I never worried about ticks. Ticks were an East Coast problem, I thought. I didn’t know anyone who’d had a tick bite. Lyme disease was scary, but unlikely in my Ohio ramblings. I was wrong. In Ohio overall, the number of reported cases of Lyme Disease has risen over the past decade, from 67 in 2012 to 590 in 2021. Recently, a friend warned me that she’d found a tick on her golden retriever, coming from her suburban backyard. (Yes, dogs can get Lyme Disease, too.) So be aware. Wear long pants and shirts. And check yourself and your family for the tiny parasites. -- Laura |
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Ticks were more active than usual during the early spring. (CDC file photo via Associated Press) |
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Ticks: Your chances of encountering a tick carrying Lyme or another tick-borne disease is higher than ever this year, reports Julie Washington. Blacklegged or deer ticks — the ones that carry Lyme disease — are prevalent and active through cooler months, and anyone spending time outdoors is even more at risk for Lyme disease, which affects more than 450,000 Americans annually. August election: Republican Ohio lawmakers’ decision to host a special election in August is expected to cost Cuyahoga County $3.2 million, local officials say, and they’re worried about who is going to pay for it. There’s only one question on the ballot, State Issue 1, but Board of Elections Director Anthony Perlatti estimates it will cost the county’s 970 precincts around $3,250 each to print ballots, pay postage for mail-in ballots and provide extra staffing, Kaitlin Durbin and Andrew Tobias report. Issue 1: A Republican-controlled panel has approved new ballot language for State Issue 1, the proposal to make it harder to change the Ohio constitution, a day after the Ohio Supreme Court ordered that the language be rewritten to remove inaccuracies. Andrew Tobias reports the version approved by the Ohio Ballot Board on Tuesday removed the offending language: a section that inaccurately described tougher signature-gathering requirements for amendment campaigns and a word — “all” — that falsely gave the impression that the signature-gathering requirements also might apply to proposed amendments from the state legislature. Today in Ohio: Republican state officials must rewrite ballot language for Issue 1, summarizing the effects of the measure aimed at making it harder to change the state constitution. But the Supreme Court declined to require the ballot board make other changes. We’re talking about what voters will see Aug. 8 on Today in Ohio, cleveland.com’s daily half-hour news podcast. |
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Vance delay: U.S. Sen. JD Vance announced Tuesday that he will delay Senate approval of all Justice Department nominees as a protest of “the unprecedented political prosecution” of former President Donald Trump by President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice, reports Sabrina Eaton. Gas stoves: Claiming that President Joe Biden’s administration is at “war” with stoves fueled by natural gas, the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved legislation called the “Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act.” The legislation to block the Consumer Product Safety Commission from regulating gas stoves as banned hazardous products passed in a 248 to 180 vote, Sabrina Eaton reports. Smoking cessation: Programs designed to help Ohioans quit smoking or vaping tobacco products face a nearly 50% cut under a draft of the state budget unveiled last week by Republican state senators. Jake Zuckerman reports state health officials and other supporters of the program say the roughly $14.5 million Ohio currently spends on it each year amounts to pennies compared to the $6.6 billion in annual care costs associated with smoking that state residents pay – including $1.85 billion through Medicaid, a publicly funded health insurer. State park drilling: An oil and gas extraction company asked the state for rights to drill under about 2,000 acres of Wolf Run State Park in Noble County. State law shields the identity of the company making the request and other details of its offer, reports Jake Zuckerman. The request, technically known as a “nomination” asking the Oil and Gas Land Management Commission to free up the land for drilling, triggers a public comment period. Gun regulation: The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to overturn a new federal policy that requires gun owners to register “stabilizing braces” that help disabled shooters control their weapons and regulates them as if they are short-barreled rifles, Sabrina Eaton reports. |
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Pride flags: During Pride Month in June, businesses change their logos, people fly the rainbow flag and consumers buy Pride merchandise in order to show support for the LGBTQ+ community. But are those outward displays of rainbows really a sincere declaration of alliance or are companies just seeking that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? Brenda Cain researches whether it’s OK to fly a rainbow flag as an ally. Garfield memorial: If you want to visit The James A. Garfield Memorial in Lake View Cemetery, get there before 4 p.m. Sunday. When the monument closes that evening, it will remain closed until spring 2024 for the third and final phase of the tower’s renovations, reports Paris Wolfe. State of the county: Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne will give his first State of the County address June 28, reports Kaitlin Durbin. The speech will be held from 3 to 5:30 p.m. at the Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica. Tickets are being sold through The City Club and it will also be livestreamed free at cityclub.org. Gardening column: Susan Brownstein planted asparagus crowns, shallot sets, seed potatoes, horseradish cuttings, rhubarb crowns, and bareroot strawberries this spring. And her record so far is two wins, three losses, several steals against her, and a delayed start. |
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Home prices: The median single-family home price in Cuyahoga County dipped in May for the first time since January after steady increases through the winter and early spring. Megan Sims writes that countywide data collected by cleveland.com showed median single-family home prices fell by $3,000 to $170,000 from $173,000 in April, marking the first decrease in months despite the typically hot summer market drawing near. Restaurant violations: More than 1,500 Lake County food stores and restaurants were cited for health violations during the most recent inspection year. But only 1-in-4 cited locations received 10 or more citations. Zachary Smith lists the 20 with the most violations, with the top spot at 61. |
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Police shooting: Euclid police Tuesday released body-worn camera footage from an incident involving an officer shooting a car theft suspect last week. Police were responding to a traffic stop at about 12:30 p.m. June 7 involving a stolen Hyundai Sonata. Officers chased the vehicle to Kenwood Village Apartments, near East 222nd Street and Fox Avenue, where the incident occurred, reports Molly Walsh. 2-year-old shot: A 2-year-old boy was accidentally shot Monday morning, according to the Ashtabula County Sheriff’s Office. Officers responded to the 5700 block of Creek Road about 11:30 a.m. after receiving a call of a boy shot in the stomach, reports Molly Walsh. 13-year-old found: Police say the body of a 13-year-old girl was found in an alley Monday afternoon. A person called police at about 12:55 p.m. to report a body found near Minordy Place in East Akron, reports Molly Walsh. Officers responded and found the body in the alley behind a residence in the 400 block of South Arlington Street. Medicaid fraud: A man who owned a non-profit mental health clinic in Cleveland will spend three years in prison for spearheading a $4.5 million scheme that included billing Medicaid for psychiatric evaluations that no one performed. Adam Ferrise reports that Alfonzo Bailey wiped tears from his eyes as he told a judge that he founded Eye for Change Youth and Family Services in 2016 with the goal of providing Black, inner-city residents with mental health care. |
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Cruise ship: One of Viking’s newest, sleekest ships sailed early Tuesday into Cleveland, the luxury cruise line’s newest port of call in the Great Lakes. Susan Glaser reports it’s the first of eight stops the ship will make this summer on the lakefront in Cleveland, which has seen a resurgence of cruise traffic in recent years. New meadery: You might say Crafted Artisan Meadery’s expansion is more than an ambitious plan. It’s a religious experience. Marc Bona reports that’s because the ground where Kent Waldeck is moving his meadery once held churches dating to the 19th century. |
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