Lauren McNally News

In an effort to reduce infant mortality across the state, and ensure the diagnosis and treatment of critical congenital heart defects, the Ohio House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 4, which requires hospitals and birthing centers to perform screenings pertaining to critical congenital heart defects in newborns.

State Representative Mike Henne(R-Clatyon) has announced that the Ohio House of Representatives today concurred on Senate changes to Substitute House Bill 1, which strives to streamline Ohio’s workforce development efforts and make it easier for Ohioans to utilize the resources that are available to them.

Typically when there are overturned vehicles and explosions on the streets of Cleveland, I find cause for concern. But with the filming of “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” taking place here, Ohioans can consider the Hollywood effects as a very good thing.

The Ohio House of Representatives today passed legislation pertaining to durable power of attorney for health care and access to important health-related information.

State Representative Dorothy Pelanda (R-Marysville) today applauded the Ohio House of Representatives’ passage of Substitute House Bill 116, which pertains to the capture of animals using tranquilizers and makes changes to laws governing animal euthanasia.

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.

State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) announced that the State Controlling Board approved $1.18 million in support for Youngstown State University meant for renovations to one of the STEM buildings, Moser Hall, which is home to the engineering, physics, and geological science departments on YSU’s campus.