Dontavius L. Jarrells In The News

Ohio employers will soon be required to give their workers pay stubs due to a law Gov. Mike DeWine signed Wednesday.

House Bill 106, also known as the Pay Stub Protection Act, aims to incre... Read Full Story

State Representative Dontavius Jarrells, D-Columbus, is in the early stages of drafting a bill aimed at reforming the child welfare system in Ohio.

Jarrells said he has been researching the... Read Full Story

COLUMBUS, Ohio — In the wake of five child deaths within just over a year, all involving children who had contact with Franklin County Children Services (FCCS), Ohio State Rep. Dontavius Jarr... Read Full Story

On one of the last days of Black History Month, state lawmakers who make up the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus outlined their priorities for this two-year general assembly. Some are new initiatives,... Read Full Story

Ohio lawmakers are once again trying to increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 per hour. 

State Reps. Dontavius Jarrells, D-Columbus, and Ismail Mohamed, D-Columbus, recently i... Read Full Story

A bipartisan bill introduced in the Ohio General Assembly seeks to establish a pipeline from foster care to college or careers.

The sponsors of House Bill 25 are targeting a population of O... Read Full Story

In a press conference Tuesday, members of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus, along with a voter advocate from the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, spoke of Issue 1 redistricting reform as a way forwa... Read Full Story

An Ohio House Democrat behind a bill that would require the replacement of every lead water line in the state over the next 15 years is hoping his proposal, untouched to this point, will soon becom... Read Full Story

During the height of summer in 1846, a mob of white Mercer County residents surrounded a group of nearly 400 Freedpeople who’d just taken a boat up the Miami Canal to New Bremen. The former s... Read Full Story

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — There are renewed efforts at the Ohio Statehouse to make sure Ohioans with developmental disabilities earn a fair wage.

“This is not an issue that is a D... Read Full Story