Sen. Sherrod Brown
Gov. DeWine attends first Ohio School Bus Safety Working Group meeting
The newly formed Ohio School Bus Safety Working Group held its first meeting Monday — less than a month after an 11-year-old died in a Clark County school bus crash. Aiden Clark, a Northwestern Local Schools elementary student, died on Aug. 22 when a minivan going the other way crossed the centerline, causing a head-on […]
Ohio lawmakers sign on to stop federal judge’s ruling halting FDA approval of abortion drug
More than 200 members of Congress — including six Ohio lawmakers — are trying to prevent a federal judge’s order to stop the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of an abortion drug from going into effect. Ohio’s Democratic U.S. Reps. Joyce Beatty, Emilia Sykes, Greg Landsman, Marcy Kaptur and Shontel Brown, along with Sen. Sherrod […]
GOP claims to the contrary, Sen. Brown says extra IRS funds will make the rich pay up
The Inflation Reduction Act signed last month by President Joe Biden does some things that poll well with Americans. It attempts to lower the cost of prescription drugs for seniors, it extends health care subsidies for lower-income people and it’s a significant attempt to combat climate change. So in criticizing the bill, many Republicans have […]
‘Sitting on a time bomb’: Mobile home residents at risk in red-hot housing market
Jon Zang walks his dog several times a day in his mobile home community in West Goshen Township, Pennsylvania. It’s quiet, as most of his neighbors are at work. But he often wonders how many more walks he and his bulldog mix, Ladybug, will have down the streets of the place he’s called home for […]
Infrastructure bill could bring needed funds for Brent Spence, other Ohio bridges
The recently passed infrastructure bill is set to fund millions of dollars in bridge projects throughout the state, which could include some of the state’s biggest thoroughfares. U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown said the $100 million in bridge formula funding coming to Ohio through the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will bring direct funding as […]
Home health care workers ask federal senators for better pay, benefits
Home health care workers say their pay and a lack of benefits is unsustainable and in need of change on the federal level. Toledo resident Amina Nash was one of several home health care workers that spoke to Ohio U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown and Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey in a recent roundtable on the needs […]
State leadership gives mixed reviews for federal change to Medicaid work requirement
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said he’s disappointed in the Biden administration’s reversal in approving a work requirement waiver for Medicaid recipients. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ended a Trump-era policy that permitted the state to require work or “community engagement activities” as a condition of Medicaid eligibility, according to a letter sent to […]
Infrastructure bill could have specific impact in Ohio
A new infrastructure bill set to be voted on this week in the U.S. Senate comes as a relief to Howard Krueger and his windshield. Krueger was driving south on I-75 in Hamilton County, off to help his sister as she recovered from chemotherapy treatments. As he rolled along the lower level of the Western […]
Antitrust concerns are increasing on Capitol Hill. Advocates say they should extend to drug pricing
Antitrust concerns are increasing on Capitol Hill. Advocates say they should extend to drug pricing.
Federal and state hazing bills hope to change law, culture around student orgs
As state legislators try to change Ohio laws regarding the crime of hazing, one U.S. Senator from Ohio is helping reintroduce nationwide legislation changes on the topic. The mother of an Ohio University student who died in what officials called a hazing incident in 2018 joined Sen. Sherrod Brown on a recent press call, speaking […]