COLUMBUS, Aug. 2 – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today announced a settlement with three officials from the Driven Foundation, a Columbus non-profit organization, accused of misusing charitable donations for personal benefit.
COLUMBUS, Aug. 2 – Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy Executive Director Steven Schierholt were joined today by U.S. Drug Czar Jim Carroll, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, to announce that use of the Ohio system used to track prescriptions of controlled medications has now reached record levels.
REYNOLDSBURG, Aug. 1, 2019 – The Ohio Department of Agriculture will be sponsoring a collection for farmers wishing to dispose of unwanted pesticides on September 24 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Kidron Livestock Auction (behind the barns), 4885 Kidron Rd., Apple Creek, Ohio 44606.
WASHINGTON, DC, Aug. 1 – U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today led a group of his Democratic colleagues urging Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert Wilkie to abandon the Department’s current destructive approach to ongoing negotiations with the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE). Despite VA and AFGE’s history of engaging in good-faith negotiations that equally benefit employees, veterans and the Department, the current negotiating tactics undercut VA’s mission and threaten the quality of the services it is entrusted to provide to our constituents, our nation’s veterans.
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COLUMBUS, July 31, 2019 – The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) today issued draft rules for public comment regarding electric distribution utilities. Comments are due Aug. 23, 2019.
COLUMBUS, July 31, 2019 – The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) today issued a fine to One Source Energy, LLC and directed the Ohio Attorney General to seek a court order to compel the company to comply. One Source serves at least 118 residential customers, primarily located in Southington Township, Trumbull County.
WASHINGTON, DC, July 31 — U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) will unveil new legislation to curb stock buybacks and create a ‘worker dividend’ to ensure workers get their fair share of the profits they help create. Brown will unveil his bill, the Stock Buyback Reform and Worker Dividend Act, at 10 AM today at the National Press Club.
COLUMBUS, July 31 — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has joined a 16-state alliance urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review, and ultimately overturn, a ruling that frustrated construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a decision that could unnecessarily block pipeline construction and impede economic growth nationwide.
COLUMBUS, July 31 — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today announced a multistate settlement requiring the health insurance company Premera Blue Cross to pay $10 million for its failure to secure sensitive consumer data.
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 30 – Last night, the Senate passed U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rob Portman’s (R-OH) bipartisan resolution marking 50 years of environmental progress since the last time the Cuyahoga River caught on fire on June 22, 1969. The Senate resolution describes how the fire spurred important federal environmental action, including passage of the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act.
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COLUMBUS, July 30, 2019 - Today, Governor Mike DeWine signed Senate Bill 57 into law, decriminalizing hemp and paving the way for the development of a new hemp industry in our state. The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) will administer the newly-created hemp program.
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 30 – In case you missed it, last week, as a part of a lawsuit unfolding in Cleveland, a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) database was made public and revealed that drug companies inundated the U.S. with 76 billion highly addictive painkillers like oxycodone and hydrocodone from 2006 through 2012, even as the addiction crisis spun out of control.
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 30 – Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) has awarded $296,852 in grant funding to four northeast Ohio-based Farm to School programs.
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 30 – Today, Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) urged the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to take the necessary steps to protect seniors from unexpected, out-of-pocket costs following preventive colonoscopies as the Agency considers its annual rule changes.
COLUMBUS, July 29 – Following a pair of joint complaints from Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a federal judge in El Paso, Texas today issued a temporary restraining order against two companies accused of defrauding millions of dollars from people struggling with credit card debt, halting their operations and freezing their assets.
COLUMBUS, July 29 — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted today announced the approval of assistance for 12 projects set to create 3,962 new jobs and retain 717 jobs statewide. During its monthly meeting, the Ohio Tax Credit Authority (TCA) reviewed economic development proposals brought to the board by JobsOhio and its regional partners.
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 29 – U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and John Barrasso (R-WY) introduced bipartisan legislation last week to expedite the payment of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits to individuals with terminal illnesses by eliminating the current five-month waiting period.
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 29 – U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) announced today that they secured a $3.25 billion investment for bridge repairs in the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee Highway package that is set to pass Committee this week.
