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Ohio House votes to give state's inmates free menstrual products
May 29—The Ohio House approved a bipartisan bill this week that would require all Ohio correctional facilities to provide menstrual products to inmates free-of-charge. House Bill 29, passed Wednesday by a vote of 91-to-0, now heads to the Ohio Senate for further consideration. If it makes its way into law, the bill should have no substantial impact on the prisons run by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, as it's already the ODRC's policy to offer free tampons and pads to inmates. The impact of H.B. 29 could come, however, at the county level. The state's nonpartisan Legislative Budget Office found that many county jails already provide these products for free. Those jails that don't can expect costs to increase based on how many female inmates they have, the lengths of their stay, and the costs of products provided. Dayton Democrat and first-term legislator Rep. Desiree Tims told this outlet that she voted for the bill "because it will ensure some form of dignity for women menstruating while incarcerated." An identical bill passed the Ohio House 92-0 in 2024 before stalling out in the Ohio Senate under the leadership of then-President Matt Huffman, R-Lima, who now leads the Ohio House. He said the bill's fate in his former chamber wasn't an indicative of a lack of support. "I don't think it will have any problem getting passed in the Senate," Huffman told reporters Wednesday. Current Senate President Rob McColley, R-Napoleon, however, said he doesn't have a personal opinion on the bill and said his caucus has not yet discussed the bill. When asked for her stance, Senate Minority Leader Nickie Antonio, D-Lakewood, said feminine hygiene products were akin to toilet paper and asked posed a hypothetical about a Statehouse without T.P. "It would not be healthy, it would not be hygienic, and the same thing is true of feminine products. They should be provided absolutely everywhere without cost to the people who are using them." ------ For more stories like this, sign up for our Ohio Politics newsletter. It's free, curated, and delivered straight to your inbox every Thursday evening. Avery Kreemer can be reached at 614-981-1422, on X, via email, or you can drop him a comment/tip with the survey below.
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2 days ago
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Utah unveils new housing dashboard in effort to hit ‘moonshot' goal of building 35,000 starter homes
SALT LAKE CITY () — Governor Spencer Cox met with over 40 mayors and local officials around the state for a housing summit, addressing the efforts that are being made to build more starter homes, including a statewide dashboard to help streamline development. Gov. Cox announced plans at the to construct 35,000 starter homes within five years. He shared that since that announcement, 5,100 starter homes have been built and sold. 'We know that's not enough. We're on our way, but we desperately need to do more. With Utah's growing population and we need to do more and we need to move faster,' he said. Part of the solution, he said, is working with individual cities. He admitted that sometimes there are 'bad actors,' or a few cities that aren't approving plans or trying to drive up costs to prevent development, who can make things more difficult. But more so, he focused on how cities are contributing to fix the problem, saying dozens and dozens of them are striving to improve the housing crisis. How Utah is working toward increasing more affordable housing 'The American dream of home ownership is slowly but surely slipping away from far too many, out of reach of our children and grandchildren. Reversing that trend requires collaboration. It requires courage and action from all levels of government,' he said. 'We are committed to building 35,000 starter homes in the next four years. That's our moonshot, and we are making progress.' The governor announced there will be resources to help track and meet this goal, such as a statewide housing dashboard between city governments and the state, which will track progress and identify gaps in success. The summit also looked at reforms being adopted in other states, including parking mandates, legalizing accessory dwelling units and modernizing building codes. 'We're committed to ensuring Utah doesn't fall behind on housing reform. We know there's been news this week of other states that are passing major housing reform packages. We're watching those closely. We're looking at the reform packages that we've passed over the past couple of years, getting those implemented and watching those changes starting to take hold. These are bipartisan and practical reforms, not left or right, just smart. Utah has always been a leader in that area, and we intend to stay,' he said. The Supreme Court reinstates federal approval in Uinta Basin Railway project Clearfield City Mayor Mark Shepherd said housing is an issue that needs to be addressed at every level. He added that legislation in recent years, such as H.B. 462 in 2022, known as Utah Housing Affordability Amendments, and (HTRZ), are now seeing success. 'Without this, the market would have supported about 16,000 units, but with that, the HTRZs, we're now expecting 42,000 units. We are in the process. We see it coming. We've got cities doing everything they can to try to make this happen,' he said. 'There are areas where we need cities' help. We need them to delve in more. We need them to stick the shovels in the ground and really make an effort. But the vast majority of our cities in the state are making huge strides in housing.' Herriman Mayor Lauren Palmer added that housing is a concern to everyone in the community, which is why it's important for local leaders to come together. 'We have kids that are being impacted by the housing crisis right now, by the price of housing, so as we look forward to collaborating with our development partners, with the state, with other leaders around us, we look forward to finding ways to convert those entitled units into units that can be lived in by our children,' he said. 'They can be an asset to this community that can help people stay in this wonderful state and our wonderful communities that we have helped develop.' Cat who survived 400-foot Bryce Canyon fall adopted by rescuing pilot SLCPD arrest man for nearly hitting officers with vehicle while fleeing traffic stop Utah unveils new housing dashboard in effort to hit 'moonshot' goal of building 35,000 starter homes DOJ cutting American Bar Association access to judicial nominees Kanab sex offender charged with 50 felonies for sexual exploitation of a minor Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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3 days ago
