Press Releases - Progress Ohio

September 10 2020

House GOP Shows They Need to Be Replaced if We Want to Repeal HB6

In response to today’s hearing on bills dealing with HB6, in which Republicans blocked a bill to repeal the corrupt legislation, ProgressOhio Managing Director Michael McGovern issued the following statement:

“When Hollywood stars used secret bribes to secure college admissions for their children, the government and universities launched investigations, corporations withdrew endorsements, and studios canceled upcoming deals.…

September 8 2020

Child Sexual Assault Survivor Wants a New Supreme Court & New Law to Help Victims

Child sexual assault survivor Jessica Simpkins – who saw her multi-million dollar jury award slashed by a law subsequently upheld by the Ohio Supreme Court – called today for electing new justices, saying they should protect victims of crime, not prodators or their enablers.…

September 3 2020

The Weak, Pathetically Out-Of-Step Ohio Legislature

In a shocking story by the Ohio Capital Journal, Senate President Larry Obhof finally admitted to having no interest in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic:

“What magic law do you want me to want me to pass that will increase the number of tests?…

September 2 2020

MEMO: Twenty Years of Ohio GOP Corruption

TO: Ohio Reporters, Editors, And Editorial Boards

FROM: Michael McGovern, ProgressOhio

DATE: September 2, 2020

RE: Ohio GOP’s Corruption – 20 Years of The Same Story

Few close observers of Ohio politics were surprised when news broke of the corruption scandal involving Larry Householder and House Bill 6.…

August 24 2020

Ohio Polling Shows Biden Leading Trump, Generic State Legislative Ballot Tied

New polling from TargetSmart, a leading national progressive polling and data firm, shows Joe Biden leading Donald Trump in Ohio, with highly competitive races down ballot.

A more detailed memo from TargetSmart is online here.

“It is once again clear that Ohio will be a highly competitive state this fall, especially as Ohioans learn more about the massive corruption scandal perpetrated by Speaker Larry Householder and his Republican allies,” said ProgressOhio Managing Director Michael McGovern.…

August 20 2020

ProgressOhio Brings on New Staff to Focus on GOP Corruption

Today, ProgressOhio brought on Michael McGovern as the organization’s new Managing Director. ProgressOhio has been largely dormant for the last year, but will now focus on the FirstEnergy/Householder corruption scandal, especially the extensive connections to Republicans state legislators, state Supreme Court Justices Judith French and Sharon Kennedy, and other GOP elected officials.…

January 16 2020

Progress Ohio Calls Buckeye Institute Database Hypocritical, Divisive

Calls on Right Wing Group to Take it Down

COLUMBUS – Progress Ohio said Tuesday that the Buckeye Institute is waging a war on working people and using publicly available government data to do it.

“It’s more than a bit rich that the husband and wife team who run the Buckeye Institute and pay themselves half a million dollars a year are attempting to shame public servants for making an honest living working on behalf of the rest of us,” said Progress Ohio Spokesperson Ron Sylvester.…

July 1 2019

Ohio Republicans: Politics Above Ohioans (and Party)

The last time Republicans held the budget hostage, schools, adoption agencies, and child-care providers were hurt

Repeating their failure with the Ohio Transportation Budget, Ohio Republicans once again blew past deadlines to fund the State government.…

April 10 2018

Local Business Matches Wage Gap on Equal Pay Day

Rambling House – owned by Jen Lynch – will offer women a 20% discount to recognize the 80 cents women earn for every dollar men make

Columbus — On Equal Pay Day (Tuesday, April 10), Rambling House will provide a 20 percent discount for all women in order to help bring awareness to the persistent wage gap that harms working women across the country.…

January 31 2018

Good-Government Groups Seek Ethics Probe of Justice Terrence O’Donnell; Ask Him to Step Down from Hearing Upcoming ECOT Case

Citing a close personal relationship with ECOT founder William Lager and campaign contributions from him, government watchdog groups filed an ethics complaint against Ohio Supreme Court Associate Justice Terrence O’Donnell and urged him to step down from hearing an upcoming case involving the embattled online charter school.…