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Today is Election Day, and there are some high-profile races on the ballot in Ohio; Akron-based FirstEnergy has agreed to refund customers of its three Ohio electric companies $306 million for collecting significantly excessive profits over a three-year period; unionized teachers in Akron are responding to an uptick in student violence and other disruptive behavior; and more stories.
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Cleveland Clinic has filed a federal lawsuit claiming it’s among hospitals that received shipments of fake N-95 masks; proposed legislation in Ohio would prohibit children under 18 from getting some medical treatments for gender transitioning; FirstEnergy successor Energy Harbor has begun a hydrogen fuel project at its Davis-Besse nuclear plant in Northwest Ohio; and more stories.
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The masking requirement is now set to expire Oct. 29, when the school board will review the policy and decide whether to extend it again.
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And sometimes school board members are being threatened over what people think they are teaching.
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The Ohio Department of Health reports the number of cases now rivals last winter's surge.
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Earlier in the pandemic, older Ohioans were most at risk. But pediatricians say the Delta variant means more children are coming down ill with COVID these days.
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While some school districts have moved to requiring masks, others have had to close schools because of ill workers.
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But state leaders say they are not taking action to curtail off-label use of the drug ivermectin for now.
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This decision comes after the FDA granted full approval to Pfizer's vaccine earlier this week.
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Northeast Ohio students start returning to school this week, just as the delta variant has turned the state into a COVID-19 hotspot. Whether students will be required to wear masks in the classroom depends on which district they attend.