In the second half of 2021, the 134th Ohio General Assembly focused on the state legislative and congressional redistricting process and finishing work on a wide variety of legislation.
Warrensville Heights Mayor Brad Sellers plans to run for Cuyahoga County Executive, and Dayton's Democratic former Mayor Nan Whaley picks Cuyahoga County Council vice president Cheryl Stephens as her running mate. Plus, the Ohio Chamber of Commerce PAC has a record fundraising year; the Ohio Mayors Alliance launches a podcast series; and the Ohio EPA is accepting applications for recycling grants.
on him. reporter: and then, a moving moment as biden approached with the medal. it s the god s truth, my word as a biden. he stood at attention, i went to pin him, said, sir, i don t want the damn thing. do not pin it on me, sir, please, sir. do not do that. he died. he died. reporter: but the washington post dug into the story, and determined biden got the time period, the location, the heroic act, the type of medal, the military branch and the rank of the recipient wrong, as well as his own role in the ceremony. biden seems to have conflated several events. kyle white, the serviceman he describes, an army specialist, not a navy captain, was actually presented with the medal of honor by president obama in washington, d.c. but the vice president did pin a medal on a different man in a different part of afghanistan for a different act of valor, army staff sergeant jeremiah workman, who tried to rescue a fellow soldier from a burning vehicle. workman telling the post he did
interviewed a dozen severely injured vets like sergeant first class michael schlitz. he was wounded by an iid in 2007 in iraq a double amputee, suffering burns over 85% of his body. now a motivational speaker for fellow wounded warriors trying to overcome their injuries. there is literally nothing in a single day i couldn t do on my own. that became very bad. the idea of sucide pretty much overwhelmed me for months and months. i pretty much had a million different ways planned out the way i could kill myself but, i just kind of kept pushing through the rehab. one day finally got the first prosthetic. then i have to go home and feed myself. just a little bit of independence, a little bit of freedom was enough to say, okay i still have a fighting chance again. reporter: but for many returning vets their wounds are invisible. take the case of marine staff sergeant jeremiah workman. he suffers from severe ptsd,
he s now a motivational speaker for fellow wounded warriors trying to overcome their own injuries. there s really nothing in a single day i could do on my own and so that became very bad. the idea of suicide pretty much kind of overwhelmed me for months and months. i pretty much had a million different ways planned out how i could kill myself. but i just kind of kept pushing through the rehab and one day i finally got that first prosthetic and then i got to go home and feed myself. that little bit of independence, little bit of freedom okay i have a fighting chance. for many returning vets their wounds under visible. take the case of marine staff sergeant jeremiah workman. he has suffered from ptsd. he was in fallujah, iraq.