Food For The Hungry Welcomes New Board Members and Says Goodbye to Three Retiring From the Board.

 

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio — On Wednesday, March 29, the Food For The Hungry board elected six new members to the board. The new board members are Michelle Coscia, Lisa Lloyd, Jay McLaughlin, Chelsea Porter, Melanie Snow, and Jared Stein. 

 

Michelle Coscia runs a makeup business and works as a Service Representative at Lewis Clark Insurance Company in Mount Vernon.Read full story

Brown, Vance, Casey, Fetterman Call on NIH to Provide Resources and Investigate Health Impacts to East Palestine

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 3, 2023 – Today, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), J.D. Vance (R-OH), Bob Casey (D-PA), and John Fetterman (D-PA) called on the National Institute of Health (NIH) to mobilize resources to help communities in Ohio and Pennsylvania investigate the short-term and long-term health impacts of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine.Read full story

IRS Issues Guidance on Eligibility Requirement for Energy Communities for the Bonus Credit Program Under the Inflation Reduction Act

 

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today issued Notice 2023-29 PDF that describes certain rules that the IRS intends to include in forthcoming proposed regulations for determining what constitutes an energy community for the production and investment tax credits.

The Inflation Reduction Act allows for increased credit amounts if certain requirements pertaining to energy communities are satisfied.Read full story

Brown Announces Nearly $2 Million to Improve Ohio Road Safety

 

Funding Made Possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 3, 2023 – U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) discretionary grant program has awarded the Ohio Department of Transportation a $1,998,000 grant to build two proofs of concept to mitigate, address and report accidents in Ohio.Read full story

Hazardous Weather Outlook – April 4, 2023

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
652 AM EDT Tue Apr 4 2023...

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