Phillip M. Robinson, Jr. News

COLUMBUS -  State Rep. Anita Somani (D-Dublin) today announced the passage of Senate Bill 450, the state's biennial capital appropriations budget. The bill allocates nearly $4B for the maintenance, renovation, and construction of state-owned infrastructure, including colleges, universities, school districts, and other community projects.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Anita Somani (D-Dublin) today announced that the Ohio Controlling Board approved $1.8M in funding for the replacement of the four aging and failing boilers serving the entire Major General Robert Sprague Beightler Joint Force Headquarters Building. This building serves as the headquarters for the Adjutant General’s Department, a cabinet-level agency that manages the Ohio Army National Guard, Ohio Air National Guard, and State Defense Force.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Anita Somani (D-Dublin) today announced that the Ohio Controlling Board approved on Monday $30,450 to replace flooring at the Ohio School for the Deaf Recreation Center. The Ohio School for the Deaf Recreation Center, also known as the "Spartan Center" is the main connection hub for the school. The Spartan Center is used as a recreation area for residential students in the evenings as a community area, and it is also used during school hours for small events and as an alternate teaching space.  

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Anita Somani (D-Dublin) today issued the following statement on the Pharmacy Board’s proposed rule to classify synthetic kratom as a Schedule 1 drug: 

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.