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| What you need to know Monday, August 23, 2021 WEATHER
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Local scores: Indians 3, Los Angeles Angels 0 NFL preseason: Browns 17, New York Giants 13 OVERNIGHT
Democratic void: While there are competitive Democratic primaries on tap for the two top statewide offices – U.S. Senate and governor – no Democrats are publicly exploring campaigns for attorney general, state treasurer or state auditor in 2022. By comparison, Jeremy Pelzer reports, by mid-August 2017 the eventual Democratic nominees for all four executive down-ticket offices had announced their intention to run months earlier.
Cincinnati feat: Over the past 25 years, Cincinnati has built a massive new neighborhood on the banks of the Ohio River, transforming a dead zone of parking lots, warehouses, and rail yards into an urban showplace in an admirable feat of civil engineering and urban design. Steven Litt reports the development is relevant to Cleveland as it considers whether to pursue a new waterfront development proposal by Jimmy and Dee Haslam. He also looks at key takeaways for Cleveland from Cincinnati and a land bridge in St. Louis.
Multi-racial in Census: The multi-race population nearly tripled both in Northeast Ohio and statewide from 2010 to 2020, increasing by 443,607 people across the state and 78,731 in Northeast Ohio’s seven counties. What is driving the trend? Hannah Drown reports three main theories have emerged to explain the population shift, focusing on Census 2020′s data-collection methodology, how Americans evaluate racial identity and the number of interracial relationships resulting in multi-racial children.
DeWine support: The Ohio Republican Party’s support of Gov. Mike DeWine heading into next year’s re-election campaign is a major factor contributing to internal strife among some of the state party’s committee members. Andrew Tobias reports on how the party’s support of DeWine is causing headaches for state party leaders who are dealing with biting internal criticisms from a handful of GOP committee members. Ken Johnson: Former Cleveland Councilman Kenneth Johnson is seeking a new trial less than a month after he was convicted of 15 corruption-related charges, claiming a judge’s rulings “unduly impacted” a jury’s verdicts. John Caniglia reports that in documents, defense attorneys said U.S. District Judge John Adams limited their questioning of Johnson regarding his 1975 Buick LeSabres and the deductions he sought on his taxes. They said the move prevented them from providing supporting evidence of the estimated values of the vehicles.
Redistricting website: Officials in charge of redrawing Ohio’s political maps have launched a website through which the public can offer input into the high-stakes process of redistricting. Andrew Tobias reports that the Ohio Redistricting Commission’s new website, redistricting.ohio.gov, includes a portal the public can use to submit maps of their own. The commission, a panel of five Republican elected officials and two Democratic ones, will redraw the lines for Ohio’s 66 House districts and 33 state Senate districts, with deadlines falling on Sept. 1 and Sept. 15.
Map drawing: Did you ever think you could do a better job than your legislative representative in Columbus? A new competition to draw fair congressional and legislative maps could give you a chance to prove it and win money, too. Sabrina Eaton reports that On the day that state officials debuted a website for citizens to provide redistricting input, a nonpartisan team of voter advocacy organizations called Fair Districts Ohio launched a contest to create compact and competitive state legislative districts that focus on keeping communities together instead of protecting particular political parties or legislators.
Marijuana legalization: A proposed statewide initiative to legalize marijuana for Ohioans 21 or older cleared an initial hurdle Friday as Attorney General Dave Yost certified summary language for the proposed statute. Jeremy Pelzer reports that Yost, in a letter to supporters of the legalization effort, said the proposed summary language – a succinct explanation of the proposal provided to voters asked to sign a petition supporting the measure – is “a fair and truthful representation of the proposed law.” As is usual, Yost, a Columbus Republican, didn’t weigh in on whether he supports the idea.
This Week in the CLE: The Ohio Republican Party is facing internal strife over its support of Gov. Mike DeWine, who faces re-election next year. Some vocal dissenters don’t want the party to issue an endorsement in the primary. We’re talking about the political dynamics on This Week in the CLE, cleveland.com’s daily half-hour news podcast.
High water: Great Lakes coastal communities are wondering if their shoreline infrastructure will survive another round of record high water. Peter Krouse reports that the warning signs have been flashing for some time, and that there’s a growing fear climate change will bring more extreme conditions to the Great Lakes – beyond simply eroding the shoreline in places – and create serious havoc.
