Lauren McNally News

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) announced that the Ohio Controlling Board approved $2,359,886 from the Higher Education Improvement Fund in support of Youngstown State University’s (YSU) Campus Roof Replacements project, enabling the start of construction that includes removing and replacing roofs, and installing new flashing and insulation on several YSU buildings.

COLUMBUS- State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today announced $606,375 in Fiscal Year 2025 for the City of Youngstown as part of Ohio Department of Transportation’s Municipal Bridge Program.  

COLUMBUS- State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today announced the awarding of $181,128.20 in state funds for Sheriff’s offices in Ohio’s 59th district as part of the 2023 Ohio Drug Law Enforcement Funding Awards, administered by the Office of Criminal Justice Services within the Ohio Department of Public Safety.

COLUMBUS- State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today announced the Controlling Board has approved $116,388 for the Ohio State Penitentiary (OSP) located in Youngstown to contract professional design services on a new water treatment system.  

COLUMBUS- State Rep. Lauren McNally (D-Youngstown) today issued the following statement after receiving research from the nonpartisan Legislative Service Commission in response to a request for information on the intersection of state agencies, state law, case law, and the governance of Metroparks in Ohio.

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.