CLEVELAND, Ohio — The lengthy audition for the Trumpiest of Ohio’s Senate candidates culminated with Donald Trump’s endorsement of JD Vance on Friday. However Trump’s selection nonetheless hasn’t deterred the remaining losers (to make use of a Trump phrase) from looking for the workplace.

We’re discussing Trump’s affect over the battle for Ohio’s open U.S. Senate seat on Immediately in Ohio.

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How may Donald Trump’s endorsement of JD Vance upend the battle within the Republican main for the U.S. Senate?

What was the rationale behind the Ohio Supreme Court docket’s rejection of the fourth set of gerrymandered legislative maps, and what occurs now?

There was a time when U.S. airports needed to have resorts on web site, however Cleveland is likely to be getting in one other path. Why?

We maintain speaking about how Republican legislators have turned faculties into fodder for tradition wars, so what number of training payments have been launched within the Ohio Legislature?

Is paying hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in taxes to quasi-public boards the easiest way to manage psychological well being providers, or is the dysfunction of Cuyahoga County’s board proof that we’d like an overhaul?

What number of other ways has Cleveland tried to handle its metropolis parks through the years, one thing value figuring out as Mayor Justin Bibb seeks to create a separate parks division?

It have to be an election 12 months. How did Gov. Mike DeWine clarify he would speed up repairs and upkeep of Ohio bridges?

How is abysmal record-keeping by the Ohio Well being Division but once more leaving state residents in the dead of night in regards to the present state of COVID instances statewide?

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Chris: [00:00:00] And it’s a Monday on at this time in Ohio, a particular week, Laurie Johnston is off and we have now Courtney’s Staffie filling in it’s at this time in Ohio, the information podcast dialogue from cleveland.com and the plain supplier. I’m Chris Quinn right here with Courtney, in addition to Lisa Garvin and Layla Tasi. And we’re all ready for snow this week, nevertheless it’s imagined to be 70 when the weekend.

No,

Lisa: I can’t await that weekend.

Chris: So sick of it. All proper. Courtney has received to get to an project. So let’s get going. How may Donald Trump’s endorsement of J D Vance up within the battle within the Republican main for the united statesSenate Lisa, all of them needed it. They have been all sick offense for it. One. Bought it.

What does it imply. And

Lisa: fairly truthfully, the man who received it’s the one one who unhealthy mouth Donald Trump again within the previous days. However yeah, this endorsement got here on Friday through the save America PAC. So Trump is backing [00:01:00] J D Vance for the us Senate seat now held by Robert Portman. Um, uh, It is a Trump quote. He says he could have mentioned not so nice issues about me prior to now, however he will get it now.

So we are able to simply extrapolate what meaning. So, yeah, that’s, that’s what’s occurring and I’m positive there have been a number of crest fallen, faces. I imply, should you appeared on the adverts, Mandela was like, you realize, pro-Trump Mike Gibbons was Trump robust and Timken, you realize, was anointed because the Ohio state. Uh, GOP chair by Trump.

So she most likely thought she was a shoe in, so I’m positive there have been a number of crestfallen faces on Friday.

Chris: So let’s discuss that just a little bit. These, these candidates by no means actually talked about what they might do for Ohio. They by no means actually campaigned on points apart for Matt Dolan who by no means went for Trump’s endorsement.

They principally have been. On the altar of Trump, they handled him like this all-knowing God. They tried to [00:02:00] out Trump one another. So should you worship on the altar of Trump and Trump anoints, a candidate, shouldn’t you drop out of the race and help that candidate. I imply, in case your entire marketing campaign was, I’m the Trump Piest of Trumpy, show it.

Lisa: And none of them have talked about dropping out but. So yeah, they’re, they’re really doubling down. I imply, they, a few them attacked advance straight away. Um, they mentioned that some have been saying that they have been upset. Uh, Mandel was saying he was very upset, however he’ll proceed to be a proud supporter of Trump’s America first agenda.

