Republican Plan Slashes Medicaid, Guts Funding to Fight Opioid Crisis, While Giving Huge Tax Break to Wealthy COLUMBUS — After weeks of hiding their deliberations behind closed doors, Senate Republicans have finally revealed their proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act and gut Medicaid, and it’s time for Ohio Republicans to weigh in on where

In case you missed it… Ohio Democrats are fighting back against Trumpcare, calling out Senate Republicans for their secretive, backroom negotiations over legislation that would lead to millions of Americans losing their health coverage. Ohio Democrats are also highlighting the Ohio Hospital Association’s concerns that “fully 25 percent of our hospitals in Ohio would be

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Democratic Party released the following statement from Chairman David Pepper on the U.S. Supreme Court declining to resolve the question of whether private citizens can file a voting rights lawsuit: “Today’s decision by the Supreme Court is deeply disappointing — the highest court has failed to step in and affirm a

Gov. John Kasich Joins Governors on Letter to Senate Urging Cooperation — But Where Do Ohio GOP Candidates Stand? COLUMBUS — Seven governors — including Ohio Gov. John Kasich — are calling on Senate leaders Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer to find “common ground in a bipartisan fashion” on health care reform, even though Senate

Senate Republicans’ Budget Plan Takes $35M From Cities That Levy Local Income Tax COLUMBUS — After years of balancing the state budget on the backs of local governments, Ohio Senate Republicans are planning to do the exact same thing this year to fill a nearly billion-dollar budget hole, while pretending to boost funding to address

Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow Has Fought Tooth and Nail to Avoid Accountability COLUMBUS — The State Board of Education today voted overwhelmingly to force the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow (ECOT) — a for-profit e-charter school that the New York Times highlighted as having the worst graduation rate in the country — to repay $60 million

DeVos and Trump Want to Dump $1 Billion More Into Voucher and Charter Schools COLUMBUS — U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is defending President Donald Trump’s education budget, which slashes $9.2 billion from her department and funnels $1 billion more into programs to promote voucher and charter schools, despite the fact that Ohio recently had

Ohio Democrats Hold Dozens of Trainings with Thousands of Volunteers Supporting Congressional Redistricting Reform COLUMBUS — The Ohio Democratic Party kicked off “Resistance Summer” today with dozens of trainings across the state and thousands of volunteers who have committed to gather petition signatures for the Fair Congressional Districts for Ohio ballot measure, which mirrors the

Overdose Deaths Have Escalated Under DeWine’s Failed Leadership, More Than 4,000 Ohioans Died From Overdoses In 2016 COLUMBUS — As the state’s top law enforcement officer, Attorney General Mike DeWine has watched as Ohio became the epicenter of the nation’s opioid epidemic, and as the local governments that are on the front lines of the

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Democratic Party today released the following statement from Chairman David Pepper in response to the U.S. Supreme Court granting a petition for certiorari in the case of Husted v. Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute, which challenged Secretary of State Jon Husted’s purging of lawfully registered voters from the rolls: “In case