Category: Ohio Government
Ohio provides help for minority-owned businesses
Ohio businesses now have access to three new grant and loan programs. Below is an overview. For full text of programs at https://businesshelp.ohio.gov. 1). Minority Micro-enterprise Grant Program:• Up to $10,000 for small minority and women-owned businesses with 10 or…
Leader Sykes co-sponsors Worker Protection Act to ensure safety, security for Ohio workers amid global pandemic
COLUMBUS— Minority Leader Emilia Strong Sykes (D-Akron) today announced the introduction of the Worker Protection Act, Democratic-sponsored legislation to protect at-risk workers from being forced to choose between returning to unsafe working conditions or losing unemployment benefits. “It’s incumbent upon us as…
Minority Leader Sykes to host a virtual Lunch & Learn on domestic violence.
Please join me on Friday, May 15 at 12:30 p.m. at a virtual Lunch and Learn that I am hosting alongside my colleagues and community advocates in the fight against domestic violence. We will be discussing the domestic violence resources made available…
Leader Sykes announces $132 million in funds to fight COVID-19 in Ohio
Funding comes as retail, restaurants and personal services to reopen beginning this week COLUMBUS—House Minority Leader Emilia Sykes (D-Akron) today announced the state Controlling Board approved more than $132 million in funding to bolster unemployment benefits, provide assistance for small businesses and manufacturers,…
Guest Column: Columbus NAACP – Ohio Voter Suppression
Ohio Voter Suppression…So, what do we do next, we are in uncharted waters as it comes to this year’s Primary Election…The Secretary of State clearly is in over his head. Yes, most of this will be blamed on the Coronavirus,…
Ohio Begins Implementing New Federal Unemployment Programs
COLUMBUS, OHIO – Starting on Friday, April 24, Ohioans who are unemployed as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic but who don’t qualify for regular unemployment benefits can begin pre-registering for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), a new federal program…