including in Ohio. 

COLUMBUS – Ohio House Democratic leadership and members, Reps. Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington), Dontavius Jarrells (D-Columbus), Jessica E. Miranda (D-Forest Park), Tavia Galonski (D-Akron), Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake), Terrence Upchurch (D-Cleveland), Michele Grim (D-Toledo), Ismail Mohamed (D-Columbus), Dani Isaacsohn (D-Cincinnati), Casey Weinstein (D-Hudson), today released the following statement on the deadly surprise attack by Hamas militants who fired thousands of rockets from Gaza toward central and southern Israel, leading to multiple Israeli civilian casualties and injuries.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Michele Grim (D- Toledo) today is proud to stand alongside Mercy Health, the nonprofit group RIP Medical Debt, The City of Toledo, and Lucas County as they announce the abolishment of $7.22 million worth of medical debt for 4,917 area patients. 

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Michele Grim (D- Toledo) this week celebrates Rail Safety Week, which runs September 18th through September 24th in Ohio. In 2022, Ohio ranked number 8 in the United States for Collisions & Fatalities by State, according to the Federal Railroad Administration.

COLUMBUS – State Reps. Michael J. Skindell (D-Lakewood) and Michele Grim (D-Toledo) today provided sponsor testimony on House Bill (HB) 174 which would establish and operate The Ohio Health Care Plan.