Columbus – Today, Senate Minority Leader Kenny Yuko (D-Richmond Heights) introduced legislation to update Ohio’s antiquated child marriage law. 

COLUMBUS— State Senator Kenny Yuko commented on the unveiling of Army Specialist 4 Lawrence George Stapleton Memorial Highway on I-90.

Columbus—Ohio Senate Minority Leader Kenny Yuko (D-Richmond Heights) and Senator Joe Schiavoni (D-Boardman) released statements in response to the Trump Administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

Columbus—The Ohio Senate voted to override six of Governor Kasich’s line-item vetoes of the state budget (HB 49).  Senate Democrats strongly objected to three of the veto overrides that threaten to undermine Medicaid expansion in Ohio by limiting the ability of the state to fund the program which is part of the Affordable Care Act.

COLUMBUS – Today, Senate Minority Leader Kenny Yuko (D-Richmond Heights) voiced strong opposition to the Trump administration's decision to end the Department of Health and Human Service's teen pregnancy prevention program. This decision will have direct negative impacts on seven Cuyahoga County school districts, each struggling to address high teen pregnancy rates. According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, "those districts will lose about $2 million in federal grant money for prevention..."

COLUMBUS—State Senator Kenny Yuko (D-Richmond Heights) has introduced Senate Concurrent Resolution 13 to urge Congress and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to reclassify marijuana, or cannabis, to a less restricted category. Reclassification would increase research into marijuana’s effects and ease the burden on legal medical marijuana businesses. 

COLUMBUS—On Thursday, State Senator Kenny Yuko (D-Richmond Heights) introduced Senate Bill 172, the Hunger-Free Students’ Bill of Rights Act. This bill would direct Ohio schools to work with parents or guardians to help them pay off debts and end all “lunch shaming” practices, which involve treating students differently if their family owes money for school lunches. A 2014 Department of Agriculture report found thatnearly half of all school districts engage in some form of lunch shaming.

COLUMBUS - Today, Ohio Senate Minority Leader Kenny Yuko (D-Richmond Heights) released the following statement after the Ohio House voted to override some of Governor Kasich's vetoes: