WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced the award of three orders for a combined total value of up to $1.3 billion for Computed Tomography (CT) scanners to include up to 426 base, 359 mid-size, and 429 full-size units, if all options are exercised, for deployment across TSA checkpoints starting Summer 2023.… Read full story
Brown, Ohio Nurses Call for Legislation to Protect Patients and Empower Nurses
Bill Would Set Minimum Nurse-to-Patient Staffing Requirements
DAYTON, OH – April 11, 2023 –Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined local nurses and advocates to call for swift passage of his Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act, to create a national minimum nurse-to-patient ratio to ensure Ohio patients get the personalized care they need and nurses have support on the job.… Read full story
U.S. Postal Service Files Notice with PRC for New Mailing Services Pricing
- Actions taken to address continued elevated inflation and prior years defective pricing model
- New prices scheduled to take effect July 9, 2023
- Postal Service prices remain among the most affordable in the world
WASHINGTON, DC – April 10, 2023 – Today, the United States Postal Service filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) of mailing services price changes to take effect July 9, 2023.… Read full story
Environmental Review Tool Highlights At-Risk Species
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife recently announced a new environmental review planning tool on the DataOhio Portal that highlights at-risk wildlife species in project areas.
The Pre-Planning Environmental Assessment Tool on DataOhio is now available to the public.
… Read full storyKnox County Sheriff’s Report – Apr 11-12, 2023
Knox County Sheriff’s Report – Apr 11-12, 2023
(Information courtesy of The Knox County Sheriff’s Office)
April 11
• A complainant came to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office to report that she had attempted to contact a customer service line and had mistakenly called a fraudulent line.… Read full story
Special Weather Statement – April 12, 2023
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Cleveland OH 502 AM EDT Wed Apr 12 2023... OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-130000- 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- Including the cities of Toledo, Bowling Green, Perrysburg, Port Clinton, Oak Harbor, Genoa, Fremont, Bellevue, Clyde, Sandusky, Huron, Lorain, Elyria, North Ridgeville, Avon Lake, Cleveland, Mentor, Willoughby, Eastlake, Painesville, Willowick, Wickliffe, Chardon, South Russell, Bainbridge, Chesterland, Middlefield, Burton, Jefferson, Orwell, Andover, Roaming Shores, Findlay, Tiffin, Fostoria, Norwalk, Willard, Brunswick, Medina, Wadsworth, Akron, Kent, Aurora, Streetsboro, Ravenna, Warren, Niles, Upper Sandusky, Carey, Bucyrus, Galion, Crestline, Mansfield, Ashland, Wooster, Orrville, Rittman, Canton, Massillon, Alliance, Youngstown, Boardman, Austintown, Marion, Mount Gilead, Cardington, Millersburg, Killbuck, Mount Vernon, Ashtabula, Conneaut, Geneva, Erie, Edinboro, Corry, Union City, Meadville, and Titusville 502 AM EDT Wed Apr 12 2023 ...ELEVATED… Read full story
IRS: Early Filers who Reported Certain State Tax Refunds as Taxable Should Consider Filing Amended Returns
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service said today that taxpayers who filed their federal income taxes early in this year’s filing season and reported certain state 2022 tax refunds as taxable income should consider filing an amended return.
On Feb.… Read full story
Toledo Financial Managers Indicted in $72 Million Investment Scheme
(TOLEDO, Ohio) — The managers of a Lucas County investment firm have been indicted on multiple felonies in a decade-long scheme to deceive and defraud investors, cheating at least 200 clients out of $72 million, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Ohio Department of Commerce Director Sherry Maxfield announced today.… Read full story
Daily Statin Reduces the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in People Living with HIV, Large NIH Study Finds
A National Institutes of Health (NIH) clinical trial was stopped early because a daily statin medication was found to reduce the increased risk of cardiovascular disease among people living with HIV in the first large-scale clinical study to test a primary cardiovascular prevention strategy in this population.… Read full story
USDA Invests $6.6 Million to Deploy Renewable Energy Infrastructure
Funding Will Help People in Rural Communities Lower Energy Costs, Increase Energy Resiliency and Create Jobs
PAWNEE, Okla., April 11, 2023 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small today announced the Biden-Harris Administration is investing $6.6 million across the country to help people living in rural towns develop community-sized renewable energy projects that will help them lower their energy costs and create jobs. … Read full story