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02/22/2021 10:00 AM EST
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MARLBOROUGH – The developers of a proposed 140-unit apartment complex at the former McGee Farm property on Rte. 20 are trying to convince the state that a traffic signal is needed at the entrance.
Waypoint Residential, a Stamford, Connecticut-based development company, pledged $200,000 to study, design and construct a traffic light at the entrance of the proposed development, which is directly across from the entrance to the apartments at Village Drive.
Members of the City Council’s Urban Affairs Committee stress they are impressed with the plans, but cannot support the project without a guarantee from the state that a traffic light will be installed along the heavily-traveled corridor. Committee members have said it’s the only way to ensure the safety of motorists and pedestrians.
Brown: No Wall Street-first recovery
Brown
WASHINGTON In anticipation of U.S. House votes on President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, Sen. Sherrod Brown held a Thursday hearing heavy on Ohio witnesses who stressed the urgent need for help at the grassroots.
Brown, an Ohio Democrat who chairs the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, said that the pandemic has put long-standing income, gender, health and racial disparities on display. He added that essential workers who have worked through the pandemic have also shown the need to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.
“Ohio and the rest of the country don’t have to settle for a Wall Street-first recovery we are the world’s richest country, with the largest economy, we have the resources to rise to meet the challenge for everyone,” Brown said.
Legislation to end the death penalty in Ohio gains bipartisan support: Capitol Letter
Rotunda Rumblings
New day for an old proposal: An effort to end the death penalty in Ohio now has support from a group of both Republican and Democratic lawmakers, who believe they have the votes to make it happen, Jeremy Pelzer reports. But Republican House and Senate leaders would have to let such a bill get to the floor, and that could prove a challenge, given that Senate President Matt Huffman and House Speaker Bob Cupp are both death penalty supporters. But both said they are open to a legislative discussion of the issue.