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| What you need to know Monday, Nov. 1, 2021 WEATHER
Partly sunny skies are expected today, with highs reaching the low 50s. It will be mostly cloudy and chilly overnight as lows dip to the mid-30s. There is a chance of rain showers overnight, changing to a rain-snow mix Tuesday morning. Read more.
Local scores: Pittsburgh Steelers 15, Browns 10 OVERNIGHT
School boards: A record-breaking number of Northeast Ohio school board candidates are battling over a variety of polarizing issues as voters prepare to head to the polls this week. Hannah Drown, Brenda Cain, Courtney Astolfi and Alexis Oatman vetted school board candidates in Lake, Lorain, Medina and Summit county districts with more than 3,000 students and report what the candidates stand for.
Campaign donations: Across Ohio, once-sleepy school board races have intensified, with more money — including dark money — and mudslinging. Laura Hancock reports that while many conservatives are challenging incumbents, progressive political newcomers are also jumping into races. Blame dark money and the influence of national organizations for the nationalization of school board races.
Mayoral race: Days before the final vote to succeed retiring four-term Mayor Frank Jackson, both campaigns are scurrying to get their supporters out. Especially so since turnout will almost certainly be low, meaning a small number of voters will decide who the head of the city is for the next four years, reports Seth Richardson. The battle for City Hall has largely been waged over direct mailers or through indirect comments, particularly over crime.
Rock Hall inductions: Most people you talked to in the leadup to the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony seemed to know we were on the verge of experiencing something special. Troy Smith reports Saturday's event, which featured some of the biggest stars in the history of music, lived up to the hype, with many more highs than lows. Diversion center: Cleveland police will rescind their requirement for officers to get permission from victims of non-violent, low-level crimes before they take people with mental illness and addiction to the Cuyahoga County Diversion Center for treatment. Adam Ferrise reports the change comes amid criticism from Cuyahoga County officials, diversion center leaders and mental-health agencies that work with the center, all of whom said the policy could result in fewer people taken to the center and put victims in a position to decide the fate of someone’s treatment.
TODAY IN OHIO Leila Atassi and Chris Quinn introduce our rebranded podcast, Today in Ohio. Two Ohio State Board of Education members resigned at Gov. Mike DeWine’s request, since the Ohio Senate was unhappy they refused to vote to rescind an anti-racism and equity resolution. What does that say for education in the state in Ohio? We’re talking about the intolerance on This Week in the CLE, now titled Today in Ohio, cleveland.com’s daily half-hour news podcast.
STATEHOUSE & POLITICS Board appointments: Gov. Mike DeWine appointed two rural Ohioans to the Ohio State Board of Education on Friday afternoon, hours after two other members resigned under pressure over their support of an anti-racism resolution. Laura Hancock reports DeWine appointed Richard J. Chernesky of Waynesville in Warren County, and Brandon Kern of Amanda in Fairfield County. Chernesky is a corporate attorney who donated thousands of dollars to Lt. Gov. Jon Husted’s campaign. Kern is a senior director of state and national policy at the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation and currently serves as a board member with the Amanda-Clearcreek School District.
Redistricting secrecy: The secrecy behind drawing Ohio’s new state legislative maps was so great that one member of the state commission tasked with approving them only found out where his fellow Republicans were drawing them because he happened to go out for a jog. Andrew Tobias reports on hundreds of pages of documents — deposition transcripts, emails, invoices, text messages and other evidence obtained through the legal discovery process — filed Friday with the Ohio Supreme Court by groups suing over the maps.
Property taxes: Montgomery County, which includes Dayton, has the highest property taxes in the state. Eric Heisig looks at which of Ohio’s 88 counties had the highest average residential property tax rates.
Polling changes: Voting locations for Tuesday’s election have changed for more than 20,000 registered voters in parts of Brook Park, Cleveland, and North Royalton, reports Kaitlin Durbin.
METRO Public records: Cleveland last week provided copies of two forms used by the Department of Public Health – nearly a year after the request was made. Robert Higgs filed the request Nov. 13, 2020, asking for documents that showed the questions contact tracers in the health department asked people who were exposed to coronavirus to determine who else might have been infected. A year later, Higgs received two blank forms.
Jeanette Stokes: Jeannette “Jay” Stokes, wife of former congressman and civil rights leader, Louis Stokes, died peacefully Saturday in Cleveland at the age of 83, according to her family. Stokes was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus Spouses organization, which worked to enhance the conditions of minorities throughout the nation. She also was a member of the Congressional Club, which sponsored the First Ladies Luncheon, in honor of the wife of the sitting president of the United States, Kaylee Remington reports.
