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The federal infrastructure bill signed by President Biden this week will provide funding for improvements across a broad range of areas, including water quality, roads and bridges and broadband internet access.

Summit County public transit workers will not be going on strike Monday as planned; The Cleveland Orchestra canceled two concerts over the weekend after a performer tested positive for COVID-19; Ohio's COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all increasing; and more stories.

Public transit busses are still running throughout Summit County as Metro RTA union employees decided to hold off on a strike set to begin Thursday; Summa Health System says about 91% of its employees have complied with its COVID-19 vaccine mandate; Ohio Democrats are strongly objecting to the new map of congressional districts released today by House Republicans; and more stories.

The average number of COVID-19 cases in Ohio dropped this past week, though death totals spiked above the three-week average; Akron public transit workers may go on strike on Thursday; Giant Eagle has settled a lawsuit tied to the opioid crisis; and more stories.

The two offered a clinic in May where 86 people were vaccinated. Another clinic today at Metro's downtown Akron transit station hopes to reach at least as many.

Vaccination efforts such as mass vaccination sites have been ineffective in vaccinating minority populations, so Summit County Public Health is creating pop-up vaccine sites within communities.

Akron METRO will offer free transportation to the site which plans to operate three to four days a week, administering 5,000 doses.

The state health department approved Summity County's COVID-19 mass vaccination site move from the Chapel Hill Mall to the Summit County Fairgrounds.

Akron’s mass transit system is reducing service in response to the coronavirus pandemic – which is also impacting ridership in Canton and Cleveland.Metro…

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