And he. Trying ahead to Trump’s no endorsement within the November election. So Mandale nonetheless thinks he

Chris: can win. However how will you say you’re supporting the Trump agenda when the Trump agenda is behind your opponent? This, this proves they’re all hypocrites. That none of them actually meant it. They simply have been on the lookout for a budget strategy to win, as a result of in the event that they meant what they [00:03:00] mentioned, I imply, you’re proper.

Lisa, the adverts have been simply ridiculous about outreaching and making an attempt to out Trump one another. Trump has picked the candidate. In the event that they’re actually going to fall in line behind their chief, they need to drop out. And in the event that they don’t they’re hypocrites, come on. Debate me. Come on, Layla. Beautiful.

Leila: They’re making an attempt to courtroom the Trump voter now.

I imply, they’re not there. They’re finished courting Donald Trump himself. They’re making an attempt to, you realize, scoop up Trump, Trump, he votes and. Then do it, Kress them themselves and let all of them cut up up that voted for the first after which, you realize, come on.

Chris: Yeah. It’s, it’s wonderful. We had a narrative. We had a scurry over the weekend by.

Andrew Tobias and Seth Richardson taking a look at how mean-spirited the mud slinging has turn into within the closing. Now, two weeks of the race, uh, that, that lists what every candidate is making an attempt to do and be extra outrageous than the opposite. However you gotta [00:04:00] assume that should you’re a Trump voter and Donald Trump has spoken from on excessive, the opposite one needs to be falling in line.

I’d assume that they, individuals would peel away as a result of they appear so disloyalty. There Trump God.

Lisa: Effectively, it’s solely been three days because the endorsement, so we’ll see what occurs. However it’s important to keep in mind to Chris at these are all self funders. They’re they’re millionaires which can be paying for his or her campaigns which can be their very own pocket.

Whether or not they see that as a declining funding stays to be seen,

Chris: aside from Josh Mandel, who was getting a boatload of cash from the, uh, Peter Thiel pack. Okay. You’re listening to at this time in Ohio. What was the rationale behind the Ohio Supreme courtroom’s rejection of the fourth set of gerrymandered legislative maps and what occurs now, Layla, it wasn’t a shock.

They’d reject them as a result of they have been nearly similar to the third set. However what did.

Leila: God, that is, that is simply so sure, one other 4, three resolution Republican, [00:05:00] chief justice Moreno Connor received behind once more, the Democrats ju ju justices, Jennifer Bruner, Michael Don Lee, melody Stewart. They usually mentioned once more that these maps, you realize, boiling it down, that the redistricting fee accepted these maps that have been almost similar to those that the courtroom simply mentioned.

You already know that they, they unfairly, uh, profit the, the, uh, the, the Republican majority, however the, however the majority of the courtroom additionally rejected calls from the plaintiffs within the case, which embody a progressive coalition of Democrats, voting rights teams and different advocacy teams for the courtroom to, to, uh, to attract its personal maps.

After discovering that the redistricting fee in, in, um, after discovering the redistricting fee and contempt of courtroom, the choose has mentioned the courtroom lacks the structure. Authority to try this. Um, like the opposite redistricting rulings, the courts, different three Republicans justices, pat DeWine, Sharon Kennedy, and pat Fischer.

They mentioned that, um, they might have upheld the maps in, uh, of their dissenting opinion, Kennedy who’s after all, working [00:06:00] in opposition to Bruner for chief justice this 12 months mentioned once more, that the state’s new political registry. Requirements as written are unenforceable. And she or he mentioned that the courtroom can solely strike down maps for breaking geographic redistricting guidelines.

Um, like those who restrict how county cities and townships could be cut up. She additionally blamed the bulk for the prices of a S of holding the second main election for state legislative races, which, you realize, are most likely going to be about 20 million. So, you realize what occurs now? Andrew, Andrew Tobias tells us that the choice received’t have an effect on the first Might third, uh, as a result of, uh, early voting started final week and Ohio state legislative candidates have been pulled from the poll due to the maps, authorized uncertainty.

However a make-up main election for state legislative races is deliberate for later this 12 months, though no date has been set, however he says that this newest ruling may result in a federal takeover of the state’s redistricting course of. And so the deadline to attract new maps comes [00:07:00] nicely after this April twentieth deadline, that was mentioned by a panel of federal judges.

