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With 98% of live-in occupants now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Middleton Senior Living staff, residents and their families are asking why they are still forced to conform to strict visitation rules imposed on such facilities about a year ago. On Monday morning, Congressman Troy Balderson, R-Zanesville, who represents the 12th Congressional District, visited… Read more »

A new bill being sent to Congress aims to further help small businesses that have suffered due to the COVID-19 pandemic by focusing on long-term goals. The Next Generation Entrepreneur Corps Act, if passed, would set up a mentor-mentee program between a small business and either an investor or a successful entrepreneur. The program is set at a 5-year minimum with new groups of… Read more »

With senior citizens among the most vaccinated — and most isolated — demographic in the nation, a growing number of proponents are calling for loosened COVID-19 restrictions. On Monday, the CDC advised that fully vaccinated Americans can gather with other vaccinated people indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing. Long-term care experts, caregivers and others in Ohio hope… Read more »

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — In another case of a Republican official pushing Ohio's Republican governor to change his COVID-19 approach, Rep. Troy Balderson (R-Zanesville) used his office Monday to push Gov. Mike DeWine to loosen or eliminate restrictions on nursing home visitation. DeWine later signaled on Monday that he had spoken… Read more »

Rep. Troy Balderson (R-Ohio) is urging Gov. Mike DeWine and federal health authorities to loosen visitation guidelines at nursing homes. COVID-19 has been especially deadly in nursing homes, with nearly 7,000 residents succumbing to the disease in the last year. The congregate setting means easier transmission, and elderly residents are more susceptible than other age groups to… Read more »

Rep. Troy Balderson (R-OH) recently reintroduced the Strengthening Methods to Advance Research and Technology (SMART) in Transportation Act, which he would bolster transportation system technologies. “Throughout our history, central Ohio has always led our country in smart mobility and advanced transportation research,” Balderson, a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure… Read more »

MANSFIELD -- Three north central Ohio students were among Ohio’s 12th Congressional District service academy nominations for the Class of 2025. The list was announced Tuesday by Congressman Troy Balderson.  “We are once again putting our communities’ finest young leaders forward with these service academy nominations,“ Balderson said. “Ohio’s 12th Congressional District is home… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC, US — US Representative David Scott of Georgia, the new chairman of the US House Committee on Agriculture, on Feb. 9 announced the 24 new and returning Democratic members of the committee who will serve during the 117th US Congress. The members, listed by seniority, include Scott, Jim Costa of California, Filemon Vela of Texas, Alma Adams of North Carolina, who will… Read more »

Senior care association LeadingAge has completed its affiliation with the Visiting Nurse Associations of America (VNAA) and its offshoot organization, ElevatingHOME. This move expands LeadingAge’s reach into the home health and hospice sectors. The groups announced their intent to merge in Feb 2019. In the interim the organizations have undergone a transition period in which they… Read more »

Seven Republicans are joining the House Agriculture Committee this year, three of whom — Randy Feenstra of Iowa, Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota and Tracy Mann of Kansas — represent some of the top ag districts in the country. Feenstra’s Iowa district was represented on the committee by Steve King until he was stripped of committee in 2019. Mann’s Kansas… Read more »