Today, state Senator Hearcel F. Craig (D-Columbus) issued the following statement to praise the Ohio Senate's passage of Senate Bill 323, which designates a portion of State Route 315, extending from King Avenue to Broad Street in Columbus, as the "Jesse Owens Memorial Highway."

Today, state Senator Hearcel F. Craig (D-Columbus) praised the Ohio Senate's passage of House Bill 687, the state Capital Budget that appropriates $10.7 million for 20 economic development projects in Ohio's 15th Senate District, which includes part of Franklin County.

Today, state Senator Hearcel F. Craig (D-Columbus) issued the following statement in response to a mass shooting this week at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 children and two teachers.

Today, state Senator Hearcel F. Craig (D-Columbus) congratulated the 2022 class of the City of Columbus Hall of Fame: Maude Hill, Mary Teresa Funk, Rev. Dr. James Poindexter and Ned Pettus Jr., whom Senator Craig spoke about during the ceremony.

Today, state Senator Hearcel F. Craig (D-Columbus) issued the following statement after the cosmetic company Orveon announced that it will open an extension of its corporate offices in the Arena District in Columbus, which will create 150 new jobs.

This week, state Senator Hearcel F. Craig (D-Columbus) and Representative Kristin Boggs (D-Columbus) honored Columbus resident Kaylie Goines as the 2022 Youth of the Year awardee for the Boy and Girls Clubs of Central Ohio.

Today, state Senator Hearcel F. Craig (D-Columbus) issued the following statement after Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman to ever serve as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.

Today, state Senators Teresa Fedor (D-Toledo) and Hearcel F. Craig (D-Columbus) highlighted Ohio's Step Up to Quality Program, the impacts of improved kindergarten readiness and the need to increase pay for early childhood education workers during a press conference on the expanding access to and increasing the quality of early childhood education programs.

Last week, state Senator Hearcel F. Craig (D-Columbus) spoke at the ceremonial groundbreaking for the new Lockbourne Greene Housing Development in the South Side neighborhood of Columbus.

Today, state Senator Hearcel F. Craig (D-Columbus), a member of the Ohio Retirement Study Council (ORSC), released the following statement after each system reported on the status of their Russian holdings and the Council voted to require Ohio's five public pension systems - the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System, the State Teachers Retirement System, the School Employees Retirement System, the Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund and the Ohio Highway Patrol Retirement System - to report their progress and process on Russian divestiture at the next ORSC meeting.