Governor Mike DeWine




*WEEK IN REVIEW*
Friday, September 23, 2022

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Week in Review

"For the week ending September 23, 2022

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Hydrogen [ [link removed] ]

On *Monday,?*Governor Mike DeWine?announced?a partnership between?six fellow governors in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin [ [link removed] ] to collaborate on developing a robust hydrogen market, supply chain, and workforce across the Midwest by signing the Midwest Hydrogen Coalition Memorandum of Understanding (M-H2 Coalition MOU).

"Ohio has always been a leader in innovation and technology, and this partnership will be the start of a new era of energy production that will create jobs and grow our economy," said Governor DeWine. "This is just the beginning of our support for a clean hydrogen market, and we look forward to relationships?like the one announced today developing and expanding in the Buckeye State."

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Blockchain and Bitcoin data center [ [link removed] ]

Also on *Monday*, Lt. Governor Jon Husted provided remarks at an event celebrating the opening of a new blockchain and Bitcoin data center in Coshocton.

The Lt. Governor joined blockchain and data center company, Standard Power, as they cut the ribbon for a blockchain mining and data center in the city of Coshocton.


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Also on *Monday*,?Ohio First Lady?Fran?DeWine made stops in Seneca, Huron, Crawford, and Marion counties to promote Dolly Parton?s Imagination Library of Ohio.

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Buckeye Career Center

Governor DeWine with students and faculty of the Buckeye Career Center.

Lastly on *Monday*,?Governor DeWine made a stop in Tuscarawas County to visit the Buckeye Career Center. After the career center, he met with Holmes County leaders to discuss local issues.?

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Farm Science

Governor DeWine giving remarks at the 2022 Farm Science Review.

On *Tuesday,?*Governor DeWine gave?remarks during the 2022 Farm Science Review, which celebrated its 60th anniversary this year.?

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Stebbins HS 1

Governor DeWine visiting with students at Stebbins High School enrolled in Career Technology programs.

On?*Wednesday*,?Governor DeWine visited?Stebbins High School to learn about the Career Technology programs offered to students in grades 9 through 12.?

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OGHIL Kiwanis [ [link removed] ]

Also on *Wednesday,?*the First Lady spoke?at the Kiwanis Club of Celina meeting to promote Dolly Parton?s Imagination Library of Ohio. She also toured?PLC Health Clinic in Van Wert and hosted a book reading with a preschool class in Paulding County.


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On *Thursday*, Governor DeWine attended the Little Brown Jug, part of the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers. Congratulations to Bythemissal and his driver, Chris Page on their victory! Bythemissal is the second Ohio-bred horse to win the Little Brown Jug.?

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Governor DeWine delivering remarks at General Motor's economic development announcement.

On *Friday*,?Governor DeWine joined General Motors for an economic development announcement. The company announced that it will be investing??$760 million at its Toledo propulsion manufacturing operations to prepare the facility for production of drive units that will be used in future Ultium-based battery electric trucks.?

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Apollo 1 [ [link removed] ]

Governor DeWine visiting Apollo Career Center students with Senate President Matt Huffman and Speaker Bob Cupp.

Also on* Friday*, Governor DeWine?visited Apollo Career Center to learn more about the programs offered to adult and high school students.

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Also on *Friday*,?Lt. Governor Husted traveled to the University of Cincinnati (UC) for the grand opening of its Digital Futures [ [link removed] ] building, a facility for interdisciplinary research, in the Cincinnati Innovation District.

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2nd round wellness grants [ [link removed] ]

Lastly on *Friday [ [link removed] ]*,?Governor DeWine announced that 20 local first responder agencies will receive a total of $7.7 million to help them boost their staffing levels to ensure thorough coverage for emergency response.

The grants represent the second round of the?new?Ohio First Responder Recruitment, Retention, and Resilience Program [ [link removed] ]. To date, Governor DeWine has awarded $9.4 million to 46 Ohio agencies as part of this program, which supports wellness needs of first responders such as stress and burnout caused by understaffing.

?By helping our first responder agencies bring their staffing levels up, we hope to ease some of the stress on current staff who are taking on added responsibilities,? said Governor DeWine.?

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