Richard D. Brown News

COLUMBUS – Rep. Richard D. Brown (D-Canal Winchester) announced today the state Controlling Board approved $320,821 to reimburse the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund for costs associated with the state post-traumatic stress fund. This program was created with the passage of House Bill 308 of the 133rd General Assembly, of which Representative Brown was a co-sponsor, to support police officers and firefighters by paying for lost wages as well as medical and administrative costs associated with disability from post-traumatic stress disorder.

COLUMBUS – Rep. Richard D. Brown (D-Canal Winchester) announced today that the state Tax Credit Authority approved a 1.385 percent, eight-year Job Creation Tax Credit for a new Walgreen Company project in Canal Winchester, located in House District 20.

COLUMBUS – Rep. Richard D. Brown (D-Canal Winchester) announced today that the state Controlling Board approved several major items, including $1.3 million to support additional payroll costs, utility costs, and federal repayments incurred at Air National Guard Wings at Rickenbacker, located in House District 20, Toledo, Mansfield, and Springfield.

COLUMBUS – Rep. Richard D. Brown (D-Canal Winchester) announced today that the state Controlling Board approved several major items this week, including $150 million to increase testing services and the availability of at-home rapid tests.

COLUMBUS— Today during House session, the Ohio House Democratic Caucus swore in its new leadership team for the remainder of the 134th General Assembly. In an all-caucus vote on Jan. 12, Democrats elected Rep. Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) as Minority Leader.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Richard D. Brown (D-Canal Winchester) released the following statement after the Ohio Supreme Court struck down the gerrymandered Congressional map passed by Republicans last year.

COLUMBUS – Rep. Richard D. Brown (D-Canal Winchester) applauded the Ohio Supreme Court’s 4-3 decision to throw out the Ohio House and Senate legislative maps passed by Republicans last year.

COLUMBUS – Rep. Richard Brown (D-Canal Winchester) announced today that the state Controlling Board approved several items of note this week, including the allocation of a $710,000 loan for the purchase and renovation of space for Crimson Cup, a Columbus-based coffee company.

COLUMBUS – Yesterday, Rep. Richard D. Brown (D-Canal Winchester) voted in favor of Substitute House Bill (HB) 169 to appropriate $4.18 billion to support education, expand access to childcare and improve public health, among other investments in Ohio’s working people, families and communities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill is funded through several federal COVID-19 relief packages, the majority of which comes from the American Rescue Plan Act backed by Democrats and signed into law by President Biden earlier this year.

Rep. Richard Brown (D-Canal Winchester) issued a statement after Republicans passed a partisan, four-year congressional district map that unduly favors GOP candidates 13-2.