WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * "Republican Josh Williams: I support tax breaks for the rich" [American Journal News] * New reporting is highlighting how Josh Williams admitted he backed tax breaks for the rich, saying the quiet part out loud. American Journal News : "'We just provided tax relief to some of the richest Americans in Ohio in the last budget,' [Williams] told the Statehouse News Bureau on Sept. 1  more

AKRON, Ohio, Sept. 27 -- FirstEnergy issued the following news release: * * * FirstEnergy Foundation's Largest Hunger-Relief Grant to Date Delivering 1.5 Million Meals in Ohio 14 Ohio food banks and pantries benefit from $2.5 million six-state program * The FirstEnergy Foundation is supporting local communities as part of its Hunger Action Month initiative - awarding $535,000 in grants to 14 Ohio food banks and pantries. In total, the initiative is granting $2.5 million to 104 hunger relief  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 27 -- Ohio State Auditor Keith Faber issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2025: * * * Auditor Declares Village of Woodville as 'Unauditable' The Village of Woodville in Sandusky County has been declared "unauditable" for the period Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2023, due to inadequate financial records to complete an audit. The Auditor of State's Office informed Mayor Ty Tracy and Fiscal Officer Barb Runion of the declaration in a letter, noting that auditors  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 27 -- Ohio State Auditor Keith Faber issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2025: * * * Auditor Faber Announces Auditor of State Award Recipients Auditor of State Keith Faber is pleased to announce that the following entities received Auditor of State Awards in August for their clean audit reports: * State Housing Authority Risk Pool Associates Inc. (Adams County) * Lake Waynoka Regional Water and Sewer District (Brown County) * Butler County Land Reutilizatio  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 27 -- Ohio State Auditor Keith Faber issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2025: * * * Auditor Faber Announces Qualifiers for Auditor of State Awards with Distinction Recent financial audits of the following entities by Auditor of State Keith Faber have returned clean audit reports. Their record keeping has qualified them for the Auditor of State Award with Distinction: * City of Middleburg Heights (Cuyahoga County) * City of North Olmsted (Cuyahoga County) *  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 26 -- Ohio State Auditor Keith Faber issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2025: * * * Finding for Recovery of $19,235.84 Issued Against Former Bedford City Schools Treasurer over Late Fees and Vacation Overpayment A finding for recovery of $19,235.84 was issued Thursday against a former treasurer for Bedford City Schools in Cuyahoga County over fees and penalties from late tax payments and an incorrect vacation payout. The finding against William Parkinson was  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 26 -- Ohio State Auditor Keith Faber issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2025: * * * Finding for Recovery of $54,388.20 Issued After Payment by Shawnee Hills Directed to Fraudulent Account Instead of Legitimate Vendor A finding for recovery of $54,388.20 was issued Thursday after the Village of Shawnee Hills in Delaware County submitted payment for a paving project to a fraudulent bank account. The finding was included in an audit of the village's finances fr  more

DELAWARE, Ohio, Sept. 27 -- Ohio Wesleyan University issued the following news release: * * * Record-Shattering Philanthropy Alumni, Parents, and Friends Break Ohio Wesleyan's All-Time Record for Philanthropic Support * Alumni, parents, and friends of Ohio Wesleyan University invested $69.4 million in philanthropic initiatives in the last academic year, demonstrating extraordinary generosity and leadership in advancing the OWU community and fueling its bold, innovative vision. "Our faculty  more

DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. 27 -- The University of Dayton issued the following news on Sept. 26, 2025: * * * onMain breaks ground on first building, catalyzing a new era of innovation in Dayton A decade in the making, the onMain Innovation District celebrated a milestone today with the groundbreaking for its first commercial building, the Think Dayton building. The event marks the beginning of vertical construction on the 38-acre former Montgomery County Fairgrounds site. "This building is more tha  more

STRONGSVILLE, Ohio, Sept. 27 -- PPG Industries issued the following news release: * * * PPG completes COLORFUL COMMUNITIES project at community center in Spain Volunteers revitalize shared community space supporting women, senior citizens * CAMARMA, Spain, Sept. 25, 2025 - PPG (NYSE: PPG) today announced the completion of a COLORFUL COMMUNITIES project that helped renovate a building in Camarma de Esteruelas, Spain shared by the local Women's Cultural Association and the Senior Citizens' As  more

STRONGSVILLE, Ohio, Sept. 27 -- PPG Industries issued the following news release: * * * PPG restores flood-damaged preschool in Poland as part of COLORFUL COMMUNITIES 10-year celebration LEWIN BRZESKI, Poland, Sept. 25, 2025 - PPG (NYSE: PPG) today announced the completion of a COLORFUL COMMUNITIES project at the Publiczne Przedszkole nr 1 preschool in Lewin Brzeski, Poland. The school, which has around 120 children and staff, was severely damaged during flooding in 2024. It is one of 10 glob  more

KENT, Ohio, Sept. 27 (TNSrpt) -- Wright State University issued the following news: * * * Study by Wright State University, Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association finds untreated mental illness costs Dayton region $30 billion annually By Bob Mihalek, bob.mihalek@wright.edu, 937-775-3622 Untreated mental illness costs the greater Dayton region nearly $30 billion a year, according to a new study published by Wright State University, the Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association and OneMorning  more