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MetroHealth lawsuit dismissed: The Wake Up for Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024
Subscribe to the Wake Up, cleveland.com’s free morning newsletter, delivered to your inbox weekdays at 5:30 a.m. MetroHealth fired its CEO, Akram Boutros, in November 2022 after the board said he improperly awarded himself $1.98 million in bonuses over several years. He had led the hospital system for nearly...
Cool temperatures and sunny skies sticking around
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: FORECAST DISCUSSION: The seasonable temperature trend continues across Central Ohio. High temperatures will be around 70 degrees. This is alongside the very sunny skies that are sticking around. The northerly wind flow will also continue to flow in. Dry air and really low humidity are not going away any time soon. Tonight […]
AAA hosting free teen driver maintenance classes
COLUMBUS, Ohio — As the weather gets colder, officials with AAA are helping teens get ready to take on the road this winter. This Wednesday and Thursday evening local AAA locations will host "Teen Night at the Garage." The free classes will go over a variety of topics, including...
Request an absentee ballot now to ensure your right to vote in the Nov. 5 election
Yet again, Ohioans are being subjected to an outsized effort to fix something that wasn’t broken, through the requirement to get a government-issued ID to vote. “Ohio could be on the verge of rejecting an historic number of ballots in the 2024 presidential election after Republican lawmakers adopted one of the strictest voter ID laws in the country last year,” The Plain Dealer reported Oct. 7 (”Thousands blocked from casting votes since 2023″). All to repair a voter integrity issue that didn’t exist, in line with the former president’s claim of a “rigged” election.
Ohioans will cast ballots in 116 state legislative races in 2024. Here are the top 8 to watch
COLUMBUS, Ohio—On Nov. 5, voters across Ohio will cast ballots in a total of 116 state legislative races. But only a fraction of them are expected to be truly competitive races, where the Republican or Democratic nominee each have a realistic chance of winning on Election Night. If you...
Disputes over access to the vote intensify as Ohioans begin to cast ballots
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Several disputes over voter rights in Ohio were unresolved Tuesday as the state began accepting early ballots in this fall’s election for president, a key U.S. Senate race and a redistricting measure. Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose had not yet responded to Common Cause and the League of Women Voters, which notified him last week that voters were being systematically removed from the rolls in several counties as a result of third-party challenges. The advocacy groups alleged the actions violate provisions of the National Voting Registration Act. LaRose’s office said he had cast a tie vote keeping most of the challenged voters in one of the counties, Delaware, on the rolls. He is reviewing claims in three additional counties. National groups allied with former President Donald Trump have been facilitating these citizen-powered efforts to systematically challenge the legitimacy of large numbers of voter registrations. LaRose praised their efforts and believes accurate voter rolls are a core tenet of any well-run election, said spokesman Dan Lusheck.
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