Chris: Yeah. That, that, that, that’s fascinating. Earlier than we get to that, I simply questioned did pat the wine who has refused to recuse himself in his dissent, he mentioned, I’m doing what my daddy advised me to do. So ridiculous that, that man’s nonetheless on the case, received to determine that that complaints filed of their confidential until they arrive out.

However I imply, the truth that he continues to persist, look, we have been writers in our occupation and so all of us can admire. Cautious considerate writing. And this opinion had a passage that basically is value taking the time to learn it offers with the federal courtroom. And it simply one after the other lists the factors for why the federal courtroom has no jurisdiction.

And the arguments being made earlier than the federal courtroom are a bunch of. Like one of many arguments is that, that there’s a September 2nd is the ultimate date. We will have a main. And that ruling says that, the place does that come from? Different states are doing it on [00:08:00] the nineteenth. That is simply foolish. And, and it w it’s fascinating as a result of it principally lays out all of the grounds for an attraction.

If the federal courtroom, you SERPs the state courtroom, it’s, you simply don’t usually see a state courtroom opinion, inspecting what’s occurring in a federal courtroom. I, I, you bought to assume it’s extra O’Connor you gotta assume, as a result of she’s their strategic thinker. She’s pondering three and 4 steps down the street. I feel this opinion makes it just a little bit tougher for the federal courtroom judges to take the case.

Leila: Yeah, that’s fascinating. So what I imply? Yeah. It’s. I imply what’s, what’s what occurs? What’s the subsequent step right here? What’s our subsequent, I imply, what’s the brief view right here? Do you w what are we ready for subsequent?

Chris: I consider the Republicans who’ve had no intention of following by means of and doing the best factor are relying on the federal courtroom to take it over.

I feel the opinion makes clear what ought to occur. It mentioned, Hey, you bought shut. You might be on the [00:09:00] cusp of ending this earlier than Matt. Unilaterally whipped out his different set of maps and mentioned, we’re passing these, they’re saying, we’re not telling you what to do, however that looks as if a sensible path. Get them again, end your course of.

In order that’s what they need to do. However, and the courtroom had

Leila: offered that there was this bipartisan map-making crew that the courtroom had advisable. That appeared, it appeared that the courtroom had, had instructed that no matter they produced got here very near passing muster. So. Why, why can’t we cross the end line with this

Chris: already?

As a result of they’re not working in good religion, not within the Republicans on this course of. Need to do the best factor, regardless of what the voters have mentioned, regardless of what the courtroom has mentioned. And look now, Dwayne goes to take a PTO day. He’s received COVID. I can’t get collectively to attract maps. I’ve COVID. The entire thing is simply, they’ve utterly corrupted the method and abused the citizenry.

The one factor that’s unhappy about that is I feel voters are so turned off [00:10:00] by the fixed misbehavior of public officers that you simply’re not seeing torches and pitchforks exterior of the seats of energy and Columbus. Ain’t 10 years in the past, you’d have had protests and other people screaming, however individuals have been fairly burned out on simply how unhealthy these guys are.

Orange jumpsuits. That was my reply. We nonetheless have the contempt listening to. You’re proper. That might nonetheless come collectively. And naturally, pat the wine recused themselves from that as a result of he doesn’t wish to put daddy in jail. You’re listening to at this time in Ohio. There was a time when U S airports needed to have resorts onsite, however Cleveland is likely to be getting in one other path.

Courtney, why is that?

Courtney: Sure. So our reporters, Susan Glazer reported that the Sheraton Cleveland airport resort might be, or may very well be closed down within the coming months. You already know, there’s this little monetary troubles there. Susan reported. You already know the properties now in receivership due to these monetary difficulties and the [00:11:00] courtroom appointed receiver advised Susan, you realize, the airport resort has turn into out of date.

Possibly again within the day when Cleveland was a hub for United continental airways, there was a necessity for in a single day lodging. However now that Hopkins is not that hub, fewer people want in a single day lodging and it is likely to be. You already know, the airport resort is likely to be gone the best way of the Dodo there. I

Chris: don’t perceive why they want that area for parking as a result of they did tear down a complete parking storage just a few years again.

