Lauren McNally News

COLUMBUS- State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today issued the following statement after receiving research from the nonpartisan Legislative Service Commission in response to a request for information on the intersection of state agencies, state law, case law, and the governance of Metroparks in Ohio.

COLUMBUS - State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today announced $180,940 for the Henry H. Stambaugh Auditorium Association in Youngstown as part of the first round of funding from the Ohio Department of Development’s Ohio Arts Economic Relief Grant Program. 

COLUMBUS- State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) is excited to announce the awarding of $52,500 in state funds from the Ohio Commission on Minority Health for the Youngstown City Health District as part of the Commission’s Local Offices of Minority Health grant program. 

State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) and the Democratic members of the Ohio House of Representatives Commerce and Labor Committee today issued statements after several amendments to Substitute Senate Bill (Sub. SB) 30, legislation that would violate the federal Fair Labor Standards Act to allow children to work later into the evening, were voted down.

State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today announced the Controlling Board has approved $806, 247 for Youngstown State University STEM Science Lab Renovations in Ward Beecher Hall, including upgrades to interior finishes, electrical/lighting, classroom accessibility, classroom HVAC, technology accessibility, and laboratory working surfaces.

State Representatives Monica Robb Blasdel (R-Columbiana County) and Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today issued the following statements and guidance from the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services (ODJFS) for residents in East Palestine who utilize Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and received direct financial assistance payments from Norfolk Southern following the train derailment on February 3, 2023.

State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) is honored to announce her appointment to the Ohio Advisory Council for the Aging by the speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives.

State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today announced the awarding of $3,714 in state funds from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the Islamic Academy of Youngstown to replace water fountains with water filling stations as part of the state’s Recycling and Litter Prevention grant program.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Lauren McNally  (D-Youngstown) today celebrates the passage of the bipartisan Operating Budget (HB 33) by the House of Representatives. The revised two-year budget bill outlines spending of $88 billion in state dollars, prioritizing improvements in public education funding and teacher pay, expansion of Medicaid coverage and other healthcare areas, expansion in childcare capacity and programs, and necessary funding for local government infrastructure projects.

COLUMBUS- State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today announced the awarding of $665,148 in state funds for school districts in Ohio’s 59th district as part of the K-12 School Safety Grant Program, administered by the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission in partnership with the Ohio School Safety Center.