In the News
April 13, 2016
By: Timothy Cama, The Hill
April 13, 2016
A panel of the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday approved a $37.4 billion bill to fund the Department of Energy and federal water programs for fiscal 2017.
At a short meeting, lawmakers on the panel spoke briefly about the legislation, bu
April 13, 2016
By: Jim Mackinnon, Akron Beacon Journal
April 13, 2016
Thousands of retired Teamsters — including two busloads from the Akron area — will pressure federal lawmakers Thursday at a rally in Washington, D.C., to ward off deep pension cuts expected to start this summer.
“The rally is going to
April 12, 2016
By: Toledo Blade
April 12, 2016
The Air National Guard base at Toledo Express Airport is in contention to get a new mission next decade — home to the new F-35A joint strike fighter, according to the Ohio Adjutant General’s Department.
The U.S.
April 1, 2016
By: Tom Troy, Toledo Blade
April 1, 2016
A bill widely seen as necessary to gain control of a spiraling epidemic involving opioids, heroin, and fentanyl, could be falling prey to election-year politics.
The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) pending in the House is co-authored
March 31, 2016
By: Keith C. Burris, Toledo Blade
March 31, 2016
A few weeks back, Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson accompanied Rep. Marcy Kaptur to Flint, Mich., as a show of solidarity.
It was an admirable gesture of sympathy and solidarity. Yes.
March 31, 2016
By: Lauren Lindstrom, Toledo Blade
March 31, 2016
Resources are available for veterans looking to start a business, and people are available to help them succeed.
That was the message Wednesday at the Veterans’ Business Forum, hosted by the U.S.
March 30, 2016
By: Fred Weinberg, Western Journalism
March 30, 2016
I want to share a story with you which is sitting on spikes in the newsrooms of the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today and—at least on this subject—their ideological soul mate—the Wall Street Journal.
I have known Pat Choate
March 29, 2016
By: Tom Henry, Toledo Blade
March 29, 2016
Another $41 million is being made available over three years to help farmers reduce algae-forming runoff into western Lake Erie.
An announcement made Monday by the U.S.
March 28, 2016
By: Breelynn Martin, Cleveland 19
March 28, 2016
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is giving up $41 million to help farmers. It's Natural Resources Conservation Service made the announcement on Monday during a conference at Maumee Bay State Park.
March 26, 2016
By: Lou Wilin, The Courier
March 26, 2016
Retired truck driver John Fredritz’s pension could be cut by 53 percent, to $1,335 per month, as early as July.