And that’s nonetheless there. It looks as if it’s a short-sighted resolution to eliminate the airport resort simply based mostly on present situations, since you may wish it once more. I imply, a lot of individuals get stranded at airports and also you’d assume that having the resort can be an asset. It’s one thing.

Courtney: Yeah, I’m just a little curious why the receiver was saying, you realize, this fashions out of date, there’s gotta be some want, however possibly it’s sufficiently small the place people can simply get a rental automobile come downtown or no matter.[00:12:00]

Lodge after which stick with it the subsequent

Chris: morning. There’s most likely an fascinating story. And taking a look at whether or not resorts in non hub airports have all been having the identical fortunes than it, that it’s solely the resorts, that hub airports that work. Detroit’s a hub airport. It has a resort that I feel does fairly nicely.

Or is it simply the Cleveland factor? We ran it into the bottom and now we’re going to tear it down for parking as a result of we wish to put up one other parking storage,

Lisa: however isn’t the constructing in fairly unhealthy form. I imply, And inspections exhibiting that it wasn’t in nice form and wasn’t being saved up.

Chris: Yeah. Sure.

Clearly it had deteriorated, however you realize, what’s dearer should you resolve you need a resort down the street to begin over or to patch it collectively and repair it up. I it’s simply stunning that an airport would let an asset like a resort go, nevertheless it looks as if that’s the place we’re headed. You’re listening to at this time.

We maintain speaking about how Republican legislators have turned faculties into fodder for tradition [00:13:00] wars. So what number of training payments have been launched within the Ohio legislature? We, so Laura Hancock’s story on that is actually fascinating, trigger there’s a lot of them and it’s not simply Republicans, it’s Republicans and Democrats, however what number of are there and what are among the highlights.

Effectively, there

Lisa: have been 125 training associated payments launched through the present legislative session, which ends in December. It’s a two 12 months session and these payments are at varied factors within the course of from near changing into legislation to having no probability in any respect. Um, in, uh, Laura story that she listed 30 of them.

So I went by means of and sort of cherry picked just a few. There’s home invoice 99, which permits individuals to hold arms with the permission of the college board or the college governing, you realize, entity on faculty grounds in a security zone with out finishing police officer coaching that handed the home in November.

It’s now. Senate. We have now home invoice 1 0 5, which is Aaron’s legislation. That requires [00:14:00] age acceptable sexual abuse training from kindergarten by means of sixth grade and sexual violence prevention from grade seven by means of 12 that handed the home in June on a bipartisan vote. However there’s just a little little bit of pushback from conservative Christians as a result of they demand they’re demanding bands on instruction on contraception, promotion, transgender healthcare, and.

Simulation they usually wish to emphasize abstinence. There’s home invoice 3 22 that prohibits instructing that people are inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive. This has had three hearings. The final one who’s again in September twenty second. And in order that’s simply sort of sitting in limbo proper now. I can cease and we are able to speak or I can go on

Chris: it’s w what’s stunning, is that just a little greater than a 12 months in the past?

None of this actually existed. After which the, the phony problem of important race concept was loaded into the American consciousness. It was, it was only a full manipulation [00:15:00] and other people purchased it they usually received all fired up and confirmed up at college board screaming. And now we’re seeing this lengthy tail. Of largely pointless laws to intrude with the tutorial course of.

And it’s simply sort of unhappy that this was all phony. There was no actual problem. Is there options in quest of.

Lisa: Proper. Proper. And so many of those payments, as you say, are focusing and CRT or important race concept has sort of turn into an umbrella for every kind of matters that aren’t expressly, you realize, associated to that, uh, home invoice 3 27, um, that’s beneath.

Effectively revisions to this point, they need a non-partisan discussions within the classroom of controversial historical past or historic oppression. That they had an inventory within the authentic invoice that, uh, had an inventory of divisive ideas that couldn’t be taught in school rooms. Now that the phrases divisive ideas have been faraway from the invoice, however among the issues beneath that record nonetheless [00:16:00] stay.

