Democratic News

Ohio House Democrats today sent a letter to the Ohio House Finance Committee and the Ohio House Transportation Subcommittee of Finance suggesting a series of amendments to the State Transportation Budget following the tragic events in East Palestine.

Ohio Senate and House Democrats today sent a joint letter signed by all members to Governor Mike DeWine calling on him to officially declare a disaster in East Palestine. 

Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) released the following statement following President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address.

Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) and State Representative Terrence Upchurch (D-Cleveland) today released the following statements following their press conference in response to Governor DeWine’s State of the State address.

Ohio House Democratic Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) and Rep. Jessica E. Miranda (D-Forest Park) today sent a letter to the Ohio Department of Education detailing their support for a state investigation and review of home-schooling procedures following news that an Upper Sandusky couple propagated a pro-Nazi curriculum to online forums that indoctrinate home schooled children into hate. 

Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) today announced the committee assignments and ranking member positions for the House Democratic Caucus. 

Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) calls the recent report that shows the number and percentage of Ohio union memberships increasing in 2022 an exciting step in the right direction. 

A group of religiously diverse members of the Ohio House Democratic Caucus have come together to release a joint statement vigorously speaking out against a proposed amendment that would have made it mandatory for all House sessions to begin with a “Christian Prayer.”

Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) and Rep. Jessica E. Miranda (D-Forest Park) say the recent 4-3 ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court in Brandt v. Pompa that declared it unconstitutional to limit state caps on compensation awarded to a victim of a child sexual abuse forges a path forward for other victims and for justice. 

Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington), Assistant Minority Leader Thomas West (D-Canton), Minority Whip Jessica E. Miranda (D-Forest Park), and Assistant Minority Whip Richard Brown (D-Canal Winchester) today sent a letter to Governor Mike DeWine urging him to use his executive powers to veto House Bill 458 and related provisions added to House Bill 45 which were rushed through in the final hours of lame duck session.