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August 31, 2016

Today, Dana Corporation broke ground for an $70 million, 200,000 square foot expansion to triple the size of its new facility in Toledo and create 300 new jobs.


August 31, 2016

Washington, DC — 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.


August 31, 2016

Washington, DC — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) expects this morning to receive details on federal funding awarded to the State of Ohio under three health-related programs aimed at addressing the national epidemic of opioid misuse and overdoses.


August 27, 2016

WASHINGTON, DC– Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) joined the National Science Foundation (NSF) to announce the award of $123,859 to The University of Toledo to “develop practical strategies for broadening the participation of African American students in engineering.” The project will conduct a comparative study of the factors affecting the success and pathways to engineering caree


August 27, 2016

WASHINGTON, DC– Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) joined the National Science Foundation (NSF) to announce the award of $123,859 to The University of Toledo to “develop practical strategies for broadening the participation of African American students in engineering.” The project will conduct a comparative study of the factors affecting the success and pathways to engineering care


August 25, 2016

Washington, DC — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) today announced that the Sandusky Fire Department has secured $227,000 in a competitive grant award for the acquisition of specialized fire equipment to assist and improve the Department’s response to fires and other emergencies with the purchase of 38 self-contained breathing apparatuses and harnesses, 100 self-contained breathing


August 22, 2016

Washington, DC — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) today 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


August 18, 2016

WASHINGTON, DC– Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) joined the National Science Foundation (NSF) to announce the award of $50,000 to The University of Toledo for the purpose of designing “a market ready gas sensor system to monitor hazardous and industrial gas leakages such as chlorine and ammonia” which will have “potential applications in diverse fields such as: bleaching industri


August 16, 2016

WASHINGTON, DC– Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) joined the United States Department of Agriculture’s Office of Rural Development to announce the award of $49,356 to provide technical assistance to Toledo-area based Northwest Ohio Cooperative Kitchen (NOCK) in designing food safety protocols and HACCP-level training for food businesses in preparation for increased requirements fr


August 11, 2016

WASHINGTON, DC– Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) joined the National Institute of Aging, a research institute within the National Institutes of Health, to announce the two-year award of $445,000 in federal research funds to The University of Toledo’s Department of Neurosciences research laboratory for the purpose of new Alzheimer’s research entitled, “A BBB-permeable neurotrophic