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Kaptur Announces $2 Million DOJ Award for Toledo Community Based Violence Intervention Prevention Initiative
January 17, 2025
Press Release
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced a $2 Million Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Site-Based award from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) for the City of Toledo. This funding opportunity through the Department of Justice supports comprehensive, evidence-based efforts at reducing gun violence through partnership with community, local government, hospitals, victim service providers, law enforcement. The new funding will build on existing efforts to curb violence and identify gaps between high-risk populations and current community-based organization capacity.
Kaptur Announces $4 Million HUD PRO Housing Award for Toledo to Boost Housing Supply and Lower Housing Costs
January 14, 2025
Press Release

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced a $4 Million PRO Housing award from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the City of Toledo. Toledo was selected as one of 18 recipients nationwide that will receive part of a total $100 Million in an effort to help communities boost housing supply and lower housing costs.

Issues: Jobs and the Economy
Co-Chairs Kaptur, Fitzpatrick, Quigley, Wilson Reestablish Congressional Ukraine Caucus for 119th Congress
January 14, 2025
Press Release

Washington, DC – Today, Co-Chair and Co-Founder of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09), and Co-Chairs Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), Congressman Mike Quigley (D-IL-05), and Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC-02) announced that they will reestablish the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus for the 119th Congress.

Issues: Trade
Kaptur, Dingell, and Huizenga Join Joyce In Introducing Legislation to Reauthorize Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Relaunch Great Lakes Task Force
January 9, 2025
Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and her colleagues on the bipartisan Great Lakes Task Force introduced the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Act of 2025. This bipartisan bill will reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which is set to expire at the end of FY 2026, for another five years through FY 2031. The bill increases the FY 2026 authorization level from $475 Million to $500 Million starting in FY 2027. 

Issues: Trade Jobs and the Economy
Kaptur Celebrates $1.1 Million Reconnecting Communities Award For Swan Creek and Junction Neighborhood
January 7, 2025
Press Release
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) celebrated the announcement of $1,107,700 from the Department of Transportation for the Swan Creek Greenway Planning project. This new federal funding will support planning, design, and community engagement activities for a multi-use trail along Swan Creek in Toledo to reconnect the Junction neighborhood to Downtown Toledo. The construction of Interstate 75 in the 1960’s displaced Junction residents and cut off the neighborhood from Downtown.
Issues: Jobs and the Economy

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Weight Loss is More Complicated Than the Old ‘Calories In, Calories Out’ Model
May 17, 2016
In The News
By: Scott Suttell, Crain’s Cleveland Business
May 17, 2016
It’s time to rethink the “calories in, calories out” philosophy of weight loss.
So say MarketWatch in this story, which includes comments from Kristin Kirkpatrick, a dietitian at the Cleveland Clinic.
The calories-counting way of thinking “has prevailed for years, but is a significantly oversimplified way of looking at diet,” experts say.
“There is probab
How America Elects Its President
May 16, 2016
In The News
By: Bruce Alpert, Voice of America News
May 16, 2016
A new report shows Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton running a close race in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
The report from Quinnipiac University was considered important news, even though it described voter opinions in just three of the 50 U.S. states. The reason?
Treasury Drops a Hot Potato
May 16, 2016
In The News
By: Pensions & Investments
May 16, 2016
The Department of the Treasury's rejection of the benefit reduction application of the Teamsters, Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Plan has left participants cheering.
But there is little to cheer about. The rejection by Kenneth R.
Congresswoman Kaptur on NBC24 About RNC
May 16, 2016
In The News
By: NBC 24
May 16, 2016
"...So we would like to get our story out to them... This will be hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world. It's a great opportunity for Ohio's coast to present itself to the world.
Lake Erie Shores and Islands Targeting RNC Convention-Goers for Business
May 16, 2016
In The News
By: Jim Nelson, NBC 24
May 16, 2016
About two months from now, Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland will be the epicenter of activity for the republican party.
Larry Fletcher, the executive director for Lake Erie Shores and Islands says the group has been targeting convention-goers for about a year.
"Not only the delegates that will be coming in, maybe encourage them to come early or stay after the convention, but we also know there will be a lot of med