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COLUMBUS- Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) sees Ohio Republicans’ deflection of the unconstitutional congressional map fight to the U.S. Supreme Court as nothing but an overreach. 

 
 
Allows Attorney General to fund out-of-state healthcare expenses for child sexual assault survivors
October 13, 2022

State Reps. Michele Lepore-Hagan (D-Youngstown) and Tavia Galonski (D-Akron) today announced they will file the Protect Child Victims Act, legislation giving the Ohio Attorney General’s office the ability to make emergency awards from the Crime Victim Compensation Fund for any healthcare treatment, including abortion care, for child victims of sexual assault and abuse. 

 
 

Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) celebrates the announcement that Honda Motors plans to invest $3.5 billion in a brand new electrical vehicle battery plant in Southern Ohio.

 
 

State Reps. Casey Weinstein (D-Hudson) and Terrence Upchurch (D-Cleveland) today sent a letter to Gov. DeWine urging him to immediately issue pardons for all existing State offenses of simple possession of marijuana.

 
 

State Reps. Michele Lepore-Hagan (D-Youngstown) and Jessica E. Miranda (D-Forest Park) called for action on the Reproductive Freedom Act (HJR 5), while Rep. Catherine Ingram (D-Cincinnati), co-chair of the Ohio Black Maternal Health Caucus, also urged the General Assembly to address the state’s dismal infant and maternal mortality rates.

 
 

COLUMBUS –Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) issued the following statement after the Ohio Redistricting Commission failed to produce a new congressional map by the latest Ohio Supreme Court deadline. 

 
 

COLUMBUS- State Rep. Michele Lepore-Hagan (D-Youngstown) issued a statement after a Hamilton County judge temporarily blocked Ohio’s six-week abortion ban for 14 days. During the temporary block, Ohioans can access abortion services if they are up to 22-weeks pregnant. 

 
 

COLUMBUS — Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) issued a statement today after a Hamilton County judge temporarily blocked Ohio’s six-week abortion ban for 14 days. 

 
 
HB 99 puts children, communities in danger, fails to address gun violence
September 13, 2022

COLUMBUS- Today, House Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) issued a statement as House Bill (HB) 99, Republican legislation that allow teachers and staff to be armed in schools takes effect. 

 
 

COLUMBUS –Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) today joined local elected officials and community leaders from across the state of Ohio to kick off the Biden-Harris Administration’s Communities in Action series at the White House. 

 
 
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