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MITER Brands Wins H.B. Fuller's 2025 Customer Innovation Award
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 28, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MITER Brands, a leading manufacturer of residential windows and patio doors, was named by H.B. Fuller Company (NYSE: FUL), the largest pureplay adhesives company in the world, as a winner of its 2025 Customer Innovation Awards. The awards honor forward-thinking customers whose innovations, powered by H.B. Fuller's adhesive technology, are setting new standards in sustainability, performance, and efficiency. MITER Brands received the award at H.B. Fuller's global awards program on April 24, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. "The MITER Brands team is honored to be recognized with the H.B. Fuller Customer Innovation Award," said Mike DeSoto, Chief Operating Officer at MITER Brands. "At MITER Brands, we are driven by a vision to build the most valued window and door brand in America. H.B. Fuller has been an exceptional partner in that journey – bringing not only industry-leading adhesive technologies but also a collaborative spirit that helps us push boundaries, create solutions that continuously improve our products, and raise the bar for performance and efficiency." MITER Brands was awarded for developing new triple-insulating glass units (IGU), which enable lightweight, durable, and energy-efficient windows and doors. Through a collaboration with Corning Incorporated, a world-leading innovator in glass, ceramic, and materials science, MITER Brands created a high-performance glass system that enhances thermal efficiency, reducing heat loss and improving insulation while using the same window and door frames of a dual-pane IGU. The innovation enables lower energy consumption and enhanced indoor comfort, ultimately resulting in a reduced carbon footprint. Dean Ruark, Vice President of Engineering and Innovation at MITER, said the development of its triple insulating glass system stemmed from the company's willingness to solve problems for their customers – problems their competitors believed couldn't be addressed. "Customers wanted lighter, more energy-efficient solutions," Ruark said. "By leveraging Corning's thin, strong glass, we reduced the weight of impact windows and doors for Southern markets by up to 40% and created lighter triple-pane products for Northern climates. The new glass options made our products easier for professionals to handle and install, less effort for homeowners to operate, and more energy efficient." Learn more about MITER Brands at About MITER Brands Founded in 1947, MITER Brands is a residential window and door manufacturer that produces a portfolio of window and door brands for the new construction and replacement segments with an owner-operated, family-first approach. With more than 20 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States, MITER Brands is a nationwide supplier of precision-built and energy-efficient products. Through optimized manufacturing, valued relationships, and dedicated team members coast to coast, MITER Brands instills confidence and drives quality customer experiences. About H.B. Fuller Company As the largest pureplay adhesives company in the world, H.B. Fuller's (NYSE: FUL) innovative, functional coatings, adhesives and sealants enhance the quality, safety and performance of products people use every day. Founded in 1887, with 2024 revenue of $3.6 billion, our mission to Connect What Matters is brought to life by more than 7,500 global team members who collaborate with customers across more than 30 market segments in over 140 countries to develop highly specified solutions that enable customers to bring world-changing innovations to their end markets. Learn more at View source version on Contacts John 862-222-7439
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3 days ago
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MITER Brands Wins H.B. Fuller's 2025 Customer Innovation Award
HARRISBURG, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MITER Brands, a leading manufacturer of residential windows and patio doors, was named by H.B. Fuller Company (NYSE: FUL), the largest pureplay adhesives company in the world, as a winner of its 2025 Customer Innovation Awards. The awards honor forward-thinking customers whose innovations, powered by H.B. Fuller's adhesive technology, are setting new standards in sustainability, performance, and efficiency. MITER Brands received the award at H.B. Fuller's global awards program on April 24, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 'The MITER Brands team is honored to be recognized with the H.B. Fuller Customer Innovation Award,' said Mike DeSoto, Chief Operating Officer at MITER Brands. 'We are driven by a vision to build the most valued window and door brand in America." Share 'The MITER Brands team is honored to be recognized with the H.B. Fuller Customer Innovation Award,' said Mike DeSoto, Chief Operating Officer at MITER Brands. 