ATHENS, Ohio — After months of work with hundreds of partner organizations throughout the state, today Ohio voters defeated Issue 1 by a large margin. The ballot measure would have severely restricted the ability of citizens to amend their constitution and further empowered the Republican supermajority in Columbus.
The following is a statement from Ohio Organizing Manager Brent Edwards:
Rural Organizing has been tirelessly at work speaking to voters in small towns and rural communities about the harm that Issue 1 would have done. Rural voters are on our side on...
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House Republicans,...
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The following statement can be attributed to Brent Edwards, RuralOrganizing.org’s Ohio Organizing Manager:
Today on a one-party vote, Republicans in the Ohio Legislature voted to...
The following is a statement from Matt Hildreth, Executive Director of Rural Organizing:
Here we go again: Donald Trump stunt-exploiting rural communities so he can...
...and that means including the Rebuild Rural America and Rural Prosperity Acts. According to Agri-Pulse, at a recent “unofficial listening session” convened by the...
The following is a statement from Brent Edwards, Ohio Organizer for RuralOrganizing.Org:
Last week, the Biden administration announced $1.64 billion in funding for the Brent...
