CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 27 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio issued the following news release: * * * ACLU of Ohio Urges Governor DeWine to Veto SB 1, Bill that Attacks Campus Free Speech and Bans DEI Columbus, OH - Today the Ohio General Assembly passed Senate Bill 1, a harmful anti-free speech bill that strips public universities of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives and creates overly-broad content regulations and restrictions. Introduced during the previous 135t  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 26, 2025, entitled "Ohio Job Openings and Labor Turnover - January 2025": * * * Ohio had 295,000 job openings in January 2025, compared to 289,000 openings in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Acting Regional Commissioner Julie Wilson noted that the job openings rate in Ohio was 5.  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Mike Carey, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 26, 2025: * * * Carey, Miller Introduce Bill to Accelerate Assistance to Families and Children in Need WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Reps. Mike Carey (R-Ohio-15) and Max Miller (R-Ohio-07), both members of the House Ways and Means Committee, introduced legislation to expedite the disbursement of payments to families in need through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (TANF). The bill,   more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Cassidy, Warnock Reintroduce Bill Supporting Forest Landowners Following Natural Disasters WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) reintroduced legislation to help America's landowners recover from the loss of timber after natural disasters. The Disaster Reforestation Act amends and makes improvements to the tax code to allow forest owners to deduct the valu  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Shontel Brown Slams Reckless Plan to Sell Cleveland's Celebrezze Federal Building Cleveland, OH - Today, Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) slammed the U.S. General Services Administration's (GSA) decision to dispose of the Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building. "The Trump Administration is delivering a slap in the face to the City of Cleveland by rushing to sell the Celebrezze build  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated March 13, 2025, from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality: * * * To: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2024-0419 Re: Comments on the U.S Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Proposed Rule: Review of New Source Performance Standards for Stationary Combustion Turbines and Stationary Gas Turbines * * * Dear Mr. Ashley: The Texas Commiss  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11140) on March 25, 2025, by economic development policy analyst Julie M. Lawhorn. Here are excerpts: * * * Federal Regional Commissions and Authorities: Overview of Structure and Activities Federal regional commissions and authorities (FRCAs) address perceived regional economic underdevelopment. These organizations accommodate multileveled and multijurisdictional participatio  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Hegseth Announces 100th Service Member Identified From Remains Turned Over by North Korea The 100th service member from a grouping of remains handed over by North Korea seven years ago has been successfully identified, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced yesterday via video from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. "I just visited the forensic laboratory of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency..  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: * * * Hegseth Announces 100th Service Member Identified From Remains Turned Over by North Korea The 100th service member from a grouping of remains handed over by North Korea seven years ago has been successfully identified, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced yesterday via video from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. "I just visited the forensic laborator  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated March 6, 2025, from Maple City Health Care Center: * * * To: Anthony Archeval Acting Director, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 509F 200 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20201 RE: HIPAA Security Rule to Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information (RIN-0945  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 27 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland issued the following news release: * * * PCE inflation often runs hot in January and cool in November and December - despite seasonal adjustments The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge often runs hot in January and cool in November and December - even after seasonal adjustments, according to a new Cleveland Fed report. The findings could complicate efforts to interpret monthly inflation data calculated from the perso  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2025: * * * Womack, Cole, THUD Members Hold National Transportation Safety Board Oversight Hearing Washington, D.C. - Today, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Subcommittee Chairman Steve Womack (R-AR), Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK), and other members emphasized the importance of transportation safety and security during an ov  more