State Rep. John Rogers (D- Mentor-on-the-Lake) today announced his appointment to the newly created Regional Economic Development Alliance Study Committee. The committee will study the features, benefits and challenges of establishing regional economic development alliances and partnerships between Ohio communities.

“I’m excited about working with my committee members in an effort to analyze and explore new and existing opportunities for communities to work together for the benefit of their residents, small businesses, and families,” said Rogers. “With a better understanding of economic relationships, we should be able to better formulate recommendations on how the sharing of resources and services can establish a regional strategy towards greater economic growth and development.”

State Rep. John Rogers (D-Mentor-on-the-Lake) today announced Ohio’s back-to-school sales tax-free holiday scheduled for this weekend, August 3-5, as a result of the passage of Senate Bill (SB) 226. The annual event helps lessen the sting of the 4.5 percent statewide sales tax hike passed by Republican lawmakers in the 2013 state budget. The hike has cost taxpayers almost $2 billion more since then, according to state revenue numbers. 

State Rep. John Rogers (D-Mentor-on-the-Lake) today announced the unanimous passage of two of his sponsored pieces of legislation that will help protect women, including the protection of private images and preventing underage marriages.

State Reps. John Rogers (D-Mentor-on-the-Lake) and Ron Young (R-Leroy Township) today introduced bipartisan legislation that would give property owners along a coastline an additional option to assist in mitigating coastal erosion or financing other needed improvements.