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Masks after mandate ends? Businesses determine own COVID restrictions as Ohio lifts health orders

Masks after mandate ends? Businesses determine own COVID restrictions as Ohio lifts health orders Patrick Cooley, The Columbus Dispatch © Barbara J. Perenic/The Columbus Dispatch Sharon Weiss, the owner of Sharon Weiss Gallery in the Short North, prepares for customers over the weekend. Brian Ross, president and CEO of Experience Columbus, asked a poignant question about COVID policies to several dozen faces on a Zoom call earlier this month. “Has anyone found the silver bullet?” he asked. The quandary elicited several seconds of silence from the group of entrepreneurs and business leaders. Ohio small business owners are similarly stumped as the state prepares to lift COVID restrictions which have been in place since March of last year.

$775 million for rent, utility payments for low-income families hit by pandemic flowing to Ohio

$775 million for rent, utility payments for low-income families hit by pandemic flowing to Ohio Laura A. Bischoff, The Columbus Dispatch © Eric Albrecht/Columbus Dispatch People begin to line up for their place for a eviction hearing at Franklin County Municipal Court in the Columbus Convention Center October 15,2020. With money running out on eviction prevention assistance, eviction court is seeing a heavier caseloads. A new wave of cash is flooding into Ohio to help renters hit by the COVID-19 pandemic pay their rent and utilities. The federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program is sending $775 million to Ohio, with $565 million earmarked for the state and the remainder being doled out to large cities and counties. Gov. Mike DeWine this week signed House Bill 167 into law, which spells out how the state will administer its chunk.

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