Bride Rose Sweeney News

COLUMBUS — State Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) today announced that Cuyahoga County has been awarded an additional $17.9M in funding through the Brownfield Remediation Program administered by the Ohio Department of Development. Brownfield funding helps clean up and redevelop hazardous brownfield sites, creating new economic and employment opportunities. As ranking member of the Ohio House Finance Committee, Rep. Sweeney helped secure $350M for the Ohio Brownfield Remediation Program in last year’s biennial state operating budget

COLUMBUS — State Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) today announced that two projects in Cuyahoga County received nearly $5M in grants to reconfigure pedestrian and cycling infrastructure on the west side. The City of Lakewood will receive $2.94M for bike lanes and shared paths as part of the larger Bunts Road Rehabilitation Project and Cuyahoga County will receive $2M to add a pedestrian and bike greenway along the north side of Clifton Road between Lakewood and Rocky River.

COLUMBUS — State Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) today announced that the Controlling Board approved $31.1M for Cleveland’s JumpStart Inc. as part of the Department of Development’s Entrepreneurial Services Provider Program. Jumpstart will utilize the funds to support technology-related start-ups and entrepreneurs in the Northeast Ohio region.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) was presented with the Ohio Education Association’s (OEA) Legislative Champion of Public Education Award for her legislative work in support of educators and for delivering historic wins for public education funding in Ohio.

COLUMBUS – State Reps. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) and Kevin Miller (R-Newark) today announced the passage of House Bill (HB) 131, their bipartisan legislation to prohibit ticket and arrest quotas for law enforcement. HB 131 passed the Ohio House by a vote of 91-0.

COLUMBUS — State Reps. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake), Dani Isaacsohn (D-Cincinnati), Desiree Tims (D-Dayton), and Chris Glassburn (D-North Olmsted) today held a press conference announcing several bills that take aim at the culture of corruption at the Ohio Statehouse. 

COLUMBUS — State Reps. Dani Isaacsohn (D-Cincinnati), Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Cleveland), and Phillip Robinson (D-Solon) today sent a letter to the Department of Education and Workforce Development requesting the immediate release of a long-overdue study concerning Disadvantaged Pupil Impact Aid (DPIA). Despite repeated requests for its release, this study, which was funded through the 135th General Assembly’s operating budget nearly two years ago, remains withheld from the public and state legislators.

COLUMBUS – State Reps. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) and Dani Isaacsohn (D-Cincinnati) have introduced legislation to ensure any future state revenue generated through the legalization of internet gaming (“iGaming”) in Ohio is dedicated to K-12 public education, publicly funded child care, and programs to address problem gaming.

COLUMBUS – State Reps. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) and Kevin Miller (R-Newark) today provided sponsor testimony on House Bill (HB) 131, their bipartisan legislation to prohibit ticket and arrest quotas for law enforcement. 

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) today voted “NO” on the Republican state operating budget, House Bill (HB) 96, which heedlessly cuts critical state funding while failing to meet the needs of everyday Ohioans. Rather than provide meaningful support to Ohio’s citizens, House Republicans chose to dismantle the constitutional and bipartisan fair school funding formula while dumping more taxpayer money into vouchers for charter non-public and private schools that benefit the wealthiest Ohioans.