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COLUMBUS - Today, State Rep. Daniel P. Troy (D-Willowick) presented an Ohio House of Representatives resolution to staff and board members from the Fairport Harbor Public Library, honoring its centennial anniversary.
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COLUMBUS— State Rep. Daniel P. Troy (D-Willowick), working across the aisle in a joint effort with Rep. Bill Seitz (R-Cincinnati), provided sponsor testimony Tuesday before the House Criminal Justice Committee on HB 419, which aims to protect vulnerable older Ohioans from the increasing prevalence of abuse, neglect and exploitation by closing a loophole within Ohio's mandatory elder abuse reporting laws.
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COLUMBUS - Today, State Rep. Daniel P. Troy (D-Willowick) announced the House passage of HCR 27, his resolution to recognize and honor the 2.6 million American soldiers exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.
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COLUMBUS – State Rep. Daniel P. Troy (D-Willowick) issued the following statement regarding a report that the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services (ODJFS), the executive agency responsible for managing Ohio's unemployment system, agreed to pay out-of-state contractors $59 per hour for call center agents.
Read Full StoryCOLUMBUS – State Rep. Daniel P. Troy (D-Willowick) issued the following statement after the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) approved a $306 million settlement last Wednesday that would require FirstEnergy to refund customers that were improperly charged.
Read Full StoryRep. Daniel P. Troy (D-Willowick) announced today that the state Controlling Board approved several items of note this week, including the allocation of $202 million from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) for the Home Energy Assistance Weatherization Program, helping Ohio's low to moderate-income families and seniors with their energy bills.
Read Full StoryCOLUMBUS – State Rep. Daniel P. Troy (D-Willowick) has been recognized as Legislator of the Year by the Ohio Association of Area Agencies on Aging (o4a). The association acknowledged and thanked Rep. Troy at their 2021 conference for his continued work on improving senior citizen services funding and elder justice issues.
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COLUMBUS— In a letter to Gov. Mike DeWine, Rep. Daniel P. Troy (D-Willowick) has requested the deployment of the Ohio National Guard to assist the Painesville City School District and other local school districts with transportation needs.
Read Full StoryCOLUMBUS — Reps. Daniel P. Troy (D-Willowick) and Bill Seitz (R-Cincinnati) today introduced bipartisan legislation protecting Ohio's growing senior population from abuse, neglect, and exploitation. The bill improves current elder abuse reporting laws by establishing a mechanism for levying and enforcing penalties upon those who knowingly fail to report instances of abuse, neglect, and exploitation against senior citizens.
Read Full Story– Rep. Daniel P. Troy (D-Willowick) today introduced a resolution honoring and recognizing the victims of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. Between 1961 and 1971, the United States Armed Forces utilized Agent Orange to destroy enemy crops and vegetation as part of its herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand. In just ten years, more than 20 million gallons of Agent Orange were sprayed, exposing some 2.6 million American soldiers to dangerous chemicals.
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