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There are now 12 COVID-19 drive-thru testing sites operating Ohio, including in Canton; the state says its shipment of COVID-19 testing kits has been delayed due to the high demand; Akron Children’s Hospital is placing an undisclosed number of employees who haven’t received COVID-19 vaccines on unpaid leave; and more stories.
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The bill includes money for port modernization, freight rail, waterway transportation, highways and airports.
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COVID hospitalizations in Ohio continue their steady march upwards following the steep rise in new cases; the remains of a northern Ohio Navy Corpsman who died in the August attack on the Kabul airport will return home Wednesday; a judge in southern Ohio has ruled that doctors at a Cincinnati area hospital cannot be forced to give COVID patients a livestock medicine as treatment; and more stories.
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Sen. Rob Portman says the bill is about 90% done, although there are a still a few sticking points they are working to resolve.
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Lawmakers have not reached a deal on the two-year state government budget which must be signed into law by the end of the month.
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Senate Republicans took out money that had been set aside for broadband programs and added a provision that would prohibit local communities from doing their own broadband programs.
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Akron City Council is considering a law that would require police to automatically post body camera footage within a week of an officer using deadly force; Dennis Kucinich will seek another bid for Cleveland mayor more than 40 years later; several Northeast Ohio municipalities are speaking out against an amendment slipped into the Senate’s state budget proposal that limits public broadband projects and cuts all broadband-related funding; and more stories.
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There are $1.3 billion in tax cuts in the Senate version of the budget, which Republican Senate leaders say are paid for with spending cuts. Among them is the elimination of $190 million for grants for broadband expansion that’s in the House’s budget.
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A revised health order says fully vaccinated Ohioans will no longer be required wear masks indoors in most situations; Vaccinated Ohioans now must register to qualify for Ohio’s Vax-a-Million lottery system; the state of Ohio overpaid more than $2 billion in unemployment benefits during the pandemic; and more stories.
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On which part of the plan will the president focus during the Congressional session? Sens. Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman offer their views.