By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The team monitoring Cleveland police reforms as part of a court-ordered consent decree will review the actions of officers and supervisors during re…
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Governor: ‘Worrisome’ 5-county coronavirus case increase
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio is seeing a “worrisome” rise in coronavirus cases in five southwestern counties including the Cincinnati and Dayton areas, Gov. Mike…
A model for 2020? Candidates once let voters come to them
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press MENTOR, Ohio (AP) — Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden are wrestling with how to campaign safely during the coronavirus pandemic. Historians offer up precedent that m…
200 workers test positive at Dole plant in Ohio
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — At least 200 employees in a vegetables plant in western Ohio have tested positive for the coronavirus, Ohio’s governor said Wednesday. Gov. Mike DeWine announced that total du…
Ohio governor proposes outside probes of police shootings
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — All shootings by Ohio police officers and any deaths of individuals in custody would be investigated by independent agencies under a prop…
Ohio e-signature ballot case appealed to U.S. Supreme Court
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ballot campaigns in Ohio asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to weigh in on whether they have the legal right to see signature-gatherin…
Ohio lawmakers call on lottery to supplement school funding
COLUMBUS (AP) — An Ohio state lawmaker is calling on the state lottery to get creative to help schools after Gov. Mike DeWine cut $355 million from the state education budget to balance the books. Gov…
Ohio may force GM to repay $60M after it shut down plant
LORDSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Ohio officials are considering forcing General Motors to repay $60 million in public incentives because of its decision to close a massive assembly plant near Youngstown. At iss…
VIRUS DIARY: `The meaning of abiding love in all its guises’
By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Loss and its many guises have been constants during the pandemic. Loss of loved ones. Economic loss. Loss of contact with family and friends. My pan…
Federal funds obtained to send absentee ballot form requests
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Report for America/Associated Press Every registered voter in Ohio will receive an absentee ballot request form in the mail through the use of federal funding, in a move some officia…