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| What you need to know Monday, Oct. 25, 2021 WEATHER
Showers are very likely today, with chances of thunderstorms during the afternoon. Highs will be in the mid-60s. The showers are expected to continue overnight with more chances of thunderstorms. Temps will drop to the upper 40s. Read more. OVERNIGHT
City Council: Women are competing in all but one of Cleveland City Council’s competitive races this fall, creating the potential for what could be the largest share of women legislators on a council that historically, and disproportionately, has been controlled by men. Courtney Astolfi reports that 12 women candidates among the 17 wards have spots in the Nov. 2 run-off. City Council currently has four women members.
Redistricting: Gov. Mike DeWine, Secretary of State Frank LaRose and Auditor Keith Faber -- the three statewide Republicans on the Ohio Redistricting Commission – each acknowledged in sworn statements that they “had no involvement” in drafting or creating of Ohio’s new legislative maps. A team of reporters reviewed court filings Friday, where Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman and Ohio House Speaker Bob Cupp deflected blame and aggressively pushed back on questions about how they created new legislative maps last month that maintain their party’s dominance over the Statehouse.
School board races: The stakes couldn’t be higher in Northeast Ohio school board elections this fall, with record-breaking numbers of candidates battling over polarizing issues, such as masking policies, sex education and programs that promote equity and inclusion. Hannah Drown has a list of candidates across Cuyahoga County with how they align on the issues.
Senate race: Thanks to a rare mix of factors – an open seat, several independently wealthy candidates funding their campaigns and one billionaire super donor -- Ohio’s Republican U.S. Senate primary stands out as one of the costliest elections in America. And voters aren’t even really paying attention yet. Andrew Tobias reports that with more than six months before the May primary, Ohio’s Republican U.S. Senate candidates had spent $9.5 million, the third-most of any partisan Senate primary in the country for the 2022 election cycle. THIS WEEK IN THE CLE U.S. Rep. Anthony Gonzalez joined nine Republicans who voted Thursday to hold former Donald Trump White House aide Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena to testify before a committee probing the Capitol insurrection. We’re talking about how that shows Gonzalez’s character on This Week in the CLE, cleveland.com’s daily half-hour news podcast.
STATEHOUSE & POLITICS HB6: Attorneys for Matthew Borges are seeking documents they say will absolve him of charges in the House Bill 6 scandal, or what they call the “Big Bribe,” reports John Caniglia. The defense attorneys say they have tried to have prosecutors release statements from Juan Cespedes and Jeffrey Longstreth, but government attorneys are withholding the statements because of evidentiary issues.
PUCO audit: A staffer with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio asked an independent auditor last year to erase language from a draft audit report critical of American Electric Power’s ratepayer subsidies of two coal-fired power plants, reports Jeremy Pelzer. The staffer instructed the audit firm to use a “milder tone and intensity” in its report about the AEP subsidies.
GOP forum: The Republicans running for an Ohio U.S. Senate seat next year shared similar views on Sunday night at a candidate forum in suburban Columbus geared toward socially conservative, evangelical voters. Andrew Tobias reports that Ohio Sen. Matt Dolan was the lone exception because of his support of an anti-LGBT discrimination bill.
China tariffs: When the coronavirus pandemic kicked in last year, the United States tried to alleviate severe shortages of medical masks, face shields, gowns, and other gear to stop the disease from spreading by temporarily lifting tariffs on Chinese-made personal protective equipment. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio thinks it’s time to let those tariff exemptions expire, Sabrina Eaton reports.
METRO Campaign finance: The Cleveland City Council Leadership Fund PAC -- which has traditionally been controlled by the council president and used to support City Council incumbents in their bids for re-election – donated $1,500 in August to Cuyahoga County Councilwoman Yvonne Conwell. Courtney Astolfi reports Conwell and her husband, City Councilman Kevin Kelley, endorsed Kelley for mayor. She’ll be up for re-election in 2022, if she decides to seek another term.
Recycling: A number of household items wind up in residential recycling bins that shouldn’t and that creates big problems that negate the good intentions people may have. To help educate the public as to what is acceptable and what is not, the Solid Waste District provided a list of the most common no-nos found in residential recycling bins. Peter Krouse reports on the 11 categories.
Tornadoes: Three tornadoes touched down in Northeast Ohio on Thursday, and the National Weather Service issued 11 tornado warnings as storms ripped through the area, report Olivia Mitchell, Kaylee Remington and Cameron Fields.
