Phillip M. Robinson, Jr. News

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 Voting and the 2020 General Election During COVID-19 Virtual Town Hallwill be held Monday, August 24, at 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Facebook Live from his official Facebook pageto take questions and discuss general information on how to vote, health and safety around in person voting, absentee ballots and vote-by-mail logistics, and other struggles voters are facing during the pandemic.

COLUMBUS— State Rep. Phil Robinson (D-Solon), the Ranking Democrat on the House Primary and Secondary Education Committee, today released a statement criticizing Governor Mike DeWine on the lack of a statewide plan to address school re-opening and the continued confusion his lack of leadership creates.

COLUMBUS— State Rep. Phil Robinson (D-Solon) issued a statement on the Ohio House voting unanimously to strip Larry Householder (R-Glenford) of his role as Speaker of the House.

COLUMBUS— State Rep. Phil Robinson (D-Solon) today issued a statement on the one-year anniversary of a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, which left nine dead and 17 wounded.

COLUMBUS - State Rep. Phil Robinson (D-Solon) today announced the passage of House Bill (HB) 2, the state's biennial state capital budget, in both the Ohio House of Representatives and Ohio Senate. The record-setting $6.2 billion investment makes appropriations for state-owned infrastructure, colleges, universities, and school districts as well as other community projects.  

COLUMBUS –State Rep. Phil Robinson (D-Solon) Monday 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 released the following statement following the passage of the undemocratic Special Session House Bill (HB) 1 through the Ohio House of Representatives and Ohio Senate: 

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 – House Democrats today held a news conference to introduce the Learning & Education Advancement Package (LEAP) Initiative, legislation to reaffirm K-12 education as a Democratic priority, setting goals and standards for our education system prior to the next school year for for-profit charter school oversight, private school vouchers accountability, investing in early childhood education, and supporting public schools, educators, and students. 

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).

State Rep. Phil Robinson (D-Solon) today expressed his sorrow over the passage of Hamilton County Auditor and former State Rep. Brigid Kelly (D-Cincinnati), who passed away from esophageal cancer last week, to remember their friendship and her public service.

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 Reps. Phil Robinson (D-Solon) and Dani Isaacsohn (D-Cincinnati) today introduced the Universal Background Checks Act, legislation that will close the background check loophole and require background checks for all firearms purchases. 

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) today called on Governor Mike DeWine to veto the Bully Trans Kids Act: House Bill (HB) 68, anti-trans legislation, that would ban gender affirming care and ban trans kids from participating in sports.

COLUMBUS - State Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan (D-Parma) and the Democratic Cuyahoga County Delegation today sent a letter to the CEOs of CSX Transportation, Inc. and Norfolk Southern Corporation, requesting action regarding the maintenance and recent violations of railroad bridges in Cleveland the companies own. 

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.