Gov. Mike DeWine vows to lift coronavirus orders if cases fall to certain level: Capitol Letter
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End in sight? Gov. Mike DeWine, in a brief statewide address Thursday evening, told Ohioans he would remove all coronavirus orders when the state reaches a benchmark: 50 cases per 100,000 people for two weeks. The state average is now at 179.6 per 100,000, although it was as high as 731 on Dec. 3. As Laura Hancock reports, DeWine called the goal “very doable,” and implored Ohioans to stick with safety measures until the end.
ICYMI: A previously unnoticed disclosure by FirstEnergy Corp. says the millions of dollars the company says it paid to someone shortly before they were hired as a top state utility regulator led to that person taking actions on the company’s behalf in their new state job, Andrew Tobias writes. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has said the payment appears to have gone to a company owned by former Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Chairman Sam
On Wednesday, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose rejected the appointments of five county board of elections members from Summit, Lorain, Vinton (two) and Hoc
Secretary of State Frank LaRose has sanctioned the Summit County Board of Elections, in part for its poor handling of the November presidential election.
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The Summit County Board of Elections is being placed under state oversight and faces other repercussions following a series of errors. Summit is the only county board of elections placed under administrative oversight, which will require the board to report biweekly to the Secretary of State’s office.
Here are your morning headlines for Thursday, March 4:
Summit elections board placed under state oversight
John Carroll University eliminates tenure protections
DeWine has no immediate plans to lift mask mandate
Biden order on private prisons causing concerns in Ohio
Federal judge extends stay on Ohio heartbeat abortion ban
Mental health facility for kids sued for improper restraints
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