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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Ohio Newsletter for 2026-01-30 ( 33 items )  
AHRI, HARDI File Appeal in New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Case (10)
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 30 -- The Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Distributors International issued the following news release: * * * AHRI, HARDI File Appeal in New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Case AHRI and Heating Air-Conditioning Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) filed a Notice of Appeal with the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court, Third Judicial Department from the December 22, 2025 court decision handed down in In the Mat more PR

America First Legal Files U.S. Supreme Court Brief on Behalf of U.S. Senators and Representatives Supporting President Trump's Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Files U.S. Supreme Court Brief on Behalf of U.S. Senators and Representatives Supporting President Trump's Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship * America First Legal (AFL), in partnership with Boyden Gray PLLC, has filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of twelve U.S. Senators and sixteen U.S. Representatives -led by Senat more PR

Attorney General Alan Wilson continues support for President Trump's birthright citizenship policy (10)
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan. 29 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson continues support for President Trump's birthright citizenship policy * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today he has joined a friend-of-the-court brief with a coalition of 26 attorneys general in support of President Trump's birthright citizenship executive order. On his first day in office, President Trump issued an execut more PR

Battelle Named Key Subcontractor to SA-TECH for Mission Support Services Contract at U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground (10)
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 30 -- Battelle, a nonprofit research and development organization, issued the following news release: * * * Battelle Named Key Subcontractor to SA-TECH for Mission Support Services Contract at U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground Systems Application & Technologies, Inc. (SA TECH), a proven small business provider of Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB) operations and management services, has been awarded the West Desert Test Center (WDTC) Mission Support Services contrac more PR

BGSU Sees Largest Spring Enrollment in Nearly 20 Years, With Record Number of Students Continuing Their Education at the University (10)
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio, Jan. 30 -- Bowling Green State University issued the following news: * * * BGSU sees largest spring enrollment in nearly 20 years, with record number of students continuing their education at the University Overall Spring 2026 enrollment at BGSU stands at 19,484 students, with a record-breaking 93% retention rate among first-year students * Known and recognized nationally for its student experience and learning opportunities, Bowling Green State University is seeing its more PR

Buckeye Institute Outlines Proposal to Address Ohio's Legal Deserts (10)
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 29 [Category: Think Tank] -- The Buckeye Institute, an independent research and educational institution that says its mission is to advance free-market public policy, posted the following news release: * * * The Buckeye Institute Outlines Proposal to Address Ohio's Legal Deserts * The Buckeye Institute sent a proposed amendment to the Ohio Supreme Court to license legal paraprofessionals and help the more than 6.5 million Ohioans living in areas with an insufficient numb more PR

Case Western Reserve: Program Rewarding Innovation in STEM Entrepreneurship Weekend Conference (10)
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 30 -- Case Western Reserve University issued the following news: * * * Program Rewarding Innovation in STEM Entrepreneurship (PRISE) Weekend Conference The Flora Stone Mather Center for Women will be offering a two-day conference which will introduce you to many of the key concepts in entrepreneurship, especially as it pertains to STEM fields. Throughout the weekend, you will learn about how to identify a problem and brainstorm a solution, identify customers and complete more PR

Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force Indicts Operators of Union County Massage Parlor (10)
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 29 -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following news release: * * * Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force Indicts Operators of Union County Massage Parlor * (MARYSVILLE, Ohio) -Indictments filed in Union County accuse three people of running a commercial sex operation at a Marysville massage parlor, Attorney General Dave Yost announced today. The indictments maintain that the trio offered sex services in exchange for money at Healing Garden Massage, on E more PR

Chairman Rick Scott Calls for Transparency of Foreign-Made Generic Drugs, Announces CLEAR LABELS Act to Require Country-of-Origin Labeling (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2026: * * * Chairman Rick Scott Calls for Transparency of Foreign-Made Generic Drugs, Announces CLEAR LABELS Act to Require Country-of-Origin Labeling Today, Chairman Rick Scott led a hearing entitled "Truth in Labeling: Americans Deserve to Know Where Their Drugs Come From," in which he exposed the serious risks of America's overreliance on forei more PR

