Bride Rose Sweeney News

COLUMBUS — State Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) today announced Cuyahoga County has been awarded an additional $3.7M in funding through the Brownfield Remediation Program, for a total of $48.2M in 2024. Brownfield funding helps clean up and redevelop hazardous sites, creating new economic and employment opportunities. 

COLUMBUS — State Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) last week announced that $4.2M in state funding has been awarded to the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) by the Ohio Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) Urban Transit Program. The funds are appropriated from the FY 2024-2025 Transportation Budget, which Rep. Sweeney helped pass as Ranking Member of the House Finance Committee.

COLUMBUS — House Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) and State Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) today made the following statements concerning the Ohio Supreme Court’s 4-3 ruling that makes it harder for voters with disabilities to cast in-person absentee ballots in Ohio

COLUMBUS - State Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) today announced nearly $1M in federal funding has been awarded for initiatives in Cuyahoga County aimed at combating gun violence. The federal funding has been made available through the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Byrne State Crisis Intervention Plan (SCIP) with appropriations from the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act of 2022.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) today sent a letter to Secretary of State Frank LaRose once again seeking information clarifying his office’s removal of more than one hundred thousand registered Ohioans from the voter rolls. 

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) today released the following statement related to the lawsuit filed Friday by two voters against Secretary of State Frank LaRose for his new directive that makes it harder for voters with disabilities to cast in-person absentee ballots in Ohio:

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) today argued before the Ohio Controlling Board that Secretary of State Frank LaRose must publicly guarantee any state funds the secretary has requested for the constitutionally required publication of materials including summaries and arguments for and against Issue 1 be free of political tampering and influence

COLUMBUS — Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington), Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) and Rep. Beryl Brown Piccolantonio (D-Gahanna) today announced the Controlling Board’s approval of over $4.66M to support the operations of the State Board of Education. 

COLUMBUS — In a letter sent Wednesday to Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) Chair Jenifer French, State Rep. Bride Sweeney (D-Westlake) and other House Democrats called on the PUCO to take immediate action to address the reliability of Ohio's power grid in light of recent severe weather events that have caused widespread outages. 

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake) today joined the Cuyahoga County House and Senate Delegation to urgently request Governor DeWine issue a proclamation declaring a state of emergency across Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga and Lorain Counties which were impacted by a severe weather system on Tuesday, August 6th, 2024.