USDA Announces 2023 Marketing Assistance Loan Rates for Wheat, Feed Grains, Oilseeds, Rice and Pulse Crops

WASHINGTON, March 31, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) today announced the 2023 Marketing Assistance Loan rates.

Marketing Assistance Loans provide interim financing to producers so that commodities can be stored after harvest when market prices are typically low and sold later when market conditions may be more favorable.

Read full story

Former Butler County Auditor Sentenced in Corruption Case

 

(HAMILTON, Ohio) — Roger Reynolds, the former Butler County auditor, was sentenced in court today after being convicted in December on a felony count of unlawful interest in a public contract, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today.

“While I am disappointed in this sentenced, I am gratified that the court recognized this abuse of public trust warrants at least some jail time,” Yost said.Read full story

Wind Advisory – March 31, 2023

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1157 AM EDT Fri Mar 31 2023...

OHZ003-006>010-017>020-027>031-036>038-047-010000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.WI.Y.0005.230401T1200Z-230401T2000Z/
Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-
Medina-Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Marion-Morrow-
Holmes-Knox-
Including the cities of Toledo, Bowling Green, Perrysburg,
Port Clinton, Oak Harbor, Genoa, Fremont, Bellevue, Clyde,
Sandusky, Huron, Lorain, Elyria, North Ridgeville, Avon Lake,
Findlay, Tiffin, Fostoria, Norwalk, Willard, Brunswick, Medina,
Wadsworth, Upper Sandusky, Carey, Bucyrus, Galion, Crestline,
Mansfield, Ashland, Wooster, Orrville, Rittman, Marion,
Mount Gilead, Cardington, Millersburg, Killbuck, and Mount Vernon
1157 AM EDT Fri Mar 31 2023

...WIND
Read full story

Justice Department and EPA File Complaint Against Norfolk Southern for Unlawful Discharge of Pollutants and Hazardous Substances in East Palestine Derailment

 

Today, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and in coordination with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio, the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division announced a complaint against Norfolk Southern Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway Company (Norfolk Southern) related to the Feb.

Read full story

InnovateOhio and OBM Identify $7 Million in Duplicate Payments Through Data Analytics Tool

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—InnovateOhio and the Office of Budget and Management (OBM) today announced that $7 million has now been identified using the innovative data analytics tool launched in early 2019 to find duplicate payments in state payment systems. This update brings the total number of confirmed duplicate payments identified by InnovateOhio’s advanced analytics tool to 662 from January 2019 through January 2023, spanning 40 different agencies, boards, and commissions.Read full story

Brown, Tester, Murray Announce Comprehensive Bill to Overhaul VA’s Electronic Health Record Modernization Program

 

Senate Veterans’ Affairs and Appropriations Committee Leaders Spearhead Effort to Restructure, Enhance, and Improve New EHR Program and Increase Oversight

WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 30, 2023 – Today, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jon Tester (D-MT) and Patty Murray (D-WA) are spearheading a legislative push to deliver a complete overhaul of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program.Read full story

AG Yost Urges Ohio Elected Officials to Address Flaws in State’s Capital-Punishment System

 

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost used the release today of the “2022 Capital Crimes Report” to call on Ohio’s elected leaders to initiate a much-needed, long-overdue debate about our state’s broken capital-punishment system.

“I personally support the death penalty, especially for the most abhorrent offenders, but I am only one voice,” Yost said.Read full story

Hazardous Weather Outlook – March 31, 2023

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
517 AM EDT Fri Mar 31 2023...

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-010930-
Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Geauga-
Ashtabula Inland-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Medina-Summit-Portage-Trumbull-
Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-Marion-Morrow-
Holmes-Knox-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-Southern Erie-
517 AM EDT Fri Mar 31 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio, northeast
Ohio, northwest Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania.
Read full story