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The Uphill Battle Ohio Job Seekers Face
Buckeyes Battle Uneven Playing Field; COVID-19 exacerbates trends; Women and Young Workers Hit Particularly Hard By Kevin Williams Graphics by Cid Standifer Note: this article has been updated to include previously unavailable nursing home data. Carmine Ballard graduated from The Ohio State University in 2016, with two Bachelor of Arts degrees— one in Psychology, another…
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In Ohio’s coal country, pandemic pushes unemployment rate from bad to worse
As the novel coronavirus spread, Appalachian Ohio saw the state’s highest percentages of people out of work. By Kathiann M. Kowalski Ohio’s coal mining counties have been hit even harder as unemployment surged following the country’s novel coronavirus outbreak. As the statewide unemployment rate moved from 4.7% in February to 5.6% in March, counties in…
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CDC Reverses Course Again on Using Race As Testing Criteria
Minority Groups with Higher Case and Death Rates Deemed a Priority, Then Not By Afi Scruggs After changing the guidelines to test ethnic minority groups disproportionately affected by COVID-19, the CDC reversed course again Wednesday, saying that African Americans exposed to the virus could not get tested without symptoms. A May 3 directive allowed physicians…
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Utilities, gas industry coordinate to oppose Ohio village’s clean energy goal
Emails obtained by a utility watchdog group reveal push by Dominion Energy and allies against a local resolution. By Kathiann M. Kowalski Dominion Energy’s opposition to an Ohio village’s clean energy proposal appears to be part of a larger trend nationwide in which gas utilities are becoming more active at the local government level. Unlike…
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To Charge, or Not To Charge? You Decide
Regulatory proceedings have big impacts on how much Ohioans pay for their electric service. By Kathiann M. Kowalski How would you decide some of Ohio’s cases on electricity rates? Eye on Ohio, in a joint project with the Energy News Network, surveyed the biggest changes to the recent legal landscape. Each of the following problems…
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“It literally consumes everything I do”: Ohioans desperate to reach unemployment hotline as calls dropped, claims languish
By Cid Standifer Marcia Gassaway was in the first wave of Ohioans put out of work by COVID-19. The single mom from Cleveland went to the emergency room on March 15. Due to her coronavirus-like symptoms, doctors ordered that she be quarantined at a special facility. Now, she’s recovering at home with her children, calling…
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Ohio electric vehicle legislation pushed to back burner amid pandemic response
In recent years, the state has encouraged local electric vehicle manufacturing while also encouraging fossil fuel production; shaky economy spells more uncertainty ahead By Kathiann M. Kowalski A set of bills aimed at promoting electric vehicles in Ohio is among the state legislation on hold across the country as lawmakers grapple with the coronavirus pandemic.…
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Ohio hospitals remain mum on changes to local bed and ventilator counts; uncertainty affects local patients
By Bonnie Jean Feldkamp and Kathiann Kowalski The Ohio Department of Health gets daily updates on the total number of beds and ventilators that could be available for COVID-19 patients at hospitals throughout the state. But so far the agency hasn’t provided any hospital-by-hospital breakdown, and the agencies that collect capacity information on their behalf…
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Eye on Ohio Launches Project to Combat Misinformation and Disinformation on the Internet
Shana Black, Eye on Ohio’s First Draft Fellow. On Thursday, a Cleveland man tweeted a picture saying that that local residents had taken to the streets to end COVID-19. The internet launched a vitriolic response, condemning the city for further spreading the disease. But no one, in fact, had marched. The tweet came from a…
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‘Unbuilding’: What might happen if dams are removed in the Ohio River watershed
By Julie Grant The Ohio River watershed is dotted with thousands of small dams. Many are remnants of bygone days of grain mills and the steel industry, which used dams to pool water needed during production. The dams are no longer needed. And, because they can be a safety hazard to boats and a barrier…
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