Jan 28, 2021
As Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman approaches the end of his second six-year term, “partisan gridlock” has triggered his decision not to seek re-election next year.
The decision is a blow to Republicans hoping to regain the Senate in two years, after it flipped this year to a 50-50 tie, with Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris holding the tie-breaking vote.
“We live in an increasingly polarized country where members of both parties are being pushed further to the right and further to the left, and that means too few people who are actively looking to find common ground,” Portman, 65, of Cincinnati, said this week. “This is not a new phenomenon, of course, but a problem that has gotten worse over the past few decades.”
WKYC.com s most-read news stories of 2020
In a year that was dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, our top story of 2020 involved a former member of the Cavaliers not named LeBron James. Author: Dave Dino DeNatale Updated: 11:53 PM EST December 29, 2020
CLEVELAND 2020 was a year unlike any other we ve seen in quite some time.
It was a year that brought us a worldwide pandemic, renewed calls for racial justice in our nation, and the election of a new president. And those were just a few of the stories we covered for 3News in the past 12 months. With that in mind, let s take a few moments and look back at WKYC.com s top 10 most read news stories from 2020.
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Year in Review: Remembering the headlines of 2020 Pictured in January are (l-r) Hillsboro administrators introduced to city employees: council president Tom Eichinger, mayor Justin Harsha, chief of police/systems administrator Eric Daniels, safety and service director Brianne Abbott, public works superintendent Shawn Adkins and auditor Alex Butler. (HCP photo by Caitlin Forsha.) Demolition of the former Parker Hotel began in February 2020. (HCP photo by Caitlin Forsha.) On Jan. 24, then-Director of the Ohio Department of Health Dr. Amy Acton declared novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) an immediately reportable disease. Pictured is the Ohio Public Health Advisory System map as of Dec. 17. (Photo courtesy of the Ohio Governor s Office.)