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Morning Headlines: COVID transmission rate rises; Officer target of chief's KKK note files complaintOhio's COVID-19 transmission rate is up to 410 cases per 100K residents; a Black police officer has filed a discrimination charge against a Lorain County department whose chief put a note saying “Ku Klux Klan” on the officer’s jacket; the full Ohio House will vote on a Republican-backed bill that would allow teachers and staff to carry guns in school with much less training; and more stories.
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Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish on Wednesday announced plans to pay for a new jail by extending the life of a 0.25 percent sales tax; a debate over teaching the role of racism in American history has been highlighted as a committee weighs two bills before Ohio legislators that would prohibit such instruction; a federal judge has dismissed some of the biggest unsettled lawsuits filed by men who say Ohio State University officials failed to stop decades-old sexual abuse by a now-deceased team doctor; and more stories.
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Hudson City Schools' Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiative has drawn both support and criticism from community members, including inaccurate claims that the initiative is critical race theory.
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Its version of the budget eliminates all money for bus purchases and increases funds for transportation stipends for families of students who attend nonpublic schools.
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In a historic vote, the Ohio House has removed a former Speaker who was re-elected to his seat last fall, after he was arrested in what's considered the largest bribery case ever in Ohio government.
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Although House Bill 305, which introduced the Fair School Funding Plan, appears to be dead in the Ohio Senate, there is hope the bill will be reintroduced next term.
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Kent State University has announced it will begin expanded coronavirus testing on campus, new numbers released in long-term care facilities COVID deaths, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson extends the city’s civil emergency declaration through Oct. 31, and more stories.
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Here are your morning headlines for Friday, September 4:Cleveland officer dies in shootingWayne County added to red alert COVID-19 status, Lorain drops to…
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Here are your morning headlines for Tuesday, July 28:COVID-19 cases in Ohio at 1,100, below 21-day daily averageAkron schools to hold all fall classes…
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Here are your morning headlines for Thursday, May 14: Walsh University offers free housing for freshmen;Nearly 800 COVID-19 test kits damaged;Akron scales…