Congress Approves $1.75M for Advanced Product Manufacturing Initiative at Case Western Reserve University's Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (10)
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 30 -- Case Western Reserve University issued the following news: * * * Congress approves $1.75M for advanced product manufacturing initiative at Case Western Reserve University's Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building Funding committed within fiscal 2026 federal spending package By Bill Lubinger The federal spending package U.S. Congress has approved for fiscal 2026 includes $1.75 million for Case Western Reserve University's Advanced Product Manufacturing  more PR

First Brands Executives Charged With Multibillion-Dollar Fraud (10)
NEW YORK, Jan. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York posted the following news release: * * * First Brands Executives Charged With Multibillion-Dollar Fraud United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, David M. Toepfer, Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), James C. Barnacle, Jr., Executive Special Age more PR

Ga. A.G. Carr Joined by 21 States in Defending Georgia's Ban on Taxpayer-Funded Sex Changes for Prisoners (10)
ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan. 30 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release: * * * Carr Joined by 21 States in Defending Georgia's Ban on Taxpayer-Funded Sex Changes for Prisoners Attorney General Chris Carr is defending Georgia's law that bans taxpayer-funded sex changes for inmates, and now a 21-state coalition has filed a brief supporting his case. "It's absurd that this is even a conversation. Under no circumstance should Georgia taxpayers be forced to cover the co more PR

Governor Morrisey Proposes 10 Percent Income Tax Cut Following Budget Discipline and Economic Growth (10)
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Jan. 29 -- Gov. Patrick Morrisey, R-West Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Governor Morrisey Proposes 10 Percent Income Tax Cut Following Budget Discipline and Economic Growth * Parkersburg, W.Va. - Governor Patrick Morrisey was joined by Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist to ask the West Virginia legislature to pass a 10 percent across-the-board personal income tax cut, emphasizing that the state is now in a position to afford broad tax re more PR

Latta Introduces Bill to Strengthen Grid Security (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Latta Introduces Bill to Strengthen Grid Security * On Tuesday, Chairman of the Energy Subcommittee of Energy and Commerce, Congressman Bob Latta (OH-5), and Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-7) introduced the bipartisan Securing Community Upgrades for a Resilient Grid Act (SECURE Grid Act), legislation that empowers states to fully assess risks to the electric grid from extreme weather, physical and c more PR

Lubrizol Expands Midwest U.S. Reach Through Strategic Partnership With Elite Supply (10)
WICKLIFFE, Ohio, Jan. 30 -- Lubrizol Corp., a Berkshire Hathaway company, issued the following news: * * * Lubrizol Expands Midwest U.S. Reach Through Strategic Partnership with Elite Supply Lubrizol is proud to announce Elite Supply as its newest authorized Channel Partner, supporting the distribution of Lubrizol's market-leading refrigeration, industrial compression, and heat transfer fluid product lines throughout the Midwest United States. This partnership covers Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylva more PR

Marzouk Evolve Advocacy Consulting Principal Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Subcommittees (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration released the following written testimony by Julie Marzouk, principal and founder of Marzouk Evolve Advocacy Consulting, from a Jan. 14, 2026, joint hearing with the Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism entitled "Biden's Afghan Parolee Program - A Trojan Horse With Flawed Vetting and Deadly Consequences": * * * I. Introduction Since 2022, the U.S. government has granted hundreds of millions of dol more PR

National News Literacy Week 2026 focuses on rebuilding trust in the age of AI (10)
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Jan. 29 [Category: BizMedia] -- The E.W. Scripps, a broadcasting company, posted the following news release: * * * National News Literacy Week 2026 focuses on rebuilding trust in the age of AI By Molly Miossi With AI-generated content everywhere, it's not easy to know what information is accurate - or even real. That's why the seventh annual National News Literacy Week (Feb. 2 - 6) focuses on helping teens find credible news and information they can trust. Presented by more PR

