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September 2, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Cleveland-based nonprofit social service group has been awarded $2.2 million from the Department of Veterans Affairs to help homeless veterans find permanent housing, U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur announced Thursday.


September 2, 2016

Ohio will receive nearly $2 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under new programs created to face down the epidemic of opioid misuse and overdoses, U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) said Wednesday.


September 1, 2016

Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) today announced that Ohio will receive nearly $2 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under three health-related programs to address the statewide epidemic of opioid misuse and overdoses.


September 1, 2016

Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) today (Aug. 31, 2016) announced that Ohio will receive nearly $2 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under three health-related programs to address the statewide epidemic of opioid misuse and overdoses.


September 1, 2016

$53M allocated in U.S. as overdoses hit record high in state

by Tom Troy -- Blade Staff Writer

Ohio will receive nearly $2 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under new programs created to face down the epidemic of opioid misuse and overdoses, U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) said Wednesday.


September 1, 2016

WASHINGTON -- Ohio will get nearly $2 million in federal grants to fight heroin and prescription opioid abuse, the White House said, but much more money is needed -- and, the White House contended, the Republican-led Congress won't provide it.

GOP leaders counter they have already increased anti-drug spending dramatically.


August 31, 2016

Dear La Prensa:

Immigrants in Ohio and all over the country are being targeted in scams, and I want to warn folks in our communities to not become one of the victims!


August 28, 2016

Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) announced that the Middle Bass Island Airport has secured $223,405 in a competitive grant award for designated runway improvements, to include new sealing and remarking of 1,855 feet of Runway 10/28 to “maintain the structural integrity of the pavement and to minimize foreign object debris.” The competitive grant was awarded by the Federal Aviation


August 27, 2016

In many ways, it’s great to be a woman living in 2016. Today, more women are educated, celebrated and making change. In Rio, U.S. women outpaced men, taking home more Olympic medals than their male counterparts— 61 to be exact. A woman is even running for president.

Today, 104 women hold seats in U.S. Congress.


August 27, 2016

by Andy Ouriel

SANDUSKY — The Sandusky Fire Department captured a $227,000 federal grant so city officials can purchase specialized breathing equipment when responding to fires and other emergencies.

The money covers costs for:

• 100 self-contained breathing apparatus tanks

• 56 face-pieces