The Environmental Enforcement Section of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s office recently logged a pair of court victories, securing jail time for two environmental polluters in separate cases - one in southeast Ohio and the other in northeast Ohio.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted on June 26 announced the approval of assistance for nine projects set to create 534 new jobs and retain 1,007 jobs statewide.
There were 12 deaths with COVID-19 listed as the underlying cause reported in Ohio in the week ending June 17, making up 0.5% of total deaths by all causes in Ohio.
There were 126 deaths with cerebrovascular disease listed as the underlying cause reported in Ohio during the week ending June 24, a 3.8% decrease from the previous week.
Senator JD Vance (R-OH), Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ), and Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduced the ONSHORE Act, bipartisan legislation that will help bring critical supply chains back to America by assisting communities of all sizes with the site development needed to attract manufacturing facilities.
Senator JD Vance (R-OH) questioned CFPB Director Chopra during a hearing on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Semi-Annual Report to Congress regarding the regulatory system failures that led to the Silicon Valley Bank Collapse:Watch Senator Vance’s full exchange.
Following the unprecedented political prosecution of Donald J. Trump by President Biden’s Department of Justice, Senator JD Vance (R-OH) issued the following statement regarding his intent to hold all future nominations to the DOJ.
There were 122 deaths with chronic lower respiratory disease listed as the underlying cause reported in Ohio during the week ending June 24, a 13.5% decrease from the previous week.
U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Tina Smith (D-MN), Mike Braun (R-IN), and Joni Ernst (R-IA) and U.S. Representatives Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3) Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR-5), Tracey Mann (R-KS-1), and Yadira Caraveo (D-CO-8) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Expanding Childcare in Rural America (ECRA) Act of 2023 to improve the availability and quality, and lower the cost, of childcare in agricultural and rural communities.
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio); Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.); Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.); and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.) called on President Biden to swiftly and equitably implement exemptions for vulnerable populations to access food assistance included in the bipartisan agreement to raise the debt ceiling and avoid a catastrophic default.
There were 39 deaths from nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis reported in Ohio in the week ending June 24, making up 1.7% of total deaths by all causes in Ohio.
There were 71 deaths with diabetes mellitus listed as the underlying cause reported in Ohio during the week ending June 24, a 2.9% increase over the previous week.
There were 90 deaths with Alzheimer's disease listed as the underlying cause reported in Ohio during the week ending June 24, a 9.8% increase over the previous week.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted announced on June 26 that Amazon Web Services (AWS) will invest an estimated $7.8 billion by the end of 2029 to expand its data center operations in Central Ohio, creating hundreds of new jobs.
There were 19 deaths with COVID-19 listed as a contributing cause reported in Ohio in the week ending June 17, making up 0.8% of total deaths by all causes in Ohio.