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At the Impact Ohio 2019 Youngstown/Warren Regional Conference, attendees will hear from three panels of experts on issues important to the Youngstown/Warren area. The first policy session of the day, Increasing Manufacturing Competitiveness: The Next Generation of Technology & Machining, will begin at 12:45 P.M. A panel of experts will discuss the importance of manufacturing…

17 days after the official fiscal deadline, Ohio’s biennium budget for FY 2020-2021 made it to Gov. DeWine’s desk late Wednesday night. “I am proud that this budget will significantly impact the lives of Ohioans through its unprecedented investments,” Gov. DeWine said in a statement. “It lays the groundwork for a better Ohio for generations…

Impact Ohio is excited to announce that Ohio’s 49th Treasurer of State, Robert Sprague, will be in attendance and speaking at the 2019 Youngstown/Warren Regional Conference on Thursday, September 12 at 2 p.m. at Stambaugh Auditorium in Youngstown. Robert Sprague currently serves as Ohio’s Treasurer of State where he oversees the state’s investment and debt…

On Memorial Day, a wave of tornadoes tore through Ohio, leaving a trail or destruction in their wake. The tornadoes took one life, injured 130, and damaged several thousand buildings across 10 counties in the Miami Valley area. The DeWine administration was quick to submit a 30-page letter requesting aid assessment to the Federal Emergency…

Lt. Governor Jon Husted is working to change a state law from 2001 that regulates prosthetic manufacturing in Ohio. Under the current law, prosthetics manufacturers are required to obtain a state prosthetics manufacturing license, a process that can take applicants up to six years to complete. Husted is dedicated to increasing government efficiency through Innovate…

In 2017, Ohio ranked second in the country for opioid-involved overdose deaths at 39.2 deaths/100,000 persons—only falling behind West Virginia at 49.6 deaths/100,000 persons. The state’s overdose rate is more than double the national average of 14.6 deaths/ 100,000 persons. Heroin-related deaths peaked across the state in 2016 at 1,478, falling to 1,000 the following…

Under Governor DeWine, the conversation around distracted driving has grown both in and around the Statehouse. Legislators, policymakers, and community members are voicing concern over the devastating impact of distracted driving on the safety of all Ohioans. However, the dangers of distracted driving are nothing new. In 2017, the Dayton Daily News published an article…