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Mahoning Commissioners Get Input on Sales Tax Proposal
Tuesday, January 14, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- A local community organizer argued that Mahoning County should look to area businesses -- particularly those that have received tax abatements from Youngstown or the county -- before going to taxpayers for additional sales tax funds.
No business owners where among the handful of individuals who spoke out in support of or opposed to the sales tax proposals, or for that matter appeared to be among the more than 50 individuals who attended Monday’s hearing on proposed county sales taxes. The hearing was the second held conerning the tax proposal.
Senate Committee Endorses Brown Bill Based on NAMII
Friday, January 10, 2014WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate’s Manufacturing Caucus, including its co-chairmen, Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., has endorsed U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown’s call to establish a Network for Manufacturing Innovation.
Brown Touts Benefits Extension, Job Creation Aid
Wednesday, January 08, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The failure of Congress to pass legislation to fund an extension of unemployment benefits means the cutoff of benefits to more than 2,500 unemployed workers in the Mahoning Valley region, and more than 52,400 around the state, figures released today by U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown’s office show.
On a conference call with reporters, Brown pressed for an extension of unemployment insurance benefits and called for implementing familiar measures to help create jobs, including passage of his "Sectors" legislation to help train individuals for high-tech jobs.
Ryan, Burga Urge Benefits Extension, Johnson Unsure
Wednesday, January 08, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan and the president of Ohio’s AFL-CIO, Tim Burga, pressed the case for Congress to extend emergency unemployment benefits during a conference call with reporters Tuesday.
The press event, which took place shortly before Senate legislation to extend the benefits cleared a procedural hurdle, was intended to put pressure on House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican who also represents a congressional district in Ohio, and many of his top lieutenants, as well as U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio.
Nally Resigns as Ohio EPA Director
Tuesday, January 07, 2014COLUMBUS, Ohio – Scott Nally has resigned as director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency “to pursue other opportunities,” and Gov. John Kasich will name Craig Butler as interim director, the governor’s office announced this morning.