Brown Calls For Senate Action On PFAS Legislation After Report Finds ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Ohio Drinking Water

Environmental Working Group Report Last Week Shows “Forever Chemicals,” also known as PFAS, Found in Cincinnati, Columbus Drinking Water; House Passed Bill Earlier this Month to Designate PFAS Chemicals as Hazardous Substances, Requires EPA to Set Safety Standards for PFAS Chemicals in Drinking Water

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PUCO Accepts Results of Columbia Gas of Ohio’s Natural Gas Supply Auction

COLUMBUS, OHIO (Jan. 29, 2020) – The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) today accepted the results of Columbia Gas of Ohio’s auction for its standard choice offer (SCO). The auction secured natural gas supplies for Columbia’s SCO customers for the period April 1, 2020, through March 31, 2021, and established a retail price adjustment of $0.107 per hundred cubic feet (ccf).Read full story

Brown Leads Senate Democrats in Demanding Trump Retract Comments, Publicly Commit To Protecting Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid

Last Week, President Trump Said He’d Consider Cutting Medicare & Social Security to Pay for His Tax Scam, which has been a Handout to Corporations at the Expense of Workers

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today led his Democratic colleagues in demanding President Trump retract the statements he made last week, where the President said he’d be open to cutting earned benefits like Medicare or Social Security to pay for his tax scam, which has been a handout to corporations at the expense of workers.… Read full story

Ohio’s Income Tax Filing Season Opens Jan. 27

Income tax rates lowered again

The Ohio Department of Taxation, along with the IRS, will begin accepting 2019 income tax returns on Monday, January 27th.  It is also the first day to file Ohio school district income tax returns.

Ohio Tax Commissioner Jeff McClain says there is some good news this year, “Income tax season may not be everyone’s favorite, but this year Ohioans will benefit from a 4% reduction in the income tax rates.… Read full story