C. Allison Russo News

COLUMBUS – Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) today announced that the Controlling Board has approved the release of $31M for construction costs associated with phase 2 of The Ohio State University (OSU) Biomedical and Materials Engineering Complex renovation. When complete, the $150M project will transform the face of  OSU’s engineering campus and create a first-of-its-kind interdisciplinary learning and research facility, bringing together top-ranked programs across the university’s engineering and medical science departments to create new opportunities for collaborative learning and research.

COLUMBUS – Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) today applauds the announcement that Ohio is the first state in the nation to break ground on an electric vehicle (EV) charging station built as part of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program under President Joe Biden.

COLUMBUS – Minority Leader Allison Russo (D- Upper Arlington) and State Rep. Michele Grim (D- Toledo) are thrilled to congratulate the City of Columbus on the announcement of their medical debt relief plan. This plan will provide relief for hundreds of thousands of Columbus residents and is a bold step to confront the medical debt crisis.

COLUMBUS – Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) Wednesday was a recipient of the Ohio Domestic Violence Network’s (ODVN) 2023 Leadership in Policy Award. This award was given to Leader Russo to recognize her work towards combating domestic violence in Ohio. 

COLUMBUS – Ohio House Democratic leadership and members, Reps. Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington), Dontavius Jarrells (D-Columbus), Jessica E. Miranda (D-Forest Park), Tavia Galonski (D-Akron), Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake), Terrence Upchurch (D-Cleveland), Michele Grim (D-Toledo), Ismail Mohamed (D-Columbus), Dani Isaacsohn (D-Cincinnati), Casey Weinstein (D-Hudson), today released the following statement on the deadly surprise attack by Hamas militants who fired thousands of rockets from Gaza toward central and southern Israel, leading to multiple Israeli civilian casualties and injuries.

COLUMBUS – Co-Chair of the Ohio Redistricting Commission and Senate Minority Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) and House Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) today released statements following the Ohio Redistricting Commission's unanimous vote to advance state legislative maps.

COLUMBUS – Co-Chair of the Ohio Redistricting Commission and Senate Minority Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) and House Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) today released statements following the Ohio Redistricting Commission’s (ORC) first of two public hearings Monday at Punderson Manor in Newbury, Ohio. 

COLUMBUS– Co-Chair of the Ohio Redistricting Commission and Senate Minority Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) and House Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) today released statements following the Ohio Redistricting Commission’s first public hearing at Deer Creek State Park in Mt. Sterling, Ohio

COLUMBUS - House Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) today was pleased to learn of Franklin County Judge Karen Held Phipps’s ruling to place a 14-day temporary restraining order on the Republican-sanctioned K-12 education overhaul which violates the Ohio Constitution. 

COLUMBUS - Senate Minority Leader and Ohio Redistricting Commission Co-Chair Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) and House Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) today released statements following the Ohio Redistricting Commission (ORC) meeting where the Republican-controlled commission voted to ignore the constitutional maps introduced by Democrats in favor of Republican maps that are unproportional, unfair, and unconstitutional.