WYSO Information Replace for January 18, 2023, with Jerry Kenney:
Cervical Most cancers Consciousness Month (WYSO) – January is Cervical Most cancers Consciousness Month, which has taken on extra urgency this yr as circumstances have surged within the state. Well being specialists say early detection will seemingly save lives. WYSO’s Ngozi Cole has extra.
COVID SNAP profit improve disappears (WYSO) – The momentary enhance to SNAP advantages, also called meals stamps, will finish after subsequent month. Ohio was certainly one of a number of states that participated in emergency SNAP allocations. WYSO’s Alejandro Figueroa stories on why that extra cash is leaving.
State Cash for Apprenticeship Obtainable (WOSU) – Employers utilizing apprentices could have till the top of March to use for state grants of as much as $25,000 to cowl the price of coaching and instruments. This system has acquired 100 purposes thus far and has accepted nearly half of them, paying out nearly $900,000. Apprentices study abilities by way of not less than 2,000 hours of on-the-job coaching required for a job in a given trade, together with classroom coaching. There are about 21,000 apprentices in Ohio.
Stays of Ohio WWII pilot recognized and returning house – (AP) Authorities have recognized the stays of an Ohio Military Air Forces pilot who died when his aircraft was shot down over Germany throughout World Warfare II, the Protection Division introduced final week. First Lieutenant Carl Nesbitt de Lima was the pilot of a B-17G Flying Fortress bomber in 1944 throughout a serious bombing mission over Leipzig, Germany. The aircraft was shot down. Six of the 10 crew members escaped earlier than it crashed. Nesbitt and the remainder had been killed. Their our bodies had been believed to have been buried in a neighborhood cemetery. Efforts to recuperate his stays after the battle had been hampered by Soviet management of East Germany. Nesbitt was 23 years outdated on the time of his dying. His stays will likely be reburied in Pennsylvania in Could.
Lawyer Normal Yost ‘double dip’ (State Information Workplace) – The Ohio Lawyer Normal is doing what is usually often known as ‘double dipping.’ Statehouse correspondent Jo Ingles stories that Dave Yost is cashing in on his retirement whereas being paid on the state payroll.
Ohio’s ‘wet day funds’ at all-time highs – Ohio now has sufficient financial savings for the rainiest days. The Ohio Workplace of Funds and Administration has transferred greater than $700 million to the Funds Stabilization Fund. Ohio now has a money steadiness of $three.5 billion, the most important in state historical past. The funds administration workplace mentioned that this cash will likely be used to handle any financial crises and uncertainties.