Leila: What are some examples of divisive ideas? That’s in order that’s so subjective.

Chris: Effectively, these legal guidelines, these legal guidelines would depend as divisive ideas.

Leila: That’s the factor I wish to know. What are the sensible functions of all of these items? What’s going to it appear like when it will get to the extent of the classroom?

Chris: Effectively, sadly I wouldn’t be stunned should you didn’t have some mother or father resolve to take a trainer to courtroom.

So some trainer making an attempt to do their job goes to get swallowed up. Courtney. You’re making an attempt to say.

Courtney: Yeah, it simply strikes me that it’s not outlined clearly. And the entire level is to spook people into self-censorship, you realize, don’t, don’t get into something that possibly is possibly divisive and, and you then simply avoid something.

That’s that’s of a meaty. Sort of subject scary.

Chris: The unhappy factor is there, isn’t an issue within the faculties. Academics educate college students be taught. We don’t actually have this downside. We’re creating an issue. [00:17:00] And the variety of payments which can be enjoying to some base, it’s simply excessive. You’re listening at this time. Is paying hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in taxes to quasi public boards, the easiest way to manage psychological well being providers, or is the dysfunction of Cuyahoga county’s board proof that we’d like an overhaul late.

Leila: Effectively, so the Cuyahoga county Adams board has been making a number of headlines recently and never in a great way. The well being leaders have questioned aloud about their high quality management requirements on the packages they fund. The, the board has been ridiculed for being unable to make. Their thoughts about whether or not racism is a public well being disaster.

And, and we came upon about their worker well being and wellness coverage, the place they have been reimbursing bills like golf classes and personal dance instruction and stuff like that. So we began to surprise, is that this dysfunction simply distinctive to this [00:18:00] board or is there one thing in regards to the construction of those quasi governmental entities that that basically wants fixing?

So reporter Bob, Hey. Dug into these questions and realized that there are execs and cons to controlling psychological well being {dollars} on the native stage, reasonably than centralized on the state stage. And that in reality, Most states do it the best way Ohio does it. And, and as one supply, put it just a little dysfunction on one Adam’s board is absolutely no cause to throw the infant out with the tub water that that is really a reasonably great way of doing it.

So, so for the professionals, having native management. Over psychological well being {dollars} means you could get artistic regionally along with your programming. You’ll be able to tailor programming to the wants of your particular group and lift levy {dollars} for these particular wants. For instance, you realize, some communities have been hit tougher than others by the opioid epidemic I’ve heard additionally of, of one other.

Board that did a [00:19:00] survey of their county’s youth and found this epidemic of melancholy and despondency amongst adolescents. They usually determined to answer that by providing grants to native faculties for packages round that problem. So, you realize, additionally you may have, you may have higher luck elevating tax {dollars}. Uh, members of a group invested in its personal wellbeing, you then do, you’d going hat in hand to a state legislature stuffed with ideologues at price range time.

Proper? So that’s, these are all good issues that come from having this native management on the flip aspect of that’s the query of fairness. Clearly communities which can be wealthier or have a bigger tax base or extra capable of pay for levies. There are some communities that don’t have the cash to satisfy their psychological well being and drug habit, programming wants.

And that dialog about easy methods to deliver fairness to the state of Ohio has been occurring. Um, and the buzzword there may be, you realize, how can we modernize the system states which have centralized [00:20:00] system. I’ve that fairness, however they lose that little management over easy methods to spend it on. Effectively, maintain

Chris: on, maintain on, maintain on, maintain on.

However Cuyahoga county has a lot of cash. I imply, we’re, we’re, we’re not the fairness. Isn’t an issue right here. We have now all the cash. We simply have sort of bozos working the place. How do you, how do you repair that?

Leila: You already know, that’s, that’s, that’s one Adams board, nevertheless it doesn’t imply that statewide. It’s essential to flip the desk.

Chris: Okay. However we did this story as a result of we have now dysfunction. So what’s the reply for our dysfunction? Effectively, our authentic

Leila: concept, our authentic thought the unique query was is the state’s system defective or is it flawed? Is, and, and the, the reply to that query just isn’t essentially, you do have some Adam’s boards which have.

