Ohio Democrats call for police reforms, training in anti-racism and mental health Laura A. Bischoff, The Columbus Dispatch
Ohio House Democrats are pushing for more training, transparency and accountability for the state s 34,000 sworn police officers, which the lawmakers say will go a long way toward eliminating misconduct and bad policing. This type of policing comes at a cost to those who are unfairly targeted, to the taxpayers who are forced to pay out lawsuits for gross misconduct, and for far too many Ohioans who needlessly lose their lives or their livelihoods because we don t have the measures in place to demand more of our law enforcement officers, said House Minority Leader Emilia Sykes, D-Akron.
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Indicted ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder introduces measures to override coronavirus, executive orders
Updated Mar 05, 2021;
Posted Mar 04, 2021
State Rep. Larry Householder, a Perry County Republican, speaks with reporters on the Ohio House floor in this file photo. Householder, a former speaker accused of overseeing the largest bribery scheme in state history, has introduced a resolution seeking to allow lawmakers to overrule executive orders from the governor, as well as a bill to allow county commissioners to strike down countywide health orders. (Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland.com)
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Householder, a Perry County Republican whom authorities claim oversaw the largest bribery scheme in state history to pass a controversial utility law, announced Thursday he has introduced a bill and a resolution.
As jockeying for 2022 begins – with a Senate seat and Ohio’s governorship in play – a related question keeps coming up, both inside and outside Ohio: Why do Democrats, except for Sen. Sherrod Brown, keep losing elections in Ohio?
Note, Democrats don’t necessarily lose county, city and village offices. They win and hold many. And for some reason there is amnesia, inside and outside Ohio, about the three (of seven) Ohio Supreme Court seats that Democrats have won.
True, as for Ohio’s U.S. House of Representatives delegation, the Republican-run General Assembly rigged the state’s 16 districts so 12 will elect Republicans. (And the GOP may be closing in on another district, the Western Reserve’s 13th, held by Rep. Tim Ryan, a suburban Warren Democrat, though districts will be redrawn before 2022’s election).