While national legislation slowly works its way through Congress, railroads, experts, politicians and unions disagree on what’s necessary to make things safer.
An Ohio grand jury will not indict the police officers who killed 25-year-old Jayland Walker in Akron last year. Walker was fatally shot 46 times by the
During Leader Syke’s three-year job, she faced unprecedented challenges, including the Dayton shooting, COVID-19 pandemic, economic uncertainty and protests.
Ohio House Minority Leader Emilia Strong Sykes (D-Akron) announced she will step down from her caucus leadership position by the end of the year, ending her three-year tenure.
Ohio House Minority Leader Emilia Sykes (D-Akron)
Ohio’s House Minority Leader said Republican state lawmakers are taking a page from a national playbook as they try to reform voting.
In a teleconference with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) and U.S. Sen Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota), Emilia Sykes (D-Akron) said Ohio’s leaders could make voting easier – for example, by adding ballot drop boxes. But she said they’re going the other direction by making it harder to vote.
“These attacks are part of a nationwide effort to push baseless conspiracy theories and the big lie and they threaten the very foundation of our democracy to protect a delusional man who refuses to accept the results of an election, Sykes said.