Southeast Ohio will soon have its own hospital dedicated to serving women and children! Today, I took part in a groundbreaking ceremony in Belpre to celebrate the start of construction on this 66,000-square-foot facility. The new hospital will offer a wide range of specialized

.⁦Jeffrey Goldberg⁩: “To look at cities that used to be served by newsrooms of 300, or 500 journalists, now reduced to virtually nothing, is terrible. This is the way democracy decomposes. We're sleepwalking into an absolute disaster.” status.news/p/atlantic-jef…

🚨🚨Most US counties now have little to no local news sources —Number of counties at high risk of losing all local news jumped 22% this year —While there's been an uptick in digital news sites, the vast majority serve metro areas, not rural news deserts axios.com/2024/10/24/mos…

Beautiful display of fall colors along the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. 🍂 Photo Credit: Asheville Pictures

Move over, Manchin. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski will be calling the shots in 2025. "The best in the world," Manchin said of Collins & Murkowski. "It's important for people to be able to speak your own mind and... not be coerced by the party system." axios.com/2024/10/27/sen…

Victory runs through Appalachia.

How Americans responded in 1955 when the invention of the polio vaccine was announced.

Scoop: Hawley is making a big opening bid in the 2025 tax battle, calling for the child tax credit to increase from a max of $2,000 to $5,000 per kid After a child is born, Hawley also wants to let parents claim a credit for the year of the pregnancy axios.com/2024/12/17/jos…

joe burrow missed half a season btw

Fun fact: The bipartisan bill that Elon Musk killed before Christmas would have used H-1B guest worker fees paid by large tech corporations to create 100,000 apprenticeships for young Americans and job training opportunities for dislocated U.S workers. America first!

"I don't know that anybody can stand on the field and watch Joe Burrow and say he's not the best player in the world..."

These are US in WWII level numbers.

Kansas City rather lose 40-0 than face the Bengals in the playoffs

Gonna be a wild decade.

My first jobs on Capitol Hill, you couldn’t keep me away from it. Slept at the office some nights to ensure nobody thought anyone else could put in more effort. It was more than a job it was a recognition of the privilege. I hope republicans staffers see this progressive letter

when you’re watching the afc championship today just remember one man has beat both teams in the playoffs on the road

Thanks, happy we could help rural (and all) hospitals, preserving Medicaid services and finally beginning to seek some savings in the program. More work to do, but it’s a start.

The One Big Beautiful Bill makes an historic investment that will strengthen Medicaid in Ohio, ensuringg we have thriving Rural Hospitals. Thanks to President Trump for making this a top priority!

Glad to have helped Ohio’s rural hospitals with a program tailored to their needs, as we protected Medicaid services and found savings that will help preserve the program for those who need it.