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9 Dec, 4 tweets, 2 min read
#BREAKING: @OhioSenateDems confirm the Senate is canceling tomorrow’s session — and at least 9 committee meetings until Wednesday — as a preventative measure against the spread of COVID-19 in the Statehouse.

The House has canceled sessions this week but remains in committees.
#MORE: @OhioSenateGOP confirms the canceled session.

There are no known positive COVID tests among members of the Ohio Senate currently.
This is especially noteworthy because we’re in lame duck session, and GOP majorities in both House and Senate are aiming to fast-track DOZENS of bills into law during these last two weeks — plus, override at least one veto from @GovMikeDeWine on SB311.
Once again, adding to my running thread on COVID in the @OhioStatehouse this past week👇

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10 Dec
#NEW: as @GovMikeDeWine addresses COVID-19 and extending Ohio’s statewide curfew, he has more than TEN doctors and nurses from all over Ohio lined up to speak on the briefing.
Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff:
“Five out of 8 of (Ohio’s) regions are tripping indicator 7 (ICU bed occupancy)...they are very busy with critical volumes of COVID-19.”
New map 👇
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10 Dec
#NOW: @SenSherrodBrown holding a weekly availability with Ohio reporters.
Brown promoting his legislative language as part of the #NDAA (which passed the House) to make it easier to root out the source of money — shell companies — that fund drug operations nationwide.
Brown warning against a presidential veto. @realDonaldTrump has threatened to do so because the #NDAA contains no language to repeal section 230 regarding protections for big social media companies.
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9 Dec
#WOW: Ohio House Aging Committee is hearing testimony on a bill to allow family members to be “essential caregivers” for nursing home patients.

Lynn Meldon says she’s seen her 94-year-old mom in her nursing home, for a total of 70 minutes since March.
Lynn says at one point her mother fell down: “How bad is it, that when the nursing home called to tell me...I almost hoped my mom was hurt bad enough, so that I could go visit her in the emergency room?”
Lynn Meldon: “They are slowly dying from isolation, not COVID.”
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8 Dec
#NOW: the Ohio House Education Committee is considering SB 317 for the first time.

It is a bill to allow teachers or school employees, who are NOT trained as peace officers, to carry guns in school.

Needless to say, it’s a controversial bill. Image
This is for districts that do not have school resource officers — particularly rural districts where sheriff’s deputies may not be able to respond quickly.
Rep. @JoeMiller4Ohio (D) is 1st to question bill sponsor Sen. @BillColeyOH on why schools should not require police-level training.

Coley says they could; this bill gives Boards of Education the right to decide on the level of training they prefer for those carrying firearms.
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8 Dec
#NEW: loaded with old positive antigen tests the state couldn't keep up with, Ohio reports 25,721new COVID-19 cases.

This pushes Ohio over a half-million cases.

Again: about 13,000 of these are backlogged from the last 5 weeks. Explainer below👇
Here's more from the @OHdeptofhealth Image
If my math is right — 25,721 total, minus 13,000 old cases, still makes today approximately 12,000 new COVID cases or more in Ohio, which would mark a new true single-day high.
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8 Dec
BIG UPDATE: Ohio House leadership has CANCELED voting sessions tomorrow and Thursday due to spread of COVID-19 among House membership.

It’s a busy lame duck session, but leadership does not expect House business will be affected.

Importantly, committees will continue hearings. Image
Here’s further clarification from the House Press Secretary, Taylor Jach👇 Image
It should be noted that while no one has confirmed where transmission took place, at least two House Reps who’ve tested positive sit on the same House Finance committee, which met twice last week — Rep. John Patterson and Rep. Rick Carfagna.
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