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8 Jan, 5 tweets, 2 min read
After multiple calls for her to resign following her Facebook post voicing support for the insurrection at the US Capitol and calling incoming VP Kamala Harris a derogatory name, Susan Allan Block has resigned from the Ohio Arts Council board Image
A DeWine spokesperson had said Block’s comments “are highly offensive and do not represent the views of this administration." But there wasn't much DeWine could do to remove her without advice and consent of the Ohio Senate.
DeWine had reappointed Block, the owner of the Toledo Blade and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, to the Ohio Arts Council board in 2019 (interestingly, at the same time he appointed Juan Cespedes, who's pleaded guilty in the federal bribery scandal around the nuclear bailout law).
Block had been initially appointed to the Ohio Arts Council board in 2016 by former Gov. John Kasich. Block put out a statement earlier today to @WTOL11Toledo
Here's my story on Susan Allan Block's resignation from the Ohio Arts Council board after that inflammatory Facebook post: statenews.org/post/newspaper…

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11 Jan
My Statehouse News Bureau colleagues @joingles and @andy_chow and I are checking into reports of an armed march at the Statehouse Sunday. Not much can be said by @OSHP and @GovMikeDeWine, as well as @OhioAG Dave Yost. His office says they're "aware and monitoring the situation."
For those wondering why Ohio might be a target, since President Trump won this state by 8 points, there was a protest at the Statehouse on Jan 6, the same day of the violent insurrection at the US Capitol:
The Proud Boys were obvious at that protest Weds, and they were also at a protest over masks and shutdowns at the Statehouse in July, which included people who were armed:
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10 Jan
A roundup of tweets this weekend from Ohio's 16 members of Congress (12 R, 4 D) - starting with Democrat @TimRyan of the Youngstown area and heads a subcommittee that funds the Capitol Police
Congressman @RepDaveJoyce, a Republican from northeast Ohio, shared this criticism of President Trump - he also noted the apparent death by suicide of a Capitol Police officer this weekend
Here's Republican @WarrenDavidson of southwest Ohio, who was among the five Ohio Republicans who joined in the challenges to President-Elect Joe Biden's Electoral College win, but on Thursday condemned the storming of the Capitol
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17 Nov 20
"I have seen illness and death on a scale that I have never seen in my career. I have admitted families. I've had to put spouses next to each other while one or both die. These are things that I have never had to do before." From a Ohio doctor I talked to this morning. (more)
This doc is at Ohio State's Wexner Medical Center, and had never done an interview before, but agreed to share his views for this week's @stateofohioshow about what he's seeing. He also said: "Every night, we deal with folks who don't believe they have COVID."
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Ohio have set records almost every day for a month, and are double what they were a month ago. It's being reported that @GovMikeDeWine may announce a 10pm-6am curfew for many businesses at today's press conference at 2pm.
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16 Nov 20
With COVID numbers soaring, new signs at the Ohio Statehouse show the building is now requiring masks, instead of them being "highly recommended". House and Senate Committee meetings are scheduled for tomorrow, and both chambers are scheduled to be in session Wednesday.
Republican former Speaker Larry @HouseholderOH (who was re-elected to his seat) said repeatedly he couldn't require members of the House to wear masks. His replacement @SpeakerCupp will wear a mask, but hasn't announced if it will be required in the House
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28 Oct 20
There's less than a week till Election Day, with early voting in Ohio going till Nov 2.

2.2 million Ohioans have voted early, compared to 1.9 million in all of 2016. In the 60 counties where data is available for both 2020 and 2016, here's what early voting looks like.
In those 60 Ohio counties, so far in 2020 there's been an increase of 756,163 absentee ballot requests or in person early votes over all of those votes in 2016. That's a 61% increase.
490,506 of that increase is from those not affiliated with a party. That's an 88% increase among unaffiliated voters. There's been an increase of 245,910 of those votes from Democratic-affiliated voters - or 81%. There's an increase of 19,747 Republican-affiliated votes - or 5%.
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26 Oct 20
The last week of early voting in Ohio starts tomorrow. Already in 2020 in Ohio, there’s been a record 51% increase in absentee ballot requests and in-person votes over all of those early votes in 2016. Here are some breakdowns of four key counties.
Erie and Portage were two bellwether counties in 2016, which means they most closely mirrored the state’s overall vote. President Trump won Ohio by 8.1%. He won Erie by 9.6% and Portage by 9.9%. Erie and Portage are also the most evenly divided among partisan affiliated voters.
In Erie County, there are 12,335 Republican-affiliated voters, 12,213 Democrats – a difference of .23%. In Portage County, there are 23,851 Democratic-affiliated voters and 23,692 Republicans – a difference of .15%.
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