Statehouse and Capitol Hill News

Federal Funds to Help BCRTA to Build a New Station

The Butler County Regional Transit Authority (BCRTA) has been awarded funding through the federal Competitive Bus Grant Program secured by Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown in the 2015 Infrastructure Bill. The grant will help build the Chestnut Street Multimodal Station and Shared Services Facility in Oxford, which will add the agency’s first passenger infrastructure as well as a new operations facility.

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Office of Institutional Relations Tracked Ohio Legislation

Statehouse and Capitol Hill Meeting Highlights

This month the Office of Institutional Relations conducted almost 200 Statehouse and Capitol Hill meetings. Thus far this year, the Office has conducted over 700 Miami meetings.

Former Miami University Trustee Dennis Lieberman with Richard Cordray (D), Candidate for Governor at the debate on the Middletown Campus

Richard Cordray (D) with Randi Thomas and College Democrats after meeting with President Crawford 

All of the Democrat candidates for Governor were at the Middletown campus for a debate on the evening of April 10th, and Richard Cordray met with President Crawford and students during the day before the debate.

Both Republican Candidates, Mike DeWine (’69) and Mary Taylor were at the Hamilton Campus for a recorded Gubernatorial candidate forum.

Former Congressman Zack Space (D) meeting with President Crawford and Miami students Charles Kennick (President – MU College Democrats) and Matthew Ziegman (President of the College Democrats of Ohio).

Former Congressman Zack Space (D), Candidate for State Auditor, visited with President Crawford and the College Democrats on April 16th.