U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Bob Casey (D-PA), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) urged the State and Commerce Departments to warn American businesses still operating in Russia that they could indirectly and inadvertently be funding Putin’s invasion of Ukraine – and putting themselves at legal risk.
With the state budget deadline looming, the legislature cast their final votes on Ohio's biennial budget, forwarding it to Governor Mike DeWine. Late on July 3rd, Governor DeWine signed the $190 billion budget into law after issuing vetoes on 44 items. Noteworthy vetoes included tobacco-related provisions, student vaccine refusal allowances at higher education institutions, an expanded sales tax holiday, and other legislative overreaches.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine requested that President Joseph R. Biden issue a Major Presidential Disaster Declaration relating to the Norfolk Southern train derailment and release of hazardous chemicals that occurred in East Palestine. on July 5 was the deadline set by the Federal Emergency Management Agency following a previous extension request.
The second quarter of 2023 brought in $3.5 billion in individual income tax revenue for Ohio, a 6.6% decrease from the same period in the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) visited RBS Manufacturing in East Palestine to hear directly from local manufacturers about their ongoing concerns as they deal with the aftermath of the Norfolk Southern train derailment.
There were 38 deaths from nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis reported in Ohio in the week ending July 1, making up 1.7% of total deaths by all causes in Ohio.
The second quarter of 2023 brought in $3.5 billion in individual income tax revenue for Ohio, a 48.1% increase from the first quarter of 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined a bipartisan group of colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo urging the administration to revise tariff exclusion rules previously approved for aluminum extrusion products.
Senator JD Vance joined NBC’s “Meet The Press” on Sunday to discuss the fentanyl crisis, including the role the U.S. military could have in defeating the cartels, the economic drivers of addiction, and the role the Chinese Communist Party plays in allowing the export of fentanyl precursor chemicals.
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined leaders from the Spangler Candy Company and Spangler workers with Teamsters Local 20 to tour Spangler’s new Bit-O-Honey facility. Spangler directly attributes its ability to expand – moving the production of Bit-O-Honey candies to its Bryan headquarters and creating 40 new union jobs – to the passage of Brown’s Butch Lewis Act.
Senator JD Vance (R-OH) sent a letter to the presidents of the Ivy League universities, as well as Oberlin College and Kenyon College, regarding their plans to circumvent the recently decided Supreme Court case, Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, which declared racial preferences in college admissions unconstitutional.
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a roundtable at VFW Post 3360 in Defiance to discuss new health care and disability benefits for veterans who have been harmed by toxic exposure while serving in the military.