Lauren McNally News

COLUMBUS – State Rep Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today introduced House Bill (HB) 422, legislation adding unpaid interns to the employment portions of the Ohio Civil Rights Law, thereby giving them the same legal protections against discrimination in employment and the workplace as paid employees.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today announced $199,149.18 for Youngstown’s COMPASS Family and Community Services as part of the Direct Services for Victims of Human Trafficking Grant Program.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today celebrates the success of the inaugural Gun Violence Prevention Summit (GVPS) hosted Thursday by the House Democratic Caucus at the Ohio Statehouse.

COLUMBUS - State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today announced $302,109 for the Martin P. Joyce Detention Center as part of Ohio Department of Youth Services (DYS) Juvenile Correctional Building Fund.

COLUMBUS - State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today announced $1,878,000 for Fiscal Year 2025 for Mahoning County as part of Ohio Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) Local Major Bridge Program.  

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today announced the awarding of $20,000 in state funds for the Youngstown City Health District from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’(Ohio EPA) Division of Materials and Waste Management’s Scrap Tire Generating Businesses Education and Outreach Grant program.

COLUMBUS -  State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today announced that the Ohio House of Representatives passed House Bill (HB) 2, appropriating $2B of state funds for economic development and community investments that will help drive economic growth and generate opportunities across Ohio.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today announced $2,666,424 for Mahoning County’s Western Reserve Transit Authority and $1,579,008 for the Community Action Agency of Columbiana County as part of the Ohio Department of Transportation’s Office of Transit’s efforts to support Ohio’s public transportation.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) reflected today on the eve of February 3, 2024, one year following the disastrous train derailment in East Palestine.  

COLUMBUS - State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today announced the Controlling Board’s approval of $1,000,000 in state funds for the Mahoning Valley Community School (MVCS) from the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services’ (OhioMHAS) Youth Resiliency Community Capital Projects in Fiscal Year 2024.