Ohio indoor entertainment events can soon reopen with limited capacity: Capitol Letter
Rotunda Rumblings
Change of venue: Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday that re-opening indoor entertainment venues will be limited to 25% capacity, while outdoor events including professional sports will be limited to 30%, under new coronavirus rules that will be coming soon from his administration. Per Andrew Tobias, DeWine said venues also will be required to enforce social distancing from unrelated groups and require masks. He also said he hopes the restrictions will be gradually loosened as months go by.
Deadline enforcer: Attorney General Dave Yost sued the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday, trying to force the agency to comply with a legal March 31 deadline to provide final data from its 2020 census. As Tobias reports, Yost’s lawsuit says Ohio could miss its own legal deadlines in its redistricting process, or be forced into a bitter fight over “alternative” data if the census information isn’t available. The Census Bureau has said the data could come as late as Sept. 30, attributing the delay to the coronavirus pandemic.