Opportunity Corridor: The Cleveland City Planning Commission on Friday approved early-stage plans for a construction training institute along the upcoming Opportunity Corridor boulevard, granting a measure of forward momentum to the project. Steven Litt reports the approval constitutes a recommendation to City Council, which will decide whether to lease roughly eight acres of city-owned land for the institute near the new boulevard right-of-way, with an option for purchase.
MetroHealth: MetroHealth took a big step Friday toward delivering on its promise to turn its main campus into a “hospital in a park’' when the Cleveland Planning Commission voted to approve early-stage, or schematic, plans for a new outpatient and administrative building. Steven Litt reports the vote sets up a three-year-plus process in which the public health system will first build the new outpatient building and then demolish the existing Outpatient Plaza, built in 1992 between West 25th Street and Scranton Road in the Clark-Fulton neighborhood.
Summa Health: Summa Health has renamed its patients tower for a pair of donors whose $15 million donation is the largest ever given to the Akron health system, reports Alexis Oatman. Dr. Gary Williams and his wife Pamela Williams made the donation and the new tower will be in their names. The donation will be used to help expand Summa’s healthcare services, and improve access and services to underserved communities, a spokeswoman for the health system said Friday.
Amtrak: Train travel in the U.S. is expected to receive its biggest investment in history in the coming years, with $66 billion for rail improvements included in the recently passed Senate infrastructure bill. Susan Glaser reports that passenger-rail advocates in Cleveland want Amtrak officials to know the importance of investing money in the Great Lakes service region.
COVID timeline: Ohio recorded 3,446 cases of the coronavirus on Aug. 19 – the state’s highest number since February. Marc Bona puts together the world’s happenings in his weekly coronavirus timeline.
Back in custody: Authorities arrested an Akron man with a long record of drug and gun convictions who bolted from custody after a federal judge allowed him to attend his daughter’s funeral without officers escorting him. John Caniglia reports that the U.S. Marshals on Friday found Joe Fletcher, 34, after he failed to return to a detention facility in Youngstown.
Prosecutor charged: An assistant Cuyahoga County prosecutor was arrested at the Justice Center in downtown Cleveland on Friday on a charge that accuses him of trying to solicit sex from an agent posing online as a child in Mahoning County. Cory Shaffer reports that agents with the Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children task force arrested Joseph Bell at about 9:30 a.m. on a charge of importuning, a fifth-degree felony.
11-year-old shot: An 11-year-old girl was grazed by a bullet Friday afternoon at a Cleveland gas station, police said. Kaylee Remington reports that the incident happened shortly before 2:30 p.m. on Kinsman Road near East 116th Street. The girl’s mother was getting gas when a bullet grazed her daughter, who was sitting in the back seat of the car.
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: Cleveland’s legendary rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony are set to headline the “Battle of the Land,” a new competition series run by Bedrock, the real estate company which runs Tower City Center. Anne Nickoloff reports that the penultimate show in the series is free and set for 6 p.m. on Oct. 28, featuring headliner Bone Thugs-N-Harmony performing at the Skylight Concourse at Tower City.
Surgery questions: Have you ever wondered why it doesn’t seem like people bleed that much during surgery? Or asked why people’s clothing is cut off in the ER? Trauma surgeon Annie Onishi answered the web’s most burning questions about surgery for cleveland.com’s sister site, Wired.
Brio: Brio Italian Grille has reopened at Legacy Village under new ownership, reports Marc Bona. The restaurant – which Florida-based Earl Enterprises acquired in June 2020 – had closed in March 2020. Brio’s previous holding company, FoodFirst Global Restaurants, had shut down multiple locations as the coronavirus pandemic took hold. Man shot dead, another man injured in Cleveland’s Union-Miles Park neighborhood, police say Read more
Grocery-store chains Giant Eagle, Aldi look to hire 1,250-plus workers in NE Ohio Read more
Ohio State University issues safety alert after 2 crimes reported near campus Read more
Beachwood tops county lists for most vaccinated, greatest population growth Read more
Berea school board OKs $168,000 change order for paving work Read more
Coast Guard members help revive woman who suffered heart attack at Lake County restaurant Read more
Middleburg Heights secures funds for Indian Creek sanitary relief sewer Read more
Cleveland Public Library reinstates mask mandate, starting today Read more
Berea mayor steps in to officiate at special hospital wedding Read more
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