Lauren McNally News

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today announced funding awards totaling $106,831.54 each for the Columbiana County Agricultural Society and the Mahoning County Agricultural Society as part of $10M in grants for all 94 county and independent fairs across the state through the Ohio’s County and Independent Fair Grant Program.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today announced the awarding of $5,030,815 in Appalachian Community Innovation Centers Program funding for Mahoning County Career and Technical Center.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today announced the passage of House Bill (HB) 7, legislation that expands access to prenatal, postnatal, infant, and toddler services and support. This bill provides crucial investments of over $34 million into Ohio’s children and families, ensuring improved health outcomes during childbirth.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today announced the awarding of $4,000 to the Butler Institute of American Art from the America 250-Ohio Grants Program which supports educational and commemorative programming about the two-hundred-fiftieth anniversary of the independence and founding of the United States.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Lauren McNally’s (D-Youngstown) House Bill (HB) 473 today received public support during a hearing convened by the Ohio House Homeland Security Committee. This bill would require the maintenance of security cameras at rest areas which the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) has jurisdiction. Advocates for public safety gave proponent testimony focusing on the goal of HB 473, combating human trafficking, and deterring and solving crime at Ohio’s 85 rest stops.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today announced $1,651,370 from the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) for the Ohio State Penitentiary (OSP) located in Youngstown. 

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today announced $2.4 million in grant funding under the Ohio Department of Development’s new Welcome Home Ohio program, bringing home ownership to 12 Mahoning County buyers who likely otherwise could not afford it, officials said.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today issued the following statement in response to the explosion just before 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 28th at the Realty building on E. Federal Street in Youngstown that left one dead and seven injured: 

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today announced the Ohio House Transportation Committee’s unanimous passage of House Bill (HB) 456, legislation designating the only mile portion of State Route (SR) 170 within the village limits of New Middletown in Ohio’s 59th district as the “Police Chief Ronnie Ricketts, Sr. Memorial Highway.”

COLUMBUS- State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today announced the awarding of $6,016,699 in additional Ohio Department of Development (Dev) Appalachian Community Grant Program funding, dollars made possible by $500M in federal dollars provided by President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act.