{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.husted.senate.gov/media/press-releases/icymi-signal-akron-highlights-husteds-efforts-to-secure-funding-for-stark-state-cdl-program-helping-ohioan-double-salary/", "ICYMI: Signal Akron highlights Husted\u2019s efforts to secure funding for Stark State CDL program, helping Ohioan double salary", "2026-09-10", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "OH", "Jon Husted", "H001104", "www.husted.senate.gov", "husted", "https://www.husted.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "\u201c\u2018This program gave me opportunities I didn\u2019t know were possible,\u2019 said Pitre, who is from Carrollton, a rural community about an hour southeast of Akron.\u201d\n\nCOLUMBUS \u2013 An article from Signal Akron highlights Sen. Jon Husted\u2019s (R-Ohio) efforts to secure $875,000 for Stark State College\u2019s Commercial Driver\u2019s License (CDL) Instruction Center to support the construction of classrooms, offices, a computer lab and workspace for students.\n\nHusted visited Stark State last month to see the CDL facility and meet with students.\n\nKey excerpts from the article include:\n\n\u201cChase Pitre wanted a better way to support his family. He\u2019s a husband-to-be and the father of a 2-year old. So he signed up for Stark State College\u2019s commercial driver\u2019s license program.\u201d\n\n. . .\n\n\u201cUpon completing the five-week course, Pitre was hired at Marathon, where, for the past two and a half months, he\u2019s transported crude oil across Ohio and into West Virginia. He said he more than doubled his previous salary working in emergency medical services.\u201d\n\n. . .\n\n\u201c\u2018This program gave me opportunities I didn\u2019t know were possible,\u2019 said Pitre, who is from Carrollton, a rural community about an hour southeast of Akron.\u201d\n\n. . .\n\n\u201cThe new-look facility was supported by a $875,000 grant secured earlier this year.\u201d\n\n. . .\n\n\u201cPitre spent last Thursday at his old mobile classroom, discussing opportunities the program gave him. He also thanked Sen. Jon Husted \u2014 he visited an ongoing class to speak with students about the importance of trucking jobs \u2014 for helping secure the grant for the new building.\u201d\n\n. . .\n\n\u201cDuring Husted\u2019s visit, Stark State President Para Jones thanked him and the GAR Foundation for contributing to the new facility, which breaks ground next month.\u201d\n\n. . .", 1, "2026-09-11T09:25:29Z", "2026-09-11T09:27:08Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.husted.senate.gov/media/press-releases/icymi-signal-akron-highlights-husteds-efforts-to-secure-funding-for-stark-state-cdl-program-helping-ohioan-double-salary/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.2119208481162786, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}