Today, the Ohio Senate Democratic Caucus announced that it will appoint Paula Hicks-Hudson to serve out the unexpired term of Senator Teresa Fedor, who previously announced her retirement effective October 31. The term will end on December 31.

Today, Ohio Senate Minority Leader Kenny Yuko (D-Richmond Heights) issued a statement in response to President Biden's announcement that he would pardon federal convictions for simple marijuana possession and direct the departments of Justice and Health and Human Services to review how marijuana is scheduled under federal law. The announcement also called on governors to issue similar pardons at the state level.

Today, Ohio Senate Minority Leader Kenny Yuko (D-Richmond Heights) and state Senator Vernon Sykes (D-Akron) released the following statement after the Ohio Supreme Court ruled in a 4-3 vote that the congressional maps adopted by Republican members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission on March 2, 2022 are unconstitutional. The court ordered legislature 30 days to adopt new congressional district maps for use in the 2024 election cycle. The Ohio Redistricting Commission will have 30 days to adopt new congressional maps if the legislature fails to do so.

This week, Ohio Senate Minority Leader Kenny Yuko (D-Richmond Heights) and Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) sent a letter to Governor Mike DeWine urging him to draw legal State Board of Education districts prior to the August 10 filing deadline for State Board of Education candidates.

Today, Ohio Senate Minority Leader Kenny Yuko (D-Richmond Heights) issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that abortion is not a constitutional right: 

Today, the Ohio Senate Democratic Caucus announced that it will appoint Dale Martin to serve out the unexpired term of Senator Sandra Williams, who announced last week that she would resign effective June 8. The term will end on December 31.

Today, the Ohio Senate Democratic Caucus announced that it is accepting applications from individuals seeking appointment to Senate District 21 in Cuyahoga County. The office is currently represented by state Senator Sandra R. Williams, who announced her resignation this week.

Today, Ohio Senate Minority Leader Kenny Yuko (D-Richmond Heights) and Senate President Pro Tempore Jay Hottinger (R-Newark) announced the Senate's unanimous passage of Senate Bill 164, their legislation to increase penalties for companion animal cruelty and prohibit the inhumane use of gas chambers for euthanasia of companion animals.

Today, state Senator Kenny Yuko (D-Richmond Heights) commended the Ohio Senate's passage of House Bill 687, the state Capital Budget, which appropriates over $28 million for economic development projects in Ohio's 25th Senate District, which includes Cuyahoga and Lake counties.

Today, Ohio Senate Minority Leader Kenny Yuko (D-Richmond Heights) responded to the Commission's failure to adopt a new set of constitutional and fair state legislative maps by the May 6 Ohio Supreme Court deadline. Amid loud chants for fair maps from Ohioans, the majority of commissioners instead voted to adopt the third set of legislative maps, which were already ruled unconstitutional by the Ohio Supreme Court on March 16.