WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $650,000 grant to Sinclair Community College for aviation maintenance training to meet aerospace industry needs. "We unleash more American innovation when we nurture Ohio talent," Brown said. "This award will help Sinclair Community College students prepare for careers at good-paying, skilled jobs, and contin  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $146,676 grant to Baldwin Wallace University for research on air quality sensors. This research will make air quality readings available to the local community and officials. "We unleash more American innovation when we nurture Ohio talent," Brown said. "This award will help Baldwin Wallace   more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund has awarded 15 grants totaling $42,726,127 to organizations across Ohio. "We need to ensure that businesses and communities have tools and resources they need to promote economic development," Brown said. "These new investments will help expand hous  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs (OJP) has awarded two grants totaling $434,099 to the Ohio Attorney General's Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI). This funding will assist the BCI in meeting expected caseloads and enhance overall lab capacity. "This much-needed investment will assist the Bureau of Criminal I  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $526,765 grant to James A. Rhodes State College for educational agriculture technology opportunities for high school students. "We unleash more American innovation when we nurture Ohio talent," Brown said. "This award will help James A. Rhodes State College students prepare for careers at go  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded two grants totaling $919,586 to two colleges in Central Ohio for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) research and education. "We unleash more American innovation when we nurture Ohio talent," Brown said. "This award will help Otterbein College and Marion Technical College   more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) sent letters to the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) calling on the administration to be completely transparent on  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 14, 2023: Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries reintroduced bipartisan legislation to better and immediately prepare the federal government for the inevitable end to cannabis prohibition. Titled the Preparing Regulators Effectively for a Post-Prohibition Adult Use Regulated Environment (PREPARE) Act, this bill creates a fair, honest and publicly transparent process f  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following letter: * * * Dear Akron, As we navigate this difficult period during and after the grand jury decides whether charges will be brought against the eight police officers who killed Jayland Walker last summer, I want to take a moment to share my thoughts with you on this deeply emotional series of events which have great potential to divide us. When we lost Jayland, our community lost a son. A brother. A friend. A k  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following newsletter on April 14, 2023: * * * Lowering Prescription Drug Prices Prescription drugs are some of the most overpriced goods that families are forced to pay for each month. Americans pay more than three times what people in other countries pay for the same medication, while pharmaceutical companies rake in huge profits. After years of fighting opposition from Big Pharma, and the politicians who always do their lobbyis  more