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| What you need to know Tuesday, June 29, 2021 WEATHER
Another hot day is in the forecast, with highs possibly exceeding 90 degrees. With mostly sunny skies, the heat index might top 100 degrees. Showers and thunderstorms are possible during the afternoon and into the early evening. It will be mostly cloudy overnight and temps will stay in the low 70s. Read more.
Local scores: Indians 13, Detroit Tigers 5 OVERNIGHT
Name, image, likeness: Gov. Mike DeWine issued an executive order on Monday granting Ohio college athletes legal permission to sell their names, images and likenesses after legislation that would do the same bogged down at the Statehouse. Andrew Tobias reports DeWine said granting athletes permission to pursue endorsements will make Ohio State University and other schools more competitive in recruiting athletes. The order will serve as a patchwork legal solution while the Republican-controlled state legislature works on a permanent law change.
Ohio budget: A final state budget plan unveiled by state lawmakers adopts an education plan that eventually will boost K-12 funding by $2 billion annually in what will be a major overhaul in how the state funds its schools. Andrew Tobias and Jeremy Pelzer report the conference committee of Ohio House and Senate leaders are detailing the compromise plan that will reconcile competing House and Senate versions of the state budget, which is due at the end of Wednesday. The final plan, called a conference report, cuts personal income taxes by 5%, the larger number favored by the Senate rather than the 3% proposed by an earlier House plan. It also restores a House version of the budget to expand broadband networks in underserved areas.
Driver’s licenses: Ohio’s grace period for motorists whose driver’s licenses, license plates, and state IDs would have expired during the coronavirus crisis is scheduled to end Thursday. Jeremy Pelzer reports that as of last Friday, about 320,000 Ohioans had not yet renewed driver’s licenses that would have expired and 220,000 residents have yet to renew license plates.
Diversion center: The Cuyahoga County Board of Control on Monday approved hiring an architect to begin plans for a permanent diversion center, where low-level crime suspects could get treatment for mental illness or addiction instead of jail time. Courtney Astolfi reports the $478,000 contract with Cleveland-based Perspectus Architecture would build a new center to replace the temporary center that opened earlier this year. This Week in the CLE: Supporters of an Ohio Senate bill allowing college athletes to make money off their names and likenesses were trying to find another way to get the bill passed after it was derailed when the House added a divisive amendment that would ban transgender student athletes from girls sports. We’re talking about the flurry of bills before summer recess on This Week in the CLE, cleveland.com’s daily half-hour news podcast.
Vaccines bill: The Ohio Senate on Monday passed a bill that could bar schools, universities and other public entities from requiring coronavirus vaccines, Andrew Tobias reports. The bill language applies to vaccines that have not received “full approval” from the U.S. Food and Drug administration, a designation that would apply to vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson, which are federally authorized under emergency use.
Republican withdraws: Seven candidates will appear on the mayoral primary ballot this September after Landry Simmons, the sole Republican to file for the race, withdrew his name. Simmons was unable to come up with the requisite 3,000 valid signatures needed to be placed on the ballot in the race to succeed Mayor Frank Jackson, who is retiring after four terms in office, Seth Richardson reports.
Columbus Crew: The new 20,000-seat Lower.com Field is nearly ready to open as the new home of the Columbus Crew. The project by the Crew’s ownership team – led by Dee and Jimmy Haslam - broke ground in October 2019 and is checking all the necessities in a modern stadium, reports Marc Bona. You need a smart design with excellent sightlines within the stadium, varied concessions, specialized suites, the ability and willingness to grow in the immediate area, and a clear marketing plan to withstand down years.
Anthony Gonzalez: Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, the Ohio GOP congressman that former President Donald Trump loves to hate, doesn’t think his district’s voters will care much that Trump drew thousands of supporters to Wellington on Saturday to urge Gonzalez’s ouster. Sabrina Eaton reports that Gonzalez said he raised money online during the rally when supportive colleagues sent out emails that urged people to donate to his campaign.
