New Democratic strategy for creating jobs focuses on a boost in manufacturing, by Lori Montgomery and Brady Dennis, Washington Post, August 4, 2010
Washington—President Obama and congressional Democrats are shifting toward a longer-term strategy that promises to tackle persistently high unemployment by engineering a renaissance in American manufacturing. That approach, dubbed "Make It in America," is still evolving and so far focuses primarily on raising taxes on multinational corporations that Democrats accuse of shipping jobs overseas.
FDA moves toward tighter medical device oversight, by Matthew Perrone, AP via Yahoo News, August 3, 2010
Washington—Makers of X-ray machines, drug pumps and other medical devices would have to submit more safety information to win federal approval under a proposal designed to tighten regulation of thousands of products reviewed each year.
Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority sets $3.2 million plan for rail loop on lakefront docks, by Jay Miller, Crain's Cleveland Business, August 3, 2010
Cleveland—New Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority CEO William Friedman today told Port Authority board members of a $3.16 million plan to create a new rail loop on the lakefront docks.
EPA rejects Big Coal's greenhouse-gas appeal, Columbus Dispatch, August 1, 2010
Washington—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week gave a thumbs-down to a request by the Ohio Coal Association and industry groups in Texas and Virginia for the federal agency to reconsider its view that greenhouse-gas emissions damage the environment and cause health problems in people.
Vast majority of Ohio small businesses eligible for health reform tax credit, report shows, by Brie Zeitner, Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 21, 2010
Cleveland—About 86 percent of Ohio's roughly 150,000 small businesses will be eligible for tax credits that will help them pay the cost of employee health insurance coverage, according to a report released today by consumer health organization Families USA and business advocacy group Small Business Majority.
Voinovich offers nuclear plan as legacy, by Stephen Koff, Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 21, 2010
Washington—Knowing he only has until the end of the year, when he retires, Ohio's George Voinovich is introducing what his staff calls a "legacy bill" to "reignite a nuclear renaissance."
House panel approves Sutton-Turner bll to hold foreign manufacturers legally accountable for unsafe products, Press Release, Office of Congresswoman Betty Sutton, 13th Congressional District of Ohio, July 21, 2010
Washington—Today, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce approved legislation sponsored by Representatives Betty Sutton (D-Ohio) and Mike Turner (R-Ohio) that will level the playing field for U.S. manufacturing by enabling American consumers to hold foreign manufacturers legally accountable for injuries in the same way that American manufacturers are held legally accountable.
Plant opening stirs Industrial policy debate, by Jonathan Weisman and Alex P. Kellogg, Wall Street Journal, July 16, 2010
Holland, Mich.—Compact Power Inc., Holland's second advanced battery plant half-funded by $151 million from the stimulus, will manufacture batteries for the Chevrolet Volt. It is only a part of a $2.4 billion federal commitment to the fledgling industry, financed under the economic stimulus.
Obama naming 18 to advisory council on exports, AP via Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 7, 2010
Washington—President Obama named 18 business, labor and government leaders to a new presidential advisory council on exports. Walt Disney's Robert Iger, Alan Mulally of the Ford Motor Co., Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg and United Airlines CEO Glenn Tilton are among those on the President's Export Council.
Obama commits to clean energy jobs, by Shayndi Raice, , July 3, 2010
Washington—President Barack Obama announced Saturday a $2 billion commitment to solar energy companies with the hope of creating new jobs, in light of lackluster employment figures released Friday that bodes poorly for a swift economic recovery.
Bill would hold foreign manufacturers liable for product injuries, Dayton Daily News, July 1, 2010
Washington—A U.S. House subcommittee has approved legislation that would hold foreign manufacturers legally accountable to American consumers injured by dangerous or defective products.
Alternative energy gets jump-start, by Gloria Park, Politico.com, June 30, 2010
Washington—Under the bills introduced in the House and Senate last month, five to 15 “deployment communities” would be established across the country to begin creating an “electric vehicle infrastructure.”
EPA asked to help keep 214 jobs in N. Baltimore, Toledo Blade, June 24, 2010
North Baltimore, Ohio—Ohio’s governor has asked state environmental regulators to come up with a way to save 214 jobs at Continental Structural Plastics in North Baltimore, which is considering a move to Indiana because of an environmental rule.
UAW leader vows to fight for law to ease organizing, AP via Toledo Blade, June 15, 2010
Detroit—United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger said Monday the union will continue to fight for federal card-check legislation that would make it easier for workers to organize, a high priority for the UAW as it continues to lose thousands of members.
Wind advocates push for renewable energy standard, by Bill Rice, WCPN IdeaStream, June 15, 2010
Cleveland—Area manufacturers anxious to get a piece of the emerging wind energy market gathered to show their support for a national policy to promote wind and other clean energy.
White House auto recovery official to step down, AP via Cleveland Plain Dealer, June 14, 2010
Washington—Ed Montgomery, the executive director of the White House Council on Automotive Communities and Workers, is departing to return to academia.
Editorial: An energy revolution for the Great Lakes, by Michael Douglas, Akron Beacon Journal, June 13, 2010
Akron—On Wednesday, The Brookings Institute unveiled a new initiative that puts the Great Lakes region at the center of pursuing energy innovation. For the country to compete and protect the environment, the feds must transform energy research. Let's start in the Great Lakes.
'Card check' dead, but union efforts not, by Dan Shingler, Crain's Cleveland Business, June 7, 2010
Cleveland—Local experts interviewed by Crain's say card check is probably dead, but that doesn't mean the NLRB couldn't tilt the playing field in favor of unions, possibly by speeding up the certification and election processes. (Subscription) |
