State Sen. Teresa Fedor (D-Toledo) is recognizing January as Human Trafficking Awareness Month.

Today, state Sen. Teresa Fedor (D-Toledo) and Rep. Lisa Sobecki (D-Toledo) issued the following statements after the release of the State Report Card Study Committee's Final Report:

This week, Senate Bill 247, introduced by state Senators Teresa Fedor (D-Toledo) and Tim Schaffer (R-Lancaster), was referred to the Senate Insurance & Financial Institutions committee. This legislation aims to reduce the demand for human trafficking by focusing on sex buyers.

Resources for the third annual Human Trafficking Youth Prevention Summit can be found at the links below.

Today, Shared Hope International, a non-profit working to eradicate sex trafficking, released their ninth annual state report cards evaluating child trafficking laws. Ohio received a "C" for the eighth consecutive year. State Sen. Teresa Fedor (D-Toledo) issued the following statement:

Last week, Ohio Senate President Larry Obhof (R-Medina) and Minority Leader Kenny Yuko (D-Richmond Heights) announced that the Ohio Channel will stream and archive all Senate standing committees starting January 2020. State Senator Teresa Fedor (D-Toledo) released the following statement:

On Monday, state Sen. Teresa Fedor (D-Toledo) was appointed to a state study committee that will examine Ohio's school report cards.

State Sens. Teresa Fedor (D-Toledo) and Tina Maharath (D-Columbus) today cautioned the accuracy of the state's school report cards, which were released Thursday, and called for the system's overhaul.

This November, state Sen. Teresa Fedor (D-Toledo) and state Rep. Tavia Galonski (D-Akron) will host the Youth Human Trafficking Prevention Summit. See the invite for more information.

Members of the Ohio Senate Democratic Caucus recently urged the Trump administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reject a proposed rule that would jeopardize Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for 3 million Americans, including an estimated 135,500 Ohioans. It also threatens access to free school lunches for more than 500,000 children across the U.S.