The Cleveland Clinic. Progressive. Sherwin-Williams. Obviously, they all make the list of the top employers in Ohio, all with more than 3,000 employees, as ranked by the Ohio Department of Development. The fun is in seeing exactly where they rank. Which bank is bigger: Key, J.P. Morgan Chase, PNC or Fifth Third? How does Target compare to Walmart? UPS to FedEx? FedEx actually moved up the most in the rankings from 2021 to 2022. All that online shopping! - Laura |
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Cavs at New York Knicks: Donovan Mitchell, Cavaliers get familiar result in New York, lose to Knicks 105-103 Northeast Ohio Wednesday weather forecast: More snow, windy conditions expected |
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Cleveland Clinic employed nearly 57,000 people in Ohio in 2022. (Steven Litt, cleveland.com file photo) |
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Big employers: The Cleveland Clinic beat out Walmart to regain the top spot as Ohio’s largest employer in 2022, with 56,986 Ohioans employed by the hospital system, 4,338 more people than in 2021. The top three industries are retail (28 companies in the top 100), health (19), and manufacturing (19). Zachary Smith compiles the list of top 100. Statehouse showdown: A smoldering power struggle between Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens and state Rep. Derek Merrin flared up on the House floor Tuesday as Stephens’ allies and House Democrats outvoted vocal Merrin supporters to approve House rules and House GOP leaders. Jeremy Pelzer and Andrew Tobias report that Merrin, a Toledo-area Republican, still has significant support among Republicans but Stephens’ set of rules was approved thanks to votes from House Democrats. Cleveland violence: The city recorded at least 168 homicides last year, reports Olivia Mitchell. While the numbers for some crimes in the city dropped last year, advocates and officials said there is still too much violence, especially involving the young. Reasons run from residents’ fears of police to social media’s glorification of guns. Today in Ohio: The prosecutor set the scene of private jets and fancy dinners. The judge told defense attorneys to knock off their eye rolling and pen clicking. And defense attorneys portrayed former House Speaker Larry Householder as a hardworking public servant. We’re talking about openings in Householder’s trial on Today in Ohio. |
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Householder trial: As FirstEnergy’s power plants were “bleeding cash” in August 2016, a resurgent Larry Householder asked to meet with a top executive at the Akron utility – the earliest known communication in a relationship that would propel the soon-to-be Ohio representative into power and could now eventually land him in prison. Jake Zuckerman reports prosecutors began to lay the groundwork Tuesday in their racketeering case against Householder, painting a picture of the first weeks of what they described as a corrupt relationship in which FirstEnergy bankrolled Householder with millions of dollars as he built a political machine. Pension funds: A new Ohio Senate bill would prohibit investment managers of several state funds – including the five pension systems – from choosing investments with the primary purpose of influencing social, environmental or corporate governance. Laura Hancock reports E.S.G. investing is an approach that considers companies’ and funds’ policies affecting the environment and climate. Social goals include how a company treats its employees, suppliers and customers. Governance policies require an examination of corporate leadership, executive pay, shareholder rights and internal controls. One estimate puts E.S.G. assets at $30 trillion in 2020. Insulin costs: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday that a new law that caps monthly out-of-pocket insulin costs for Medicare beneficiaries at $35 will likely save more than $36 million in yearly costs for more than 72,000 Medicare beneficiaries in Ohio. Sabrina Eaton reports the $35 monthly cap on out-of-pocket insulin costs, which went into effect on Jan. 1 as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, would have saved 1.5 million Americans who use Medicare an average of $500 in their insulin costs in 2020. COVID-19 committee: U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup, a GOP physician who represents the Cincinnati area, expects to become the chair of a select House of Representatives subcommittee that will probe a host of politically charged coronavirus-related questions. Sabrina Eaton reports questions include origins of the disease, the development of vaccines, how roughly $5 trillion in federal aid was used and the societal impact of coronavirus-related school closures. |
