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Gov. Mike DeWine, lawmakers look to police reform bill: Capitol Letter
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Police action: In the wake of Derek Chauvin’s murder conviction and the Columbus police shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant, Republican state lawmakers (with Gov. Mike DeWine’s support) are preparing to introduce a police-reform bill that would create a police licensing board, increase training requirements, require independent investigations of police shootings, and set up state use-of-force and disciplinary action databases. But as Jeremy Pelzer reports, no Democrats or lawmakers of color were consulted about the bill.
Thank you, next: The Ohio House voted Wednesday to approve a two-year, $74.7 billion budget bill, sending the bill to the state Senate. As Andrew Tobias reports, Senate President Matt Huffman expressed skepticism over the amount of spending in the bill, including the school funding overhaul that it contains. “It’s easier to make decisions that can be catastrophic
Whatâs happening in the arts world
Updated March 11, 2021, 12:54 p.m.
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MUSIC
Pop & Rock
AOIFE OâDONOVAN AND CHRIS THILE The meeting of two Americana luminaries and frequent collaborators: Newton native singer/songwriter Aoife OâDonovan (co-founder of Crooked Still and Iâm With Her) and MacArthur âgenius grantâ winning mandolinist, singer, and radio host Chris Thile debut a show pre-recorded in North Adams.
March 12, 7:30 p.m.
March 16-20.
Classical
CHAMELEON ARTS ENSEMBLE The Boston chamber group takes one out of the vaults with âRemembering Beauty,â a program of Debussy, Carter, and Brahms.
Free, registration required. Available March 13-20.
Carolyn Mooney
Wicked Local
Aunts and uncles will be replaced with roommates. Friends will take the place of cousins at the dinner table. The only traveling this holiday season that will be done by many college students like Boston University student Maggie Leone, will be to the grocery store and back due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Boston University is encouraging its students to either not go home for the holidays, or to stay at home for the remainder of the semester and take classes online if they decided to travel.
Facetime and Zoom sessions have become the alternative to seeing family and friends from hometowns. And even on campus, Boston University has reinforced protocols to limit social interaction and increase social distancing.