What do traffic tickets, small claims, and landlord-tenant disputes have in common?   They are all decided in municipal court  - small courts with a big impact. On Election Day, November 4, 2025, voters in 38 Ohio counties will elect municipal court judges.  Why It Matters No matter on what level of court they serve, all judges make decisions that affect your everyday life along with the lives of your families and communities. Judges are called upon to consider the specific f

Jessica Dickinson, Ohio Fair Courts Alliance Introduction $6,715,000 million dollars. That’s how much dark money poured into the 2024...

Today, Common Cause Ohio and the Ohio Fair Courts Alliance released a short animated video  encouraging voters to be thoughtful consumers...

This article describes how the courts and judges fit into the Citizens Not Politicians proposed redistricting amendment and lays out the...

Testimony by Jessica Dickinson, Ohio Fair Courts Alliance On Senate Bill 101 Before the Ohio Senate Judiciary Committee November 15, 2023...

What do parking tickets, small claims, and landlord-tenant disputes have in common? They are all adjudicated in municipal courts. Why...

Testimony by Jessica Dickinson, Ohio Fair Courts Alliance On House Bill 259 Before the Ohio House Finance Committee October 11, 2023...

On May 10, 2023, the Ohio General Assembly approved a resolution to make it harder to amend the Ohio Constitution via citizen-led ballot...

On November 8, voters will elect three justices for the Ohio Supreme Court: a chief justice and two associate justices. This is a...

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning nearly 50 years of legal precedent and...

Common Cause Ohio and the Fair Courts Alliance teamed up in the fall of 2021 to present a series of webinars focused on the courts and...

In the upcoming election, two seats for the Supreme Court of Ohio are up for grabs and the stakes couldn’t be higher. Incumbent...

John Dawson, a Marion Correctional Institution (MCI) officer, died on April 8, 2020 from COVID-19, the first Ohio corrections officer to...