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Medical debt: Several Cleveland City Council members have introduced legislation that aims to use COVID-19 stimulus money to forgive medical debt for city residents. Lucas Daprile reports the bill would provide $1.9 million of American Rescue Plan Act dollars to RIP Medical Debt, a New York-based nonprofit that buys medical debt at a steeply discounted rate and uses donations to pay off people’s debt. Ukraine's impact: To commemorate the approaching one-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman had a message for Cleveland: The war on Ukraine is a war on democracy and it should matter to us all. Sherman spent Tuesday in Cleveland, speaking with various audiences about the role the of the United States in the ongoing war and why seemingly far-off matters of foreign policy are relevant here at home, Gretchen Cuda Kroen reports. Stimulus funding: A Cleveland City Council committee gave early approval to nearly $11 million for programs aimed at improving education and the workforce pipeline, Lucas Daprile reports. Both programs would be fully funded by a piece of the city’s $512 million in American Rescue Plan Act dollars. They passed the city’s Workforce, Education, Training and Youth Development Committee on Tuesday. Warm weather: Even with this latest bout of cold weather and snow, this month is shaping up as one of the warmest Januarys on record in Cleveland. The average high through Monday was 43.5 degrees, more than seven degrees above the normal high of 35.8 degrees, reports Zachary Smith. Seed bank: The Cleveland Seed Bank aims to help create a regionally adapted seed supply and network of seed savers. Susan Brownstein reports seed swapping is almost as old as seed saving and it is a great way to find new favorite plants and ensure diversity in all of our gardens. |
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COVID-19 vaccine: The Food and Drug Administration wants to simplify the process for COVID-19 vaccinations, perhaps moving toward an annual shot much the same way as Americans now get flu shots, Robert Higgs reports. The FDA proposes to retire the original monovalent vaccines, which targeted only one form of coronavirus, and using bivalent vaccines for all primary and booster shots. |
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$5 million bond: A judge on Tuesday kept a $5 million bond for the man accused of killing four people, including three of his relatives, and wounding an 8-year-old girl. Cory Shaffer reports Martin Muniz, 41, who appeared at his arraignment via a Zoom video feed from Cuyahoga County Jail, laughed when a victims advocate told the judge that the surviving members of Muniz’s family “never want to see him again.” Traffic stop: Cleveland Heights police officials are conducting an internal investigation into a traffic stop that went viral this week. Demetrius Kern, 37, was handcuffed and then ticketed for obstruction of official business on Sept. 22 after he claimed that his car was almost hit by a police cruiser that was attempting to pull over another vehicle in front of him. In a statement released late Tuesday, the city said it is taking the matter “very seriously.” Parma case: Attorneys for a Parma man arrested in 2016 and accused of creating a fake Facebook page that made fun of the city’s police department made their final argument on Tuesday to convince the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the case, Adam Ferrise reports. Francona scooter: A motor scooter belonging to Cleveland Guardians manager Terry Francona was stolen from outside of his downtown apartment building late last week, reports John Tucker. The scooter was stolen between 9:30 p.m. on Friday and 8 a.m. on Saturday. Police said Tuesday the scooter had been found. |
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Play House: Cleveland Play House’s upcoming production “I’m Back Now: Returning to Cleveland” has been canceled, reports Joey Morona. Commissioned in 2020, the play was supposed to have its world premiere on Feb. 4 and run for three weeks at the Allen Theatre in Playhouse Square, telling the story of the last enslaved Black woman prosecuted under the Fugitive Slave Act. Rock and country: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will celebrate that intersection of rock and country music with a special concert at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium on March 1, reports Joey Morona. Early cutoff: What happened at the end of the series premiere of “Accused” on Sunday night? That’s what viewers of the new Fox crime anthology series are asking after WJW Channel 8 cut to a commercial early, robbing the audience of the climactic conclusion. Turns out, it was a technical glitch, reports Joey Morona. Train scene: While “A Man Called Otto" was primarily shot in Pittsburgh, two pivotal scenes were shot in Northeast Ohio and Toledo. The Northeast Ohio scene features Tom Hanks’ son, Truman, playing a younger Otto at the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad’s Brecksville Station. Said the railroad president: “We made a social media post and it went viral. It blew up on us. Seriously, it’s a Tom Hanks movie. I mean, that’s big.” Live music: We’re nearly a full month into the new year, so things are picking up on the national and regional bands blowing through town on their late winter tours. Malcolm X Abram has a mixture of local cats you may find interesting and a few touring bands to satiate your live-music-listening-while-paying-too-much-for-booze jones. Hadestown: Twenty years ago, Jessica Whitley took her 2-year-old daughter, Hannah, to Playhouse Square to see her first musical, “The Lion King.” On Jan. 31, reports Joey Morona, Jessica, a physician from Twinsburg, will once again be in the audience at Playhouse Square as Hannah Whitley, now 22, plays the lead role of Eurydice in the national tour of “Hadestown.” |
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