Ohio slows down coronavirus death reporting: Capitol Letter
Updated Mar 03, 2021;
Posted Mar 03, 2021
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center personnel administer a dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine to Barbara Schmalenberger Tuesday March 2 at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus. OSU was among the first to give the J&J shots in the U.S. after the federal government provided emergency use authorization for them on Saturday. (Logan Wallace/The Ohio State University)The Ohio State University/Logan Wallace
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ODH opts for slower death reporting: The Ohio Department of Health has given up reporting coronavirus deaths as quickly as possible. Beginning Tuesday, it is now opting for a new system that will delay reporting of some deaths by up to months, but should prove to be more accurate, Rich Exner reports. ODH will now depend solely on CDC case confirmations after death certificates are received, rather than earlier reports from hospita
Energy Harbor seeks option of turning down HB6 nuclear bailout money
By Jeremy Pelzer - cleveland.com (TNS)
COLUMBUS, Ohio Energy Harbor is lobbying for state lawmakers to allow it to decide whether to accept more than $1 billion in House Bill 6 bailout money for its two nuclear power plants because a federal regulatory ruling might otherwise make the subsidies a liability, according to a top lawmaker.
It’s still unclear whether legislators will agree to the proposal, which is being crafted by House Majority Leader Bill Seitz, or whether they will pass any reforms to HB6 at all on Tuesday, expected to be the final day of the current legislative session.