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We hope you can join us in Warren for the Mahoning Valley Regional Conference on Friday, October 1, from 8:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the Grand Resort. The 2021 Impact Ohio Mahoning Valley Regional Conference will be a premier opportunity for key government officials, business leaders, and community members to gather and learn more about policy issues important…

This month, Governor DeWine announced that his regular COVID-19 press briefings were coming to an end after a 15-month stint. In all, there were 168 press conferences with the final being after the state’s last Vax-a-Million drawing at the end of June.  While the regularity of the COVID press briefings has come to an end,…

What is the Ohio Checkbook? The Ohio Checkbook is a public online resource for information on local and state finances, including government spending, transactional data, revenue allocation, salary data, and other financial data. The updated Ohio Checkbook design, as of November 2019, is a combination of the original Checkbook and Ohio Interactive Budget (OIB). The…

What is The Register of Ohio?  According to the Legislative Guidebook, the Legislative Service Commission (LSC) facilitates the Register of Ohio, which is an electronic system for state agencies to file administrative rules. The Register is available to the public, equipped with the filed rules, corresponding rulemaking documents, and information on how rulemaking is conducted.  Why does the Register Exist?  O.R.C. § 103.051 notes that the Register…

This month, Ohio took more steps toward returning to a pre-pandemic world. Ohio’s Mass Vaccination Clinic in Cleveland that was open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week from mid-March, ceased operations on June 7. Governor DeWine’s state of emergency in Ohio caused by the COVID-19 pandemic lifted on Friday, June 18.  Also on…

Impact Ohio Regional Conferences are a way for communities across Ohio to focus on issues important to their community.  Plans are underway to resume in-person events this fall. Please save the date for our upcoming 2021 conferences. Toledo Regional Conference, Sept. 17 Youngstown-Warren Regional Conference, Oct. 1 Dayton Regional Conference, Oct. 22 Southeast Ohio Regional…

What is the Controlling Board? The Controlling Board is a mechanism for handling necessary adjustments to the state budget.  Established in 1917, the Controlling Board is an instrument that provides supervision and authority over the transfers of capital and operating appropriations, or alterations to the state budget. It specifically decides on matters of the purchase…