11th district: The race to succeed Marcia Fudge in Congress is rapidly coming down to two candidates, each boasting a hefty amount of national, state and local backing. Seth Richardson reports that big name figures have endorsed both former state Sen. Nina Turner and Cuyahoga County Councilwoman Shontel Brown in the Democratic Primary.
Wiley Bridgeman: Wiley Bridgeman, who spent more than half his life in prison for a murder that he didn’t commit, died Sunday after a “long illness,” Cory Shaffer reports. Bridgeman, 66, his brother Kwame Ajamu and their friend Rickey Jackson were wrongfully convicted of the 1975 murder of Cleveland businessman Harold Franks, who died in a shooting outside a storefront south of University Circle.
USPS lawsuit: An Ohio-based company that was passed over for a $6 billion contract to build the U.S. Postal Service’s new delivery fleet says in legal papers that the postal service “put its thumb on the scale” against its bid for the contract, treated the company more harshly than its competitors, and engaged in improper actions that left it with no fair chance of winning, Sabrina Eaton reports. Cincinnati’s Workhorse Group - which makes all-electric delivery vans and drones - filed its lawsuit against the United States of America earlier this month, but the United States Court of Claims waited until Monday to publicly release a redacted version of the complaint.
Toxic cleanup: Cuyahoga County’s board of control on Monday voted to grant a $500,000 low-interest loan to abate asbestos and petroleum-soaked soil at the former Margaret Ireland School in Cleveland’s Midtown neighborhood, which a nonprofit plans to use as a manufacturing startup and training hub, Eric Heisig reports. The $13 million project has been in the works since last year. The school district closed Margaret Ireland School in 2011.
Naloxone: More than 100 boxes filled with the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone will be installed throughout Cuyahoga County as part of a new program designed to reduce fatal overdoses. Evan MacDonald reports MetroHealth and the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) Board of Cuyahoga County are working to install the “NaloxBoxes” at public buildings, homeless shelters, hunger centers, rehabilitation centers and other locations.
Jonas Brothers: Margo Trumpower was taking her dog Sonny for a walk Sunday in her Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood, wearing a 15-year-old Jonas Brothers T-shirt, when a car full of the Jonas brothers pulled up next to her. Anne Nickoloff reports the moment was caught on a video that Nick Jonas filmed and later posted to his Instagram and TikTok profiles, where it went viral.
Light art: Interactive light artist Jen Lewin creates interactive sound and LED art that can be the scale of an entire landscape in this video from cleveland.com’s sister site, Wired.
Bounce house: Big Bounce America – which broke the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest inflatable bounce house – will make a stop in North Ridgeville on Aug. 20-22 in Victory Sports Park. Brenda Cain reports the attraction offers a 13,000-square-foot bounce house, which towers 32 feet from the ground; an inflatable sports arena with a 900-foot obstacle course with 50 different challenges; and a space-themed inflatable, which includes a 60-foot-tall maze and “moon-surface” ball pits. Teen dies in shooting in Akron’s North Hill neighborhood Read more
Man who killed Akron MMA fighter gets nearly 30 years in prison Read more
Take notice: Cleveland again will enforce parking violations beginning July 6 Read more
Rift between University Heights council, mayor continues to widen Read more
Orange school board OKs asphalt repairs needed due to water main breaks Read more
Avon Lake salutes its history with Bicentennial Garden Read more
Medina police receive D.A.R.E. car from South of the Square Collision Center Read more
Medina Township residents speak out against Sheetz coming to Ohio 3 and Interstate 71 Read more
Matt Canning is newest member of Avon school board Read more
Independence architectural firm wants to relocate to Chippewa & Wiese roads in Brecksville Read more
Akron Metro RTA receives $616,000 grant to purchase electric buses Read more
Avon Lake principal moves to new job with Bay Village Schools Read more
Bay Village Schools superintendent talks about her new job as she prepares to move on Read more
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