Statehouse and Around Ohio
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State COVID-19 Update: Nursing Home Visitation, Statewide Case Rate, Rapid Testing, County Fairs
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted today provided the following updates on Ohio’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. NURSING HOME VISITATION Governor DeWine today discussed the new federal regulations for nursing home visitation, as well as Ohio’s Vaccine Maintenance Program. The visitation guidelines, issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services…
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COVID-19 Update: Vaccination Phase 1D and Phase 2B, Centralized Vaccination Scheduling Tool
gettheshot.coronavirus.ohio.gov Loveland, Ohio – Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted have provided the following updates on Ohio’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. PHASE 1D AND PHASE 2B VACCINATION ELIGIBILITY In response to a significant increase in the amount of vaccines coming into Ohio, Governor DeWine outlined the individuals who are included in…
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Inside Ohio Republicans’ 10-month war on the state health department over COVID-19
A man protesting Ohio’s health orders at the state Capitol on May 1. Gov. Mike DeWine later repealed most of them only to start reimposing orders on Tuesday as coronavirus cases continued to surge. Capital Journal photo by Marty Schladen By Jake Zuckerman and Ohio Capital Journal Ohioans were living with the coronavirus for about two…
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A year into pandemic, DeWine says Ohio on the right path to lift restrictions but can’t ease up yet
Gov. Mike DeWine is pictured during a statewide address. Photo courtesy Ohio Channel. By Marty Schladen and Ohio Capital Journal A year ago Wednesday, the coronavirus pandemic officially started in Ohio when the decision was made to cancel The Arnold sports festival. On Thursday, Gov. Mike DeWine gave a primetime address to tell Ohioans that a…
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State testing bill passes committee without stopping exams this year
By Susan Tebben and Ohio Capital Journal An Ohio House committee passed a bill regarding state education testing on Wednesday, with the bill looking quite different than its original version. It now extends the period for testing and reporting of grades. The bill changed significantly because of a decision made last week by the U.S. Department…
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Ohio National Guard security detail after Jan. 6 cost state $1 million
The Ohio National Guard stands post in downtown Columbus last year. Photo by Marty Schladen. By Tyler Buchanan and Ohio Capital Journal It cost the state of Ohio more than $1 million to send hundreds of troops to the Ohio Statehouse last month to protect against acts of political violence. All told, taxpayers spent millions of…
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HUD awards $104 million to improve, preserve public housing in OHIO
Columbus, Ohio – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today awarded more than $2.7 billion in funding to nearly 2,900 public housing authorities (PHAs) in all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands to make capital investments in their public housing units. This…
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Chances for Ohio death penalty repeal appear to be growing
By Marty Schladen and Ohio Capital Journal The biggest-ever bipartisan coalition on Thursday announced a renewed effort to repeal the death penalty in Ohio. State Sen. Nickie Antonio, D-Lakewood, and Sen. Steve Huffman, R-Tipp City, hosted a virtual press conference to announce that they and three other Republican and four Democratic senators so far have said…
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Catherine Stein: Ohio public health professor by day; a COVID-19 truther by night
The Wolstein Research Building at Case Western Reserve University. Photo from Google Maps. By Jake Zuckerman and Ohio Capital Journal More than 500,000 Americans have died from COVID-19, but that’s not scaring Catherine Stein. As the pandemic’s death toll rises and the scientific consensus has crystalized regarding how COVID-19 spreads and how to prevent it, Stein,…
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Updates on Ohio’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted today provided the following updates on Ohio’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic: WEATHER DELAY UPDATE Due to last week’s winter weather, the delivery of some Pfizer vaccines and all Moderna vaccines were delayed. Some providers used second doses that they had already received to avoid clinic cancelations.…
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