Bride Rose Sweeney News

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) today released to following statement concerning Governor Mike DeWine’s decision to send 150 National Guard members to Washington D.C. at the behest of President Trump:

COLUMBUS – House Minority Leader Dani Isaacsohn (D-Cincinnati) and House Finance Committee Ranking Member Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) today voted “NO” on House Bill (HB) 96, the Republican-crafted state operating budget, citing cruel and chaotic cuts and its abject failure to invest in children, public education, healthcare and basic services – all while shoveling billions to the wealthy and well-connected. 

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) today issued the following statement after voting “NO” overnight on House Bill (HB) 96 in the conference committee:

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) today announced the passage of Senate Bill (SB) 114, the Senate companion bill to her bipartisan House Bill (HB) 131, to prohibit ticket and arrest quotas for law enforcement. SB 114 passed the Ohio House by a vote of 91-0 and now heads to the governor’s desk for his signature.

COLUMBUS — The Ohio House Democratic Caucus today voted against concurrence with the Ohio Senate’s version of the state operating budget, House Bill (HB) 96. 

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.