Statehouse and Around Ohio
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Ratepayers spent $166 million and counting bailing out coal plants under law that passed via bribes
BY: JAKE ZUCKERMAN and Ohio Capital Journal Despite several plea deals with federal prosecutors regarding bribery on a massive scale to pass legislation providing a windfall to nuclear and coal companies, Ohio utility customers continue to fund bailouts of failing coal-fired power plants in Ohio and Indiana. In the first half of 2021, Ohio utility customers…
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Republican majority gerrymanders Ohio for another four years
The Republican majority members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission. Top row from left, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Secretary of State Frank LaRose. Bottom row from left Ohio Auditor Keith Faber, House Speaker Bob Cupp, and Senate President Matt Huffman. Official photos. BY: SUSAN TEBBEN and Ohio Capital Journal With some using words like “disappointment” and…
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[Watch video] Ohio Children’s Hospital leaders briefing for school administrators – September 14, 2021
Education, Latest Stories, Loveland & Local, News, Region and Beyond, Spotlight, Statehouse and Around Ohioby David Miller The Ohio Children’s Hospitals Association made a direct appeal on Tuesday, September 14 to school superintendents to require masks for staff and students during the current surge of the coronavirus. Patty Manning, MD, Chief of Staff, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center said, “Our inpatient numbers are the highest they’ve been. Our ICUs…
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StubHub to Issue Ohioans Refunds
by David Miller Columbus, Ohio – The ticket reseller StubHub is issuing refunds to thousands of Ohioans who purchased tickets to events that were later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in response to a multistate investigation lead by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. “We’d all like a refund from the ride COVID has taken…
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Ohio kids’ COVID-19 cases overtake other age groups
BY: JAKE ZUCKERMAN and Ohio Capital Journal Ohioans 19 and younger are now driving the state’s COVID-19 pandemic, comprising a larger share of cases than any other age group. Roughly one in three people who have contracted COVID-19 this month are 18 or younger, according to an analysis of state data. Those aged 20-29 are the…
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Judge reverses order forcing hospital to give ivermectin to COVID-19 patient
Ivermectin used to prevent heartworm in dogs as prescribed by a veterinarian. (© Photo by David Miller) “We are believers he’s going to survive because of ivermectin.” BY: JAKE ZUCKERMAN and Ohio Capital Journal Hamilton, Ohio – A Butler County judge sided with a local hospital and reversed a previous court order forcing it to honor…
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State gives OK for petitions for recreational marijuana in Ohio
“Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol” wins out at Ballot Board BY: JAKE ZUCKERMAN and Ohio Capital Journal Columbus, Ohio – A state board gave the green light for organizers to begin gathering tens of thousands of signatures to inch closer to legalizing the sale of marijuana for recreational use in Ohio. Should they gather the…
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Ohio AG Yost joins another national lawsuit, this time to overturn LGBTQ protections
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. (Photo by Justin Merriman/Getty Images) The state should be more focused on economic recovery than on lawsuits “fighting for the right to discriminate.” Equality Ohio BY: SUSAN TEBBEN and Ohio Capital Journal Joining 19 other state attorneys general, Ohio’s Dave Yost has jumped in on a lawsuit demanding that sexual orientation…
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Butler County Judge orders West Chester Hospital to treat COVID-19 patient with Ivermectin, despite CDC warnings
BY: JAKE ZUCKERMAN and Ohio Capital Journal A Butler County judge ruled in favor of a woman last week who sought to force a hospital to administer Ivermectin — an animal dewormer that federal regulators have warned against using in COVID-19 patients — to her husband after several weeks in the ICU with the disease. Butler…
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COVID-19 cases leap by 900% over a month, State health department says
A surgical mask and an N95 mask hang on display for sale at a pharmacy. Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images. BY: JAKE ZUCKERMAN and Ohio Capital Journal More than 3,000 Ohioans per day are contracting COVID-19 on average, the highest the rate has been since early February. Over the last month, hospitalizations increased by between 83%…
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