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June 22, 2016

By: Tom Troy, Toledo Blade
June 22, 2016

U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) proposed an amendment to a House bill today that would prohibit a person on the "no-fly list" of the Terrorism Watch List from being able to buy a gun. It was voted down.

The exchange occurred during debate on appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security.


June 21, 2016

By: Stephen Koff, The Plain Dealer
June 21, 2016


June 21, 2016

By: Hazel Bradford, Pensions & Investments
June 21, 2016


June 21, 2016

By: Tom Jackson, Sandusky Register
June 21, 2016

Teamsters in northern Ohio and other areas of the Midwest.

Only a full-fledged investigation can uncover why the fund is in such bad shape, Kaptur said.


June 20, 2016

By David B. Brandolph, Bloomberg BNA
June 20, 2016

Fifty-one Democratic lawmakers have asked the GAO to investigate the financially troubled Central States pension fund's investment decisions.


June 17, 2016

By: 13abc (and many other news outlets)
June 17, 2016

They’re something every family with children need but many are struggling to afford them.

“The average cost of diapers is about 1,000 dollars a year,” Ohio Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9) said.


June 16, 2016
By: Sustainable Agriculture
June 16, 2016
Nestled against the George Washington National Forest, in the quiet town of Upper Tract West Virginia, contract poultry farmer Eric Hedrick struggles to keep his family, and his 315,000 birds, healthy and fed.

June 14, 2016

By: Nick Penniman, The Hill
June 14, 2016

This is a year of political rebellions. Donald Drumpf and Bernie Sanders are the two biggest examples. And one of the few issues that unites them is driving the other rebellion: a rejection of political fundraising.


June 13, 2016

By: Sam Catherman, BABW News
June 13, 2016


June 13, 2016

By: Mary-Louise Hoffman, Executive Gov
June 13, 2016

House Appropriations Committee members have cleared a bill that would provide $21.7 billion to fund operations of the Treasury Department, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Small Business Administration and U.S. federal courts for fiscal year 2017.