Boards of revision: Cuyahoga County is considering adding two or three temporary boards of revision over the next two years to review challenges to property values issued in 2021, in the midst of a hot housing market attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic. Robin Goist reports the county will keep both around “as long as we need to” – likely well into 2023 – to deal with an avalanche of challenges expected on account of the county’s decision not to offer an informal process for property owners to appeal their most recent property appraisals.
Homeless Jesus: A public art project intended to prick the conscience of Cleveland residents with bronze statues based on the 25th Chapter of the Gospel of St. Matthew got a pivotal boost Thursday from the Cleveland Landmarks Commission. Steven Litt reports the board voted unanimously to approve the installation of four bronze statues depicting a suffering Jesus, created by sculptor Timothy Schmalz of Kitchener, Ontario, that he based on verses from Matthew 25.
COVID-19 numbers: The average number of coronavirus cases this past week has dropped compared to the week before, as the Delta variant continues to spread across Ohio and the U.S. The seven-day average of COVID-19 cases is 3,372 as of Saturday, which is down from 3,592 on Oct. 23, Kaylee Remington reports.
Coronavirus timeline: The United States last week moved a step closer to expanding COVID-19 vaccinations for millions more children as government advisers endorsed kid-size doses of Pfizer’s shots for 5- to 11-year-olds. Marc Bona recaps the week in his COVID timeline.
BUSINESS Sandusky: Four months ago, Sandusky officials were growing increasingly concerned that Cedar Fair, the multibillion-dollar parent company of Cedar Point, was slowly and methodically relocating its corporate headquarters to North Carolina. Susan Glaser reports that the city has secured a $100 million, 20-year public investment in its future from Cedar Fair, including a new causeway, water taxi and other improvements that will be funded by an increase in taxes on park admission and parking.
Horse racing: Ohio is the first state to get BetMGM’s new betting app for horse racing. The BetMGM Horse Racing app went live Thursday and lets users within Ohio’s borders bet on races at over 200 tracks around the world, reports Sean McDonnell.
Worker wages: A national report shows employers are having to pay more to keep and attract workers amid the ongoing labor shortage. Sean McDonnell reports the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that total compensation for civilian workers increased by 3.7% in the last year, while wages went up 4.2% for the 12-month period ending in September.
SBA: The Small Business Administration is giving grants to 51 agencies to help entrepreneurs connect to government resources. Sean McDonnell reports the Springfield Small Business Development Center is the lone Ohio grantee.
CRIME Opioid settlement: Giant Eagle has agreed to settle 10 lawsuits filed by local governments around Ohio, including Lake and Trumbull counties, who accuse the grocery store and pharmacy chain of contributing to the nation’s opioid crisis. Cory Shaffer reports that Giant Eagle and the Opioid Multi-District Litigation Plaintiffs’ Committee, the team of attorneys representing local governments around the nation who are suing multiple pharmacy chains, announced the agreement Friday in a joint statement.
Jackson’s grandson: A judge on Friday ordered a $1 million bond for a man accused of “directing” Mayor Frank Jackson’s grandson to the side yard of a home where a gunman fatally shot the 24-year-old, reports Adam Ferrise.
Police threat: A Cleveland police officer is accused of threatening to shoot people inside a bar in Akron’s Highland Square neighborhood, reports Adam Ferrise. Cleveland officer Sean Bannerman, 26, is charged with fourth-degree felony improper handling of a gun in a car, fifth-degree felony possessing a gun in a bar, and misdemeanor counts of possessing weapons while intoxicated and aggravated menacing.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 'Squid Game': The on-screen English translations of "Squid Game" didn't always match up to the characters' dialogue. Korean English professor and director of the Korean Language Program at Columbia University, Joowon Suh, is here to explain the phrases English speakers might have missed out on while watching the hit Netflix show in this video from cleveland.com’s sister site, Wired.
House of the Week: More than a 100 homes designed by architect Munroe Cooper dot the idyllic, tree-lined streets of Shaker Heights. In 1939, his work took him a few miles to the east, where he was commissioned to design a colonial-style home in Moreland Hills. Joey Morona reports the house, boasting six bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms in 6,210 square feet, is currently on the market for $1,388,000. OTHER HEADLINES Former leader for Ohio Christian youth group accused of sex crimes involving teen girl Read more
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