On One-Year Anniversary of GM Lordstown’s Closing, State Announces It Lost 6,000 Manufacturing Jobs In Past Year COLUMBUS — On the one year-anniversary of the last Chevy Cruze rolling off the line at the now-shuttered General Motors factory at Lordstown, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services announced the state lost 12,500 jobs —

U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Case to Throw Out Health Care Law COLUMBUS – The Ohio Democratic Party released the following statement from Chairman David Pepper on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to hear the Affordable Care Act lawsuit, Texas v. United States: “Since Donald Trump came into office, Ohio’s uninsured rate has gone up,

Antani, Keller, Lang, Roegner, Merrin Among Those Who Sided With Fuyao Against Workers COLUMBUS — In 2017, U.S. Rep. Mike Turner took sides with Fuyao against Ohio workers who were trying to organize, but today a federal agency is investigating the Chinese-owned company for illegally suppressing unionization efforts at their Moraine plant. “Three years later

In case you missed it… Even as Donald Trump has broken his promise to “get those prescription drug prices way down,” Democratic legislators in Congress and at the Ohio Statehouse are pushing forward with proposals to lower drug costs for Ohioans. This week Ohio Capital Journal highlighted legislation by state Rep. Beth Liston and state

Democratic Party Joins Fair Fight PAC, Swing Left and National Democratic Redistricting Committee in Targeting Ohio COLUMBUS — The Democratic National Committee is adding Ohio to its “Battleground Build-up 2020” program, which is a multi-million-dollar investment that will fund new on-the-ground hires and additional offices, to defeat Donald Trump and help boost down-ballot races, including

Republican Justices Routinely Protect Powerful Special Interests, Over People of Ohio COLUMBUS — In yet another example of how the Republican justices on the Ohio Supreme Court routinely vote to protect powerful special interests over the people, the GOP majority this month sided with a restaurant owner who fired a seven-year employee after she complained

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose Joins Malicious Partisan Attack COLUMBUS — As a U.S. Navy veteran who flew combat missions over Iraq, Hillary “Toro” O’Connor Mueri is used to dealing with incoming fire — just not from her fellow veterans. This week Congressman Dave Joyce and the Ohio Republican Party made a false attack

COLUMBUS — Yesterday Ohio’s Republican secretary of state, Frank LaRose, said, “You should think very carefully before you say something that would cause people to lose faith in elections … When that is done for partisan political gain, it is the height of irresponsibility.” Less than 24 hours later the Ohio Republican Party sent a

Trump Said GM Lordstown Closing “Doesn’t Really Matter,” Now He’s Trying to Kill a Loan Program That Could Save Lordstown Jobs COLUMBUS — After workers at the General Motors plant in Lordstown pleaded with Donald Trump to help save their jobs, he ignored their pleas. Then he said GM Lordstown’s closing “doesn’t really matter.” Then

In 2019, Ohio Lost Thousands of Blue-Collar Jobs in Manufacturing and Construction COLUMBUS — Donald Trump plans to tout a “blue-collar boom” during tonight’s State of the Union address — but Ohio lost thousands of blue-collar jobs last year, and today is the one-year anniversary of General Motors beginning involuntary layoffs of thousands of workers,