Dysfunction, however that doesn’t imply that the system itself. Is, it must be overhauled due to that dysfunction on [00:21:00] particular boards,

Chris: all the pieces in Cuyahoga county comes all the way down to, we received the unsuitable individuals doing the job, and it’s been that manner for endlessly.

Leila: He speaking about, you realize, county, the county construction, the county authorities construction.

You already know, they overhauled that due to the dysfunction. Once we have been with a commissioner system, oh man, we have to return to commissioners as a result of look, what’s occurring. It’s the individuals, not the system. The commissioner system would have labored if we had good. If we had a very good set of individuals working it, not a bunch of crux.

Chris: Effectively, we did, we have now had some, we did have some good individuals through the years, however, however I get it it’s we simply don’t have the best individuals. Possibly it’s trigger it’s the one occasion rule and the democratic occasion simply picks who’s going to be in, nevertheless it’s damaged that his board is damaged. Akron. Boutros stood up in a county council assembly and mentioned it, and he’s been confirmed, proper.

You all listening to at this time? What number of other ways has Cleveland tried to handle its [00:22:00] metropolis parks through the years, one thing value figuring out is mayor Justin bibs seeks to create a separate parks division. Courtney, I had no concept till I learn your story. What a scorching potato. This has been. I assumed it had been the identical factor endlessly, however man, a number of mayors have tried a number of options.

Yeah,

isn’t

Courtney: this an fascinating historical past. It was actually enjoyable to get the background on this. So since 1901, when the primary, you realize, metropolis division particularly dealing with parks was created, it’s bounced forwards and backwards structure-wise and totally different departments organize in numerous divisions. 4 or 5 totally different instances.

And it began out within the public works division manner again a century in the past. And it’s at the moment within the public works division, however what could or bib needs to do is break it out and have parks and recreation, be their very own division with sort of getting their very own sort of consideration and love and targeted efforts by town.

Um, you realize, it’s an fascinating query about whether or not this structural change right here [00:23:00] will actually result in. Higher parks, extra equitable parks, higher programming and parks, however a number of advocates right here regionally say that that is sort of the 1st step. If we wish to get our parks so as, give it its personal place in metropolis, authorities, and actually deep dive and provides it its personal assault.

I don’t

Lisa: know, this

Chris: simply appears so apparent. Possibly in a earlier period of my life, I labored in a summer time camp each summer time for a bunch of years. It’s really the place I met my spouse. And in that metropolis, they’d a division of parks and recreation. It was 100% targeted on ensuring kids had stuff to do and locations to play.

It simply looks as if that’s the best way it needs to be. However Cleveland can’t determine that out. It sounds prefer it did have that after. Proper. There was one period the place it was a parks and recreation division, however they, they merged.

Courtney: Sure. So beneath governor or governor, mayor Voinovich, uh, he was the one one which seems to have only a division of parks and recreation.

And you realize, that was the [00:24:00] norm from the early eighties till about 2010. When mayor Frank Jackson needed to avoid wasting cash, create some efficiencies, and he did this entire massive merger of, of various duties and departments, you realize, core metropolis operations. All right into a division of public works, 3000 workers, huge administrative construction there.

And, you realize, I talked to, uh, then councilmen from that period Matt zone. And he mentioned, the intent of that merger was proper. Cleveland did must make, do with, with much less do extra with much less, however. In that restructuring a decade in the past, he mentioned, you realize, automobile upkeep, leaky, leaky roofs on police stations ended up simply taking choice over.

Um, you realize, ensuring that our parks are high quality and for the residents

Chris: high quality. Yeah. I, I, I don’t agree with Matt now’s a dumb concept. When you’re going to present recreation to kids, which is a chief high quality of life problem, you bought to have individuals 100% [00:25:00] targeted on it. And to merge that into the rubbish.

Division and it tells you all the pieces about the best way you’re fascinated about parks. I hope Justin Bieber will get this finished, and I hope he places any person compelling in cost. Fascinating story. Test it out on cleveland.com it’s at this time in Ohio have to be an election 12 months. Lisa, how did governor Mike DeWine clarify he would Excel repairs and upkeep of Ohio bridge.

