The economy is improving dramatically and numbers from the area prove it, though national news stories choose not to reflect the numbers.
That was the word from U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Marietta, to members of the Steubenville Action Council of the National Federation of Independent Business during breakfast at Froehlich’s Classic Corner downtown Tuesday morning.
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With the news Thursday of as much as a $500 million investment in the former Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. and a possible 500 new jobs, residents of Mingo Junction are looking forward to the future and a return to the Mingo Junction of the past.
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Congressman Bill Johnson (R-Marietta) released the following statement after JSW Steel announced an investment in the hundreds of millions of dollars in acquiring the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Electric Arc Furnace and Rolling Mill in Mingo Junction from Acero Junction Inc.:
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Congressman Bill Johnson (R-Marietta) released the following statement after the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced a grant award for the Ohio Rail Development Commission (ORDC):
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U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, started his talk on taxes with how he first met Donald Trump before he defended the Tax Cut and Jobs Act passed in December.
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Those in charge of the Intermodel Facility along the Ohio River in Wellsville have seen a big jump in business the last few years, and now they're trying to position themselves to see even more.
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Yesterday, Congressman Bill Johnson’s (R-Marietta) legislation, H.R. 3846, The Providing Opportunities with Energy Revenues (POWER) Counties Act received a legislative hearing before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Testifying on behalf of the legislation was Dr. Jeffrey Greenley, Superintendent of the Switzerland of Ohio Local School District (Monroe County):
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Congressman Bill Johnson (R-Marietta) released the following statement after an IHS Markit study highlighted the significant financial advantage of petrochemical manufacturing in the local “Shale Crescent” region when compared to the U.S. Gulf Coast:
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