Padilla, Durbin, Colleagues Urge Trump's Justice Department to Cease Pressure Campaign to Obtain States' Sensitive Voter Data, Purge Voter Rolls (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Durbin, Colleagues Urge Trump's Justice Department to Cease Pressure Campaign to Obtain States' Sensitive Voter Data, Purge Voter Rolls * Senators raise alarm on Attorney General Bondi's attempt to coerce Minnesota Governor Walz into relinquishing the state's voter registration list as a condition for the removal of ICE and CBP from Minneapolis following the rejection of DOJ's lawsuits i more PR

PPG Hosts Danish Minister of Education in Soborg to Discuss Engaging Young Talent in the Coatings Industry (10)
STRONGSVILLE, Ohio, Jan. 30 -- PPG Industries issued the following news release: * * * PPG hosts Danish Minister of Education in Soborg to discuss engaging young talent in the coatings industry S0BORG, Denmark, Jan. 29, 2026 - PPG (NYSE: PPG) today announced that Mattias Tesfaye, Minister of Education of Denmark, recently visited PPG's Architectural Coatings site in Soborg, Denmark, which produces DYRUP(TM) paint by PPG. The primary objective of the visit was to explore ways to attract and re more PR

Rapid Sustainment Office demonstrates new digital binder application for reducing aircraft maintenance time (10)
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Jan. 29 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: * * * Rapid Sustainment Office demonstrates new digital binder application for reducing aircraft maintenance time * NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nevada -The U.S. Air Force's Rapid Sustainment Office in collaboration with Google Public Sector has completed development and initial testing of its Lighthouse Information Technology Engine (LITE) Digital Maintenance Binder application develo more PR

Stimulating the brain with electromagnetic therapy after stroke may help reduce disability (10)
DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 29 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * Stimulating the brain with electromagnetic therapy after stroke may help reduce disability * Research Highlights: * Electromagnetic network-targeted field (ENTF) therapy, which targets specific connections in the brain, combined with physical therapy, significantly reduced disability in stroke survivors after 90 days. * An analysis of two small clinical trials suggests  more PR

Sundance, Inc. and Black River Bells to Pay $100,000 in EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * Sundance, Inc. and Black River Bells to Pay $100,000 in EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit * Settles federal suit charging Taco Bell operators with allowing manager to sexually harass female employees DETROIT - Sundance, Inc. and Black River Bells, operators of several Taco Bell restaurants in the metropolitan Detroit area, will pay $100,000 and furnish other relief to resolve a sexual h more PR

Temple University Jazz Band takes top honors at National Collegiate Jazz Championship at Lincoln Center (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Jan. 29 -- Temple University posted the following news: * * * Temple University Jazz Band takes top honors at National Collegiate Jazz Championship at Lincoln Center The Temple University Jazz Band was awarded first place in a national jazz competition against the country's nine other top collegiate jazz bands. As the first place winners of the 2026 National Collegiate Jazz Championship, Temple University Jazz Band has a reason to toot its own horn. Held over t more PR

Things Vivek Ramaswamy Thinks Only Exist in Ohioans' Imaginations (10)
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 29 -- The Ohio Democratic Party posted the following news: * * * Things Vivek Ramaswamy Thinks Only Exist in Ohioans' Imaginations * Columbus, Ohio- In case you missed it, Vivek Ramaswamy said in a new clip that costs aren't really rising and Ohio families are just imagining it. But last year alone, Ohio families paid $1,532 more in expenses than the previous year. "While Vivek Ramaswamy flies over Ohio in his private jet and lectures us that rising costs are figments o more PR

U.S. Obtains Legal Title to $400 Million in Assets Tied to Helix Cryptocurrency Mixer (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia posted the following news release: * * * U.S. Obtains Legal Title to $400 Million in Assets Tied to Helix Cryptocurrency Mixer The United States last week obtained legal title to more than $400 million worth of seized cryptocurrencies, real estate, and monetary assets tied to the operation of the darknet mixing service Helix, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. The assets were previously seized fro more PR

