SALEM — U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise headlined the Columbiana County Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Day Dinner Thursday. Scalise was introduced by U.S. Rep. Michael Rulli, who described him as “cut from the cloth of angels.” Rulli said that Scalise was one of the first ...
BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday halted President Donald Trump's executive order that sought to create a federal voter list and limit who can receive a mail ballot. U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani, who was nominated by Democratic President Barack Obama, sided with a ...
U.S. Rep. Michael Rulli, R-Salem, introduced a bill he said will end predatory litigation by “radical special-interest groups” against the federal government filed under the Equal Access to Justice Act. The act, passed in 1980, authorizes the awarding of attorneys’ fees and litigation costs to certain individuals, small businesses and other entities that prevail against the federal government in judicial proceedings and certain adversary adjudications when the government’s position is not substantially justified, according to the Administrative Conference of the United States, ...
COLUMBIANA — The second and final round of federal funding has been released for one of the many storm water projects that are ongoing in the city. The Federal Emergency Management Agency and Ohio Emergency Management Agency have announced that $664,596 has been released to the city for new storm sewers in the area of East Park Avenue, Friend Street, Pittsburgh Street and Fairfield Avenue neighborhoods. FEMA said the new storm sewers will help prevent flooding by directing stormwater to a local tributary of Mill Creek. This award is the final increment of a $1.4 million total ...
LISBON — The Lisbon teens who want a skate park in Lisbon returned to the village council meeting this week armed with more information, including the size of the village-owned property for the site. Brody McCreight, the teen spokesman for the group, said the property at the end of South Jefferson Street measures 100 feet by 80 feet. He said he also spoke with representatives of D.W. Dickey to check on the concrete costs and a possible donation of some concrete. He estimated the cost for the entire project as $40,000. Councilwoman Susan Temple asked about the ramps and whether ...
Editor’s note: America would not be the nation it is today without its vast stores of natural resources. But those resources would have done us little good without individuals and companies willing to take risks. Much of that happened in Western Pennsylvania, where leading developments in ...
