On Monday,?Lt. Governor Jon Husted spoke with NBC 4 in Columbus about the life of Kurt Tunnell. Mr. Tunnell passed away last weekend at just 58 years old after being struck by a car in suburban Columbus. He previously served in the Voinovich-DeWine Administration as the Governor?s Chief Counsel. ?[Kurt] was one of the first people I met when I ran for the legislature 20 years ago? in my professional career, every Governor of the state knew him and sought his advice, every Supreme Court Justice in Ohio knew him and sought his advice,? the Lt. Governor stated. Both Governor DeWine and Lt. Governor Husted released statements following Mr. Tunnell?s death.
On Wednesday,?Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted hosted a Shared Values in Faith Roundtable in the Cabinet Room of the Ohio Statehouse. The group is made up of elected officials on both sides of the aisle who seek common ground with each other due to their shared faith. The meeting also included John Bishop of the National Prayer Breakfast.
Wednesday afternoon,?Governor DeWine met with Shinsuke Sugiyama, Ambassador of Japan to the United States, at the Ohio Statehouse. Governor DeWine and Ambassador Sugiyama discussed Ohio?s long-standing relationship with Japan and the Governor's upcoming business development mission.
Also on?Wednesday, Ohio First Lady Fran DeWine made remarks at a Darke County United Way event, highlighting the importance of early-childhood literacy.??Mrs. DeWine is working with the?Ohio Governor's Imagination Library to bring?the Dolly Parton's Imagination Library to each?of Ohio's 88 counties.?
On Thursday,?Governor DeWine attended an?Ohio Faith-Based Security Conference hosted by?U.S. Senator Rob Portman.?The conference?focused on best practices for how to prepare, prevent, respond, and recover from potential adverse events.?
Also on Thursday, First Lady Fran DeWine spoke at the opening ceremony of the new nursery at the Ohio Reformatory for Women. The new nursery can serve up to 26 women and their children.??
On Friday, Lt. Governor Husted announced the launch of the ?Ohio I.P. Promise,? which is an initiative to make Ohio universities more attractive to innovators and entrepreneurs. The Ohio I.P. Promise brings together the state?s higher education institutions to provide a unified process for commercialization so students and faculty have a clear path to commercialization of their research in Ohio. Many schools possess the ownership rights to research and inventions with no plans to bring it to the marketplace. In order to correct this problem, the Ohio I.P. Promise establishes a uniform set of guiding principles so researchers know exactly how they can take charge of their work and make it available to the public, if that is their desire.
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