Ohio had at least 17,000 more deaths than average in 2020: The Wake Up for Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021
Updated Jan 19, 2021;
Posted Jan 19, 2021
Here is the age breakdown for Ohio deaths in 2019 and 2020. The 2020 data is preliminary.Rich Exner, cleveland.com
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Death increase: The number of deaths from all causes last year in Ohio far exceeded previous years, with an increase well above the 9,500 that have been attributed to the coronavirus, Rich Exner reports. Preliminary data from the Ohio Department of Health shows that 139,072 Ohioans died in 2020, up 17,225 from the average of 121,847 over the past five years.
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Ohio newspapers: The unknown King The Toledo Blade Jan. 18 It may come as a shock to realize that, had he not been assassinated in 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., could still be alive today. He would have turned 92 last week. He was a young man when he died. He was 26 when he led the successful Montgomery bus boycott following Rosa Parks’ famous arrest; 34 when he made his “I have a.
By Tom Moore
Dec 29, 2020
(Cleveland) - Food delivery service DoorDash has found a way around a new City of Cleveland ordinance that limits the amount food delivery services can charge restaurants during the pandemic. DoorDash, in the City of Cleveland, is now charging what it calls a Cleveland Fee to customers who are having food delivered
This comes after Cleveland City Council and Mayor Frank Jackson approved an ordinance that caps the amount that food delivery services can charge to 15% of the total bill. Some had been charging as much as 30%, cutting into the profits of local restaurants.
In a statement, DoorDash says the fee is necessary for them to provide this service.
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What once was a strip of bars and nightclubs has been turned into a mixed-use neighborhood, including the Flats East Bank apartments at the northernmost end of Old River Road.
Cleveland City Council approved a 30-year extension to a deal with Flats East Bank developer the Wolstein Group, which had fallen behind on loan payments to the city.
The move lengthens the tax-increment financing (TIF) deal’s lifespan to 60 years, enabling the developer to use the additional three decades of property tax payments to refinance debts on the project.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District will receive its portion of property taxes during the 2040 to 2070 segment of the TIF.