'At MITER Brands, we are driven by a vision to build the most valued window and door brand in America. H.B. Fuller has been an exceptional partner in that journey – bringing not only industry-leading adhesive technologies but also a collaborative spirit that helps us push boundaries, create solutions that continuously improve our products, and raise the bar for performance and efficiency.' MITER Brands was awarded for developing new triple-insulating glass units (IGU), which enable lightweight, durable, and energy-efficient windows and doors. Through a collaboration with Corning Incorporated, a world-leading innovator in glass, ceramic, and materials science, MITER Brands created a high-performance glass system that enhances thermal efficiency, reducing heat loss and improving insulation while using the same window and door frames of a dual-pane IGU. The innovation enables lower energy consumption and enhanced indoor comfort, ultimately resulting in a reduced carbon footprint. Dean Ruark, Vice President of Engineering and Innovation at MITER, said the development of its triple insulating glass system stemmed from the company's willingness to solve problems for their customers – problems their competitors believed couldn't be addressed. 'Customers wanted lighter, more energy-efficient solutions,' Ruark said. 'By leveraging Corning's thin, strong glass, we reduced the weight of impact windows and doors for Southern markets by up to 40% and created lighter triple-pane products for Northern climates. The new glass options made our products easier for professionals to handle and install, less effort for homeowners to operate, and more energy efficient.' Learn more about MITER Brands at About MITER Brands Founded in 1947, MITER Brands is a residential window and door manufacturer that produces a portfolio of window and door brands for the new construction and replacement segments with an owner-operated, family-first approach. With more than 20 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States, MITER Brands is a nationwide supplier of precision-built and energy-efficient products. Through optimized manufacturing, valued relationships, and dedicated team members coast to coast, MITER Brands instills confidence and drives quality customer experiences. About H.B. Fuller Company As the largest pureplay adhesives company in the world, H.B. Fuller's (NYSE: FUL) innovative, functional coatings, adhesives and sealants enhance the quality, safety and performance of products people use every day. Founded in 1887, with 2024 revenue of $3.6 billion, our mission to Connect What Matters is brought to life by more than 7,500 global team members who collaborate with customers across more than 30 market segments in over 140 countries to develop highly specified solutions that enable customers to bring world-changing innovations to their end markets. Learn more at
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4 days ago
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Texas AG Paxton would get expanded powers to target elections under new law
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) would gain the right to investigate elections in Democratic districts under a new bill passed by the Texas Senate on Tuesday. H.B. 5138 now heads to Gov. Greg Abbott's (R) desk, where it joins H.B. 45, which gives Paxton broad new powers to fight 'human trafficking.' Put together, the new bills would give his office the ability to investigate alleged trafficking or election fraud in any jurisdictions — regardless of the wishes of local communities or the elected district or county attorney. Paxton has long used allegations of human trafficking to target nonprofit groups that provide aid to recent migrants. If Abbott signs the elections bill, Paxton — who has announced his intentions to primary incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R) next year — would get new powers to prosecute alleged election crimes anywhere in the state, something state courts have denied him. In 2021, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA) ruled that Paxton could only get involved in local elections if asked to by a district or county attorney, as The Texas Tribune reported, a ruling that Abbott explicitly criticized last year. That ruling created a structural problem, however, for the faction of Texas Republicans, including Paxton, that has long insisted election fraud is rife in Texas's Democrat-run jurisdictions. That didn't stop Paxton's office from raiding Democratic activists — and the candidate herself — during last year's race for a tightly contested state House district after the Democratic incumbent stepped down. The Republican in that race, former Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin, ultimately won in a campaign that cited Paxton's investigation into his opponent, Cecilia Castellanos, as evidence of her malfeasance. Up until Tuesday's bill passage, however, the attorney general's ability to investigate local candidates like Castellanos was limited to those jurisdictions where he could find a district or county attorney to partner with — a requirement that H.B. 5138 would free him of. Paxton has long conflated migration and election fraud. In one notable case from last year's election, Paxton insisted Democrats had secret plans to 'illegally register noncitizens to vote in our elections,' a claim that originated in a friend-of-a-friend story on Fox News that local Republican county officials later debunked. Democrats' plan was to 'tell the cartels, 'Get people here as fast as possible, as many as possible, we're not going to make them hide anymore — we'll get them placed in the right states,'' Paxton told conservative talk show host Glenn Beck last year. 'They want to fix the election so that we have a one-party country that we can't fix.' During last year's election, Paxton also sued Bexar and Harris counties, two of the state's largest Democratic strongholds, for a voter registration drive that he claimed aimed to register noncitizens to vote. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
