Tavia Galonski News

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Tavia Galonski (D-Akron) today applauds the announcement of 27 new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to be built along seven of Ohio’s interstate corridors thanks largely to $18 million dollars of federal funding from the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program.

COLUMBUS - State Rep. Tavia Galonski (D-Akron) today announced that the state Controlling Board has approved over $1.4 million in funds for the University of Akron to improve safety at campus sporting events and continue repairing campus facilities to ensure long-term function.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Tavia Galonski (D-Akron) released the following statement after voting against the Ohio state operating budget (HB 33).

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Tavia Galonski (D-Akron), on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, vows to protect women’s reproductive rights and defeat Issue 1 in August.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Tavia Galonski (D-Akron) calls today’s shameful passage of the Don’t Say Gay Bill (House Bill 8) and the Bully Trans Kids Act (HB 68), in the middle of Pride Month, an act of state-sponsored bullying and bigotry, as well as a direct attack on the freedoms of countless LGBTQ+ children, adults and families.  

COLUMBUS- State Rep. Tavia Galonski (D-Akron) yesterday recognized 141 champions from the All-American Soap Box Derby, which first began in 1934 and takes place in Akron each year. 

State Rep. Tavia Galonski (D-Akron) today announced that the Controlling Board has approved a $1 million in capital funds for the University of Akron’s water cooling tower replacement project. 

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Tavia Galonski (D-Akron) denounces the passage of SJR 2 by the Ohio House of Representatives. 

COLUMBUS – House Democrats today held a press conference to introduce the People First agenda. House Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington), Assistant Minority Leader Dontavious Jarrells (D-Columbus), Minority Whip Jessica Miranda (D-Forest Park), Assistant Minority Whip Tavia Galonski (D-Akron), Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) and OLBC President Terrance Upchurch (D-Cleveland) spoke at the press conference detailing the People First legislative priorities. 

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Tavia Galonski (D-Akron) today issued a statement after a special grand jury declined to indict any of the eight Akron police officers who fatally shot Jayland Walker in June of 2022.