Rep. John Rogers (D-Mentor-on-the-Lake) today announced $55.8 million dollars in federal grant money was released Tuesday by a state panel to help combat the opioid crisis in Ohio.

The release of funds will allow the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services to begin competitively bidding projects throughout the state.

“These federal funds will be of tremendous support to the financial assistance available to our first responders, prevention programs and educational efforts in the ongoing opioid crisis,” said Rep. Rogers

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.