UCLA Health: Immunotherapy Before Surgery Helps Shrink Tumors in Patients With Desmoplastic Melanoma (10)
LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 30 (TNSjou) -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release: * * * Immunotherapy before surgery helps shrink tumors in patients with desmoplastic melanoma New approach spares patients from more disfiguring surgeries or additional treatments * New results from a clinical trial co-led by UCLA investigators demonstrate how treating desmoplastic melanoma, a rare and aggressive skin cancer, with immunotherapy before surgery can dramatically shrink or even elimi more PR

UCLA School of Law Williams Institute: More Than Half of Transgender Youth Live in a State With at Least One Law or Policy Restricting Their Rights (10)
LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 30 (TNSrpt) -- The UCLA School of Law Williams Institute issued the following news release: * * * More than half of transgender youth live in a state with at least one law or policy restricting their rights According to a new report by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law, 53% of transgender youth ages 13 to 17 in the U.S.--approximately 382,800 young people--live in 29 states with laws or policies that restrict access to gender-affirming care, sports, ba more PR

University of Notre Dame Keough School of Global Affairs: Tool Tracks Cross-border Pollution, Revealing Unequal Distribution of Risk, Responsibility (10)
NOTRE DAME, Indiana, Jan. 29 (TNSjou) -- The University of Notre Dame Keough School of Global Affairs issued the following news release: * * * New tool tracks cross-border pollution, revealing unequal distribution of risk, responsibility Microscopic airborne particles known as PM 2.5 contribute to 100,000 premature deaths in the United States each year. A new University of Notre Dame study finds that 40 percent of these deaths can be attributed to pollution that crosses state lines, highlight more PR

University Stages Collegiate Premiere of "Horizons of Gold" (10)
CEDARVILLE, Ohio, Jan. 29 -- Cedarville University posted the following news: * * * University Stages Collegiate Premiere of "Horizons of Gold" * by Madison Dors, Student Public Relations Writer A touching tale of loyalty, loss and redemption will take center stage as Cedarville University's theatre program presents "Horizons of Gold" Feb. 5-15 in the DeVries Theatre. Musical Inspired by Book of Ruth Debuts in DeVries Theatre Inspired by the biblical book of Ruth, the musical explores  more PR

Welch Leads 14 Bicameral Colleagues on Bill to Reduce Barriers to Organic Agriculture in Vermont (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Leads 14 Bicameral Colleagues on Bill to Reduce Barriers to Organic Agriculture in Vermont * Legislation would help more producers transition to and maintain organic practices WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, today led 14 bicameral lawmakers in reintroducing the Opportunities in Or more PR

West Virginia Leads Fight Against Efforts by Climate Activists to Improperly Influence Federal Judges (10)
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Jan. 30 -- The West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey issued the following news release: * * * West Virginia leads fight against efforts by climate activists to improperly influence federal judges West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey is leading a coalition of 27 attorneys general calling for the Federal Judicial Center to immediately withdraw an inappropriate new addition to the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence that deals with "climate science. more PR

Wright State music professor honored with Ohio's top music education service award (10)
KENT, Ohio, Jan. 29 -- Wright State University posted the following news: * * * Wright State music professor honored with Ohio's top music education service award * What started as a typical day of teaching in Schuster Hall turned into an unforgettable moment for Wright State University's Shelley Jagow, Ph.D. Jagow, professor of music and director of bands, was teaching a class in Schuster Hall on Dec. 5 when representatives from the Ohio Music Education Association stepped onto the stage  more PR

WVWC Theatre & Music Brings 'Closer Than Ever' to Downtown Buckhannon (10)
BUCKHANNON, West Virginia, Jan. 29 -- West Virginia Wesleyan College posted the following news: * * * WVWC Theatre & Music Brings 'Closer Than Ever' to Downtown Buckhannon * BUCKHANNON, West Virginia - The West Virginia Wesleyan College Departments of Theatre & Dance and Department of Music present Maltby and Shire's " Closer Than Ever," Thursday, Feb. 12 through Saturday, Feb. 14 at 7:30 p.m. and also Saturday, Feb. 14 at 2 p.m. in the Balcony Theatre at the Colonial Arts Center downtown Bu more PR