Press Coverage

The U.S. Senate early Saturday passed a $1.2 trillion bipartisan government funding package, which includes more than $2 million for Mahoning County. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, voted to approve the package that invests in Ohio, increases resources for border security, supports Ohio military installations and helps combat the addiction crisis.

The Business Journal roundtable on repopulating the Mahoning and Shenango valleys took place Feb. 15 at Waypoint 4180 in Canfield.

On every side of Youngstown, there are streets with vacant lots where houses once stood — and where houses could be built once again.

City council authorized the board of control to enter into contracts for up to $1 million from Youngstown’s American Rescue Plan fund to demolish about 75 to 100 vacant homes.

More than $22 million in federal funds will be coming to Mahoning and Trumbull counties — as part of an agreement between the U.S. House and Senate — including $6.16 million for the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport’s primary runway and $4.2 million for a waterline in Lordstown.