A federal and state spending freeze on the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program in Ohio is leading MAGNET, a Cleveland nonprofit that offers assistance to manufacturers, to prepare for ...

Ohio's MEP offices, including CIFT in Toledo and MAGNET in Northeast Ohio, are facing immediate closures or cutbacks due to ...

WASHINGTON — A bicameral group of Ohio Republican congressmen on Thursday announced they sent a letter urging Commerce ...

Ohio’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership is facing a sudden freeze on millions of dollars in federal funding after the U.S. Department of Commerce cited an ongoing federal review of the program.

The Department of Commerce abruptly suspended millions in funding intended to support Ohio’s manufactures, citing a federal review of the program that could ...

No report has been issued publicly, but the impact is already being felt, as federal and state MEP money for all six Ohio MEP ...

The Trump administration reportedly plans to end funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program, a public-private partnership that supports small and medium-sized manufacturers, ...

It is called the Omnibus Spending Bill, the annual appropriation by Congress that covers several departments, a multitude of programs, and several hundred billion dollars. But it also might be called ...

New Hampshire’s two U.S. senators have introduced separate pieces of legislation aimed at providing financial and technical assistance to small and medium-sized manufacturers and tech firms. U.S. Sen.

The Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) trades make up a significant portion of a construction project’s budget, and MEP scope continues to grow in complexity and size as we get further into ...