Phillip M. Robinson, Jr. News

COLUMBUS— State Rep. Phil Robinson (D-Solon) issued a statement today following the federal charge of Speaker of the House Larry Householder (R-Glenford) in a $60 million bribery, racketeering case.

COLUMBUS— State Rep. Phil Robinson (D-Solon) issued a statement on the passage civil rights leader and U.S. Representative John Lewis, (D-GA 5^th Congressional District).

COLUMBUS — State Rep. Phil Robinson (D-Solon) today announced his next virtual town hall as part of the second Ohio Promise Town Hall Tour. The Reopening Schools and Education During COVID-19 Virtual Town Hallwill be held Monday, July 20, at 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Facebook Live from his official Facebook pageto take questions and discuss the upcoming fall reopening of schools for the 2020-21 school year, as well as other struggles schools and parents are facing during the pandemic.

COLUMBUS— State Rep. Phil Robinson (D-Solon) announced Monday the state Controlling Board approved another round of federal funding to support Ohio’s efforts to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak, including $300 million in federal funding to offset Ohio’s K-12 schools and colleges and university’s costs of keeping students and staff safe in the fall.

COLUMBUS— State Rep. Phil Robinson (D-Solon) issued a statement today following Gov. DeWine’s executive order yesterday to require facemasks in several Ohio counties, including Butler, Cuyahoga, Franklin, Hamilton, Huron, Montgomery, and Trumbull. Each of the counties falls within Level 3 of the state’s new Public Health Advisory System, which was unveiled July 2. Level 3 indicates very high exposure and spread of coronavirus.

COLUMBUS— State Rep. Phil Robinson (D-Solon) today issued the following statement on the passage of Joseph Regano, superintendent of the Solon City School District, who died of cancer Sunday morning.

COLUMBUS –State Rep. Phil Robinson (D-Solon) yesterday evening held a virtual community town hall as part of the 2^nd Ohio Promise Virtual Town Hall Tour, a series of digital events this summer where local lawmakers provide a Statehouse update on issues including COVID-19, police reform, education, jobs and the economy, election reform, racial justice and systemic racism, and gun safety.

COLUMBUS — State Rep. Phil Robinson (D-Solon) today announced the beginning of the second Ohio Promise Town Hall Tour. The first District 6 Virtual Town Hallwill be held Tuesday, June 30, at 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Facebook Live from his official Facebook pageto give updates and discuss the COVID-19 emergency response, police reform and systemic racism, and other Statehouse and legislative updates.

COLUMBUS— State Rep. Phil Robinson (D-Solon) today joined Dem lawmakers to urge House Republican leaders to call the chamber back into session to address several critical issues facing the state, including health and the economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic, systemic racism and police brutality, questions surrounding the November election, and looming state budget shortfalls.

COLUMBUS— State Rep. Phil Robinson (D-Solon) last week signed onto a concurrent resolution urging Congress to designate June 19^th a paid federal holiday. This date is to be known as Juneteenth Independence day in recognition of June 19, 1865, when news of the end of slavery reached the southwestern states two months after the end of the American Civil War.