Lauren McNally News

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today announced the awarding of $959,488 in increased state funds from the Governor’s Office of Appalachia within the Ohio Department of Development for two Youngstown planning firms working with eligible lead applicants of the Appalachian Community Grant Program.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today announced $4,450 in funding for Goshen Township and Poland Township as part of Ohio’s 2023 Cemetery Grants.

COLUMBUS - State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today announced that they are fully supportive of the Stand Up Strike and all United Auto Workers (UAW) union members. UAW members agreed that they would strike if an agreement was not met by 11:59 pm ET on Thursday, September 14, 2023.

COLUMBUS - State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today wrote a letter to the Youngstown Board of Education expressing deep concerns about the ongoing teachers strike, which started on August 23rd. 

COLUMBUS— State Reps. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) and Juanita Brent (D-Cleveland) today joined Youngstown City School District teachers on the picket line at Youngstown Rayen Early College High School. 

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today released the following statement supporting the Youngstown City School District teachers whose union is fighting for better working conditions and called for a legislative solution to the invalid Academic Distress Commission. 

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today announced the State Controlling Board approval of $128,762.50 in support for Youngstown State University (YSU) from the Ohio Department of Education’s (ODE) Higher Education Improvement line item as part of the Resch Academic Success Center and Accessibility Services relocation into the Maag Library. The newly renovated space will carry the name “Maag Library Learning Commons.” 

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today announced the upcoming back-to-school Ohio sales tax holiday that will take place starting on Friday, August 4 through Sunday, August 6. In 2018, state lawmakers passed legislation making this three-day, back-to-school sales tax holiday a recurring holiday each year.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today announced $761,386 in grant funding from the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for transportation projects that promote economic development in terms of job creation, job retention, and private sector capital investment.