WASHINGTON, July 24 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Cuyahoga County, OHIO Cuyahoga County has been awarded a $129 million federal grant that will allow the City of Painesville to retire its aging coal plant, build new solar, and install battery storage. The grant will also help restore natural habitats, expand tree coverage on a brownfield near Lake Erie, and create new pollinator habitats at selected solar sites. The Painesville Municipal Plant h  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 25 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: * * * Key Takeaways: High energy costs are a key factor impacting the cost of living in New South Wales, but deploying a range of sensible measures could deliver lasting energy bill savings. Transitioning households to efficient electric appliances can reduce costs for consumers, while improving energy security - especially if coupled with thermal efficiency upgra  more

NEW YORK, July 23 -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release: COLUMBUS, Ohio A federal court has struck down restrictions in Ohio's House Bill 458 that made it a crime for all but a handful of family members to assist voters with disabilities in casting absentee ballots. The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Ohio, and law  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 25 -- The Ohio State Bar Association issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: On Tuesday, June 20, 2024, 26 Ohio attorneys graduated from the Ohio State Bar Association's 2024 Leadership Academy. The Ohio Bar Leadership Academy is designed to nurture and prepare lawyers for effective leadership in the association, the legal profession and their communities. The interactive training program takes place across a five-month period in six sessions during which parti  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 24 -- AASA, The School Superintendents Association, issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: Michael J. Barnes, superintendent of Mayfield City Schools in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, and a member of AASA's Executive Committee, is heading to Capitol Hill today in defense of public education funding and to raise the alarm about the possible reduction in non-defense discretionary funding levels (NDD) in Fiscal Year 2025. Barnes is joining a handful of speakers to  more