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Leader Antonio is a dedicated champion of workers' rights, high-quality education, our local governments, equal rights for women and the LGBT community and healthcare for all.
She has worked to pass legislation such as Ohio's historic adoption open records law and a step therapy reform law.
The first in her family to graduate from college, Antonio holds a MPA from Cleveland State University as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from CSU.
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Today, Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) voted against House Bill 96, the Senate Republicans' version of the state operating budget.
Today, Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) issued the following statement in response to the announcement that Ohio House Democratic Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) will step down from her leadership role at the end of June:
Today, Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member state Senator Paula Hicks-Hudson (D-Toledo) held a press conference outlining their priorities and amendments for House Bill 96, the state operating budget.
Today, Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) and state Senator Nathan Manning (R-North Ridgeville) celebrated the House's unanimous passage of Senate Bill 20, their bill that designates the first week of May as "Ohio Stroke Awareness Week."
Today, the Ohio Senate Democratic Caucus sent a letter to members of Congressional leadership urging them to remedy funding cuts made to AmeriCorps. Roughly $400 million in AmeriCorps grants were canceled by the Elon Musk-led, so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Just last year, over $32 million of funding went to Ohio organizations that carry out work in the health care, education, and social service spaces.
Today, Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) commended the Ohio Senate's passage of House Bill 15, which makes significant changes to Ohio's energy policies to protect consumers, increase power generation, and improve the state's electric grid. House Bill 15 largely mirrors Senate Bill 2, which was unanimously passed by the Senate in March.
Today, Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) released a report that her office requested from the Ohio Legislative Service Commission (LSC) - a nonpartisan agency that provides the Legislature with research and fiscal analysis - regarding the constitutionality and economic implications of the Browns stadium funding provisions in the House-passed version of the budget (H.B. 96). Leader Antonio requested that the report also include an independent analysis of the documentation provided by the Haslam Sports Group.
Today, Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) responded to reports that an Ohio grant to install LGBTQ+ historical markers has been canceled by the Elon Musk-led, so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Today, Senate Democratic Whip Kent Smith (D-Euclid) and Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) introduced legislation that calls on state and federal legislators to support an amendment to the United States Constitution that would eliminate corporate personhood and the legal doctrine of money being equated with political speech.
