Michele Grim News

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Michele Grim (D-Toledo) today announced the release of more than $1M by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) for safety improvements at four Ohio rail crossings. These funds will be used to purchase and install flashing lights and gates with cantilevers to warn traffic of an oncoming train. 

COLUMBUS– State Rep. Michele Grim (D-Toledo) today announced that multiple non-profits, county, and city agencies have received nearly $900K from The Ohio Department of Public Safety, as a part of the state’s new Ohio Sexual Assault Investigations Grant Program.  Funding will be used to improve training surrounding the collection of sexual assault kits, investigations surrounding sexual assault, and supporting survivor programs across the state.

COLUMBUS - State Rep. Michele Grim (D-Toledo) today announced that the Controlling Board has approved $1.2M under the Department of Children & Youth with the aim of combating infant mortality. The funds will be used in partnership with the non-profit organization Cribs for Kids which will provide eligible parents education on the importance of and how to practice safe sleep with their infant. Cribs for Kids will also furnish parents a product to allow them to put their baby to sleep safely and assist with practice safe sleep. 

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Michele Grim (D-Toledo) today announced that City of Toledo Department of Transportation and the YMCA of Greater Toledo have received $548,431 from the Ohio Department of Transportation’s Safe Routes to School program, to support the construction of additional sidewalks and crosswalks surrounding schools in the Toledo area.

COLUMBUS - State Rep. Michele Grim (D-Toledo) today announced the passage of House Bill (HB) 2, the state's biennial state capital budget, in both the Ohio House of Representatives & Senate. 

COLUMBUS – Assistant Minority Whip Michele Grim (D-Toledo) and State Rep. Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati) denounce the U.S. Supreme Court decision to strike down a Trump era federal ban on bump stocks.