Erika White News

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Erika White (D-Springfield Township) today issued the following statement on Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR) 3, which passed in attempts to weaken child labor protections in Ohio.  

COLUMBUS —State Rep. Erika White (D-Springfield Township) today released the following statement after Governor Mike DeWine signed an executive order directing the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) giving $7M though the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds to various Ohio food banks and up to $18M in funds to Ohioans who are at or below 50% of the federal poverty level who already qualify for Ohio Works First (OWF) cash assistance. While 63,000 of the 1.4 million Ohioans on SNAP may be provided some relief due to this effort, excluding 529,000 children who are currently on SNAP, the $18M in emergency funds does not go far enough to support those living just at the federal poverty level. For example, a family of four making roughly $17,000/year or more will not be eligible for this benefit. While a small step in the right direction, this insufficient allocation of funds is hardly enough to address the urgency of this crisis in the state. 

COLUMBUS – State Reps. Erika White (D-Springfield Township) and Ismail Mohamed (D-Columbus) today provided sponsor testimony on their cybersecurity-focused House Bill (HB) 475 in the House Technology and Innovation Committee. 

COLUMBUS — State Reps. Erika White (D-Springfield Township) and James Hoops (R-Napoleon) today delivered sponsor testimony before the House Public Safety Committee on bipartisan House Bill (HB) 311 that would designate the third full week of May as EMS week. 

COLUMBUS — State Rep. Erika White (D-Springfield Township) today reminded the Republican-controlled Joint Committee on Congressional Redistricting that they failed the people of Ohio in their stalling tactic and failure to advance any fair, constitutional maps, calling it another broken promise to the people of Ohio. 

COLUMBUS — State Rep. Erika White (D-Springfield Township) today announced that she has been appointed as ranking member for the House Public Insurance and Pensions Committee for the remainder of the 136th General Assembly.¿ 

COLUMBUS - State Rep. Erika White (D-Springfield Township) Monday announced that the Ohio Controlling Board approved $2M in funding for the second year of a three-year expansion of the Queens Village and Cradle Cincinnati model, programs designed to combat infant mortality and support mothers and families across Ohio. 

COLUMBUS — State Rep. Erika White (D-Springfield Township) hosted a series of Summer Sessions this summer as a part of her initiative to assist constituents with reclaiming their unclaimed funds.  

BOSTON — State Rep. Erika White (D-Springfield Township) Wednesday stood in solidarity with Democratic members of the Texas State Senate alongside dozens of lawmakers from all across the nation in Boston, MA denouncing the undemocratic attempt by Texas Republicans to unfairly redraw the state's congressional maps to favor Republicans candidates ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Rep. White is in Boston attending the annual National Conference of State Legislatures.¿ 

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Erika White (D-Springfield Township) today voted “NO” on the vote to override a school district property tax levy restriction provision vetoed in House Bill 96 (the state operating budget). Line-item 66 would eliminate several types of levies, limiting the choices voters have in how to support their schools and local governments, and would not provide real property tax relief to Ohioans. Real property tax relief is one of the most pressing needs for everyday Ohioans. House Democrats are ready and willing to work together to get that done.