Home sales: The number of homes sold throughout Ohio in September, as well as what they sold for, indicate that the competitive home real estate market might be leveling off a bit, reports Eric Heisig. Statewide, the average home sales price was $242,561, an increase of 8.8% from the same month last year but a 4.8% decrease from August.
Erie Hack: Floating baskets made of recycled firehose placed in the Cuyahoga River channel, to allow vegetation to create fish habitat and attract birds, bees and butterflies, is one finalist in the Erie Hack competition. Sponsored by the Cleveland Water Alliance and others, the contest is held around Lake Erie to promote new ideas to address serious water issues in the region, reports Peter Krouse.
COVID-19 Nurses: Staffing needs have become so stretched during the coronavirus crisis, especially with the lingering delta variant, that some area hospitals are offering incentive pay that could result in nurses earning thousands of extra dollars. Starting Sunday, some Cleveland Clinic nurses are being offered pay of close to $1,400 for selected 12-hour shifts through Nov. 6. Jane Morice and Olivia Mitchell have details.
Boosters: Booster doses of all three coronavirus vaccines are now available for eligible Ohioans ages 18 and up, Laura Hancock reports. Late Thursday, the CDC announced that adults who received a Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine can get a booster shot at six months or more after the initial series, if they qualify.
Falling numbers: After a summer surge that, at its peak, saw nearly 3,800 Ohioans hospitalized with COVID-19 at one time, the number of patients being treated in hospitals continues to steadily decline, Jane Morice reports. As of Saturday, there were 2,672 COVID-19 patients in Ohio hospitals, according to Ohio Hospital Association data. That’s a drop of 372 in one week’s time.
Timeline: Travel across borders from Canada and Mexico has been restricted largely to workers whose jobs are deemed essential. New rules will allow fully vaccinated foreign nationals to enter the United States in early November, the same time a similar easing of restrictions will be applied for air travel, Marc Bona reports in his weekly coronavirus timeline.
CRIME Police shooting: A Cuyahoga County grand jury on Friday declined to charge an East Cleveland police officer in the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man after a car chase. Adam Ferrise reports Sgt. Larry McDonald, who has a checkered disciplinary history with the department, will not be charged in the Jan. 5 fatal shooting of Vincent Belmonte. Belmonte’s family members said they are devastated and infuriated.
Isaiah Andrews: For the second time in 47 years, Isaiah Andrews’ defense attorney told a Cuyahoga County jury that they should find him not guilty of aggravated murder in the 1974 killing of his wife. Cory Shaffer reports the jurors who will decide Andrews’ fate this time learned in opening statements on Friday what the jury that convicted Andrews in 1974 never knew: that Cleveland police detectives suspected, investigated and arrested another man in the killing of Regina Andrews before they turned their sights on her husband as a suspect.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Full house: Following a year of being cooped up, people are out and about once again, attending entertainment events in big numbers. Joey Morona looks at venues across Northeast Ohio, which are breaking attendance goals both indoors and out.
Rock Hall: Sunday’s Celebration Day was the first in a run of events that will culminate with the annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on Oct. 30, Troy Smith reports. The Rock Hall on Sunday unveiled the 2021 Inductee Exhibit featuring artifacts from each of this year's inductees.
Cleveland Marathon: The Cleveland Marathon returned Sunday after a year off, with Jeremiah Fitzgerald of Lakewood winning the men's race and Ana Maria Villegas of Miami winning the women's race.
Disney World: At a news conference in Orlando in November 1965, Walt Disney finally confirmed the rumors: He was building an East Coast version of Disneyland, his popular California park, in central Florida. Susan Glaser has the timeline, starting with construction in 1967.
Nursery: Designer Erick Garcia of Maison Trouvaille transforms an aimless, underutilized room into a colorful and functional baby nursery for cleveland.com’s sister site, Architectural Digest.
House of the Week: In 1912, a doting father built four Tudor-style houses for his daughters on the Lake Erie shore. Since then, the family estate has been divided into four private, individually owned lots, with each home sharing a common history and architectural style. Joey Morona reports one of those homes, with 6,500 square feet, recently hit the market, priced at $995,000. OTHER HEADLINES Driver ejected from pickup truck on Interstate 71 in Cleveland dies, police say Read more
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