Lisa: And an announcement on Friday, governor DeWine mentioned that $237 million in federal infrastructure cash will likely be going to repair native and state bridges by means of 2027. So over the subsequent 5 years, that’s a rise of 47 and a half million a 12 months over the present allocation. In order that brings it to $112 million a 12 months over these subsequent 5 years, um, 15 and a half.

15 and a half million of the cash should go to counties, townships and municipalities, as a result of so many of those small cities with bridges don’t have the cash actually [00:26:00] to restore them themselves. So yeah, that is really excellent news out of the DeWine administration and sure, it’s an election 12 months, nevertheless it, Hey, we’re getting stuff finished.

And likewise ODAT the Ohio division of transportation will increase the variety of regionally owned bridges which can be eligible for cash. 54 bridges to 238 bridges. In order that’s excellent news. And the native main bridge program covers 80% of the fee for these municipalities to repair their bridges with a $20 million cap.

Chris: Be fascinating to see how a lot of that cash goes to rural areas the place Duane has robust voting attraction versus city areas the place individuals don’t actually like them. One thing we’ll must test in 2027 it’s at this time in Ohio. How abysmal is the report preserving by the Ohio division of well being, which is but once more, leaving state residents in the dead of night.

Present state of COVID instances statewide. I get notes from individuals nearly day-after-day, complaining that [00:27:00] there’s not a each day report from Ohio anymore. That tells you the place we stand. They went to the weekly report and now they screw that up. So we actually don’t know whether or not the AMA Cron B variant is spreading as a result of these guys.

I’ve screwed it up once more. That is the one division in state authorities, extra incompetent than the well being division is the unemployment workplace. I don’t perceive why do I simply anticipated to win reelection? These two departments are in shambles. What occurred at

Leila: least this division, isn’t letting individuals steal our id, proper?

So the state of Ohio on Thursday reported 4,808 new instances of COVID-19 and it’s weekly dashboard replace. However that quantity. Was artificially inflated due to a backlog of optimistic check outcomes that have been being processed. That backlog impacts case numbers for Lucas county state officers have been saying in a message on the dashboard Thursday’s case variety of 4,800 averages out to [00:28:00] about 686 new instances per day, over seven days.

The common for the week ending April seventh was about 546 new instances per day, over seven days. The overall COVID COVID instances, case depend since early 20, 20 has now reached 2,681,437. And our dying toll because the starting of the pandemic now stands at 38 30 8,266.

Chris: However the issue right here is the weekly depend is already just a few days behind while you lose one, like we’ve now misplaced final 12 months.

We’re going to be 10, 12 days behind the sewage counts in our space. In contrast to different states are manner behind. I’m telling you individuals actually wish to know these items. Hear, should you learn the plain supplier, test cleveland.com. Don’t blame us as a result of the numbers aren’t there. It’s Mike, the wine’s fault. It’s the well being division’s fault.

We will’t do something.

Leila: How many individuals have you learnt, who’re testing at house and are usually not notifying the state of Ohio [00:29:00] about their COVID instances. That is occurring in all places. I undergo you that, that these case counts are most likely a 3rd of what are literally, uh, reflective of the truth of COVID proper now within the state of.

But it surely’s all

Chris: we’ve received. The issue is, yeah, you’re proper. We’re not getting an correct depend, however not less than by seeing the development, you will get an concept and since they blew it they usually solely do it as soon as every week, we’re in the dead of night and, and consider me, individuals have seen. That’s why we’re speaking about it. They needed to get again to the each day depend.

It’s a taxpayer service that paying all this cash in taxes, give them what they need. They clearly wish to know

Leila: what have they appreciated down, down graded their employees or one thing. Have they, are they down to love one staffer who simply. How

Chris: are you able to probably downgrade that employees? How may that probably turn into any worse than it was all through the pandemic?

It’s an incredible, wonderful case. We’re at a time you’re listening to at this time in Ohio. Thanks, Lisa. Thanks, Layla. Thanks, Courtney. We’ll be [00:30:00] again tomorrow to speak about some extra information.