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Protesters targeting Acton, another Trump watchdog down, COVID-19 v. the flu
Each day in our newsletter, we are highlighting stories and commentary from other media big and small throughout Ohio and the nation. If you’d like to get this feature directly to your inbox, please sign up for our newsletter here. Catching Our Eye: Quick Hits. Cleveland Scene’s Brett Zelman is reporting, “Ohio State Rep. Nino Vitale Calls Dr. […]
Ohio crime lab can now differentiate between marijuana/hemp, THC oil and CBD oil
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced Thursday that the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) now has the ability to measure THC content in suspected marijuana or THC oil, which previously could not be differentiated by law enforcement from hemp or CBD oil. In a release, Yost said BCI has completed the validation of new […]
Ohio unemployment more than 1 million over the last six weeks
Ohio has seen more than one million jobless claims filed over the last six weeks amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported Thursday morning. The department reported 92,920 initial jobless claims to the U.S. Dept. of Labor this past week. The number of initial jobless claims filed in Ohio […]
DeWine’s reopening plan and other various and sundry news items
Each day in our newsletter, we are highlighting stories and commentary from other media big and small throughout Ohio and the nation. If you’d like to get this feature directly to your inbox, please sign up for our newsletter here. Catching Our Eye: Reopening. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine released his plan Monday for reopening Ohio in […]
The human cost of political retribution as policy during a public health crisis
Much of the presidency of Donald Trump has been marked by his systematic dismantling, or attempted dismantling of the work of President Barack Obama. Trump rose to to right-wing prominence starting in 2011 by repeatedly leveling racist, false accusations that Obama was a Kenyan-born Islamic usurper. The trajectory of this line of attack eventually won […]
Thousands of lives are on the line. Ohio House task force should act like it.
I started tracking the number of U.S. COVID-19 deaths in my day planner once a week on Monday, March 30. It was 2,400 people. By April 6 it had reached 9,600 people. On April 13, it stood at 22,109 people. As of this writing, on April 21, it’s 42,458 people. That’s three weeks and tens […]
Ohio unemployment claims more than 855,000 over past four weeks
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) reported Thursday 158,678 initial jobless claims over the past week to the U.S. Deptartment of Labor, bringing the number of initial jobless claims filed in Ohio over the last four weeks to 855,197. “To put that in perspective, the total for the last four weeks of […]
GOP lawmakers push to reopen, Ohio’s budget, and Trump’s task force
Each day in our newsletter, we are highlighting stories and commentary from other media big and small throughout Ohio and the nation. If you’d like to get this feature directly to your inbox, please sign up for our newsletter here. Catching Our Eye: Pressure to reopen. Cleveland.com’s Andrew J. Tobias is reporting, “Gov. Mike DeWine facing increasing pressure from […]
History Thursday: Ohio’s first epidemic rock star doctor, Samuel Hildreth of Marietta
The star of Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton continues to rise during the coronavirus pandemic as she has established herself among the most insightful, reassuring and trustworthy voices for Ohioans in this unsettling time. Acton is the calm-yet-determined highlight of Gov. Mike DeWine’s daily 2 p.m. news briefings, which have themselves become […]
Ohio bars, restaurants, breweries can now sell booze to go
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced Tuesday that bars, restaurants and breweries with an existing permit can now sell alcohol to go with carryout or delivery orders. In a release, DeWine said the Ohio Liquor Control Commission passed an emergency rule to allow establishments with an existing on-premises liquor permit to sell and deliver alcohol, including […]
Householder announces recovery task force; others propose ideas to mitigate economic hardships
Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder announced Thursday he will create a bipartisan task force to prepare for Ohio to return to work. “We don’t know yet when the COVID-19 situation will improve to the point that Ohio businesses can reopen and people can get back to work, but we need to prepare now for the […]
Bills to prevent utility shutoffs, evictions and foreclosures introduced in Ohio House
Two separate bills have been introduced in the Ohio House to address economic hardships stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, including one to prevent evictions and foreclosures and the other to prevent utility shutoffs. On Sunday, state Reps. David Leland, D-Columbus, and Jeffrey Crossman, D-Parma, introduced a bipartisan bill to put a stop to evictions and […]