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News Reporter/Producer at Ohio Public Radio and Television’s Statehouse News Bureau - serving all of Ohio’s NPR and PBS stations.
Apr 10 18 tweets 3 min read
DeWine praises lawmakers for making gains in career tech - making it more available to kids. He points out $200 million has been spent to build new career tech classrooms. DeWine praises scholarship programs for college students and notes the top 5% of graduating K-12 kids this year will get $5K merit scholarships for four years.
Jan 25 10 tweets 3 min read
The Ohio Senate overrode Gov. DeWine’s veto of HB68 () following the House’s lead earlier this month. Catch a glimpse at what went on behind the scenes today in this thread 🧵search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/ge… This morning, Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima) was asked about what we’ve been hearing from families of kids already getting treatment. They say this will upend their lives to the point they may move out of state. Here's his response
Aug 10, 2023 13 tweets 3 min read
Ohio Gov Mike DeWine says “the peoplr of Ohio have spoken” and he says that decision needs to be respected. Image Gov DeWine says he has talked to people who are anti-abortion but were uncomfortable with Issue 1 (changing the constitution).
Jun 15, 2023 25 tweets 6 min read
Ohio Senate is considering its version of the budget right now. Sen Matt Dolan (R-Chardon),Senate Finance Chair, says this budget is responsible and accomplishes major economic goals that “reflects where the state is now” and addresses need going forward. Image Finance Chair Matt Dolan says the Senate version of the budget funds the Fair School Funding Plan without guarantees that have been given but senate leaders say are not mandated in the plan itself. This will cause some school districts to potentially lose thousands of dollars.
Jun 13, 2023 14 tweets 3 min read
At the Ohio Ballot Board meeting where members are set to rewrite language voters will see when they vote on constitutional change process on August 8. Meeting to start soon. Image This is the proposed language the board will consider. Note it still uses the word “elevating” in the headline. That word was heavily debated the last time the board wrote language Image
Feb 14, 2023 20 tweets 3 min read
Ohio Gov Mike DeWine’s press conference on East Palestine railroad derailment. This is a folllowup to the incident on Tuesday, Feb 14, 2023. DeWine said officials faced 2 bad options. One was to let car containing hazardous materials explode w/ schrapnel going out “close to a mile” The other option- controlled release. The leaders chose that option and called for residents to evacuate.
Mar 17, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
More on the situation with #Ohio legislative #redistricting maps that were rejected by the Ohio Supreme Court. Comment from the Ohio Democratic Party Image
Mar 14, 2022 8 tweets 3 min read
Just in - Gov. Mike DeWine signs a controversial bill into law that will allow people to carry concealed guns without a permit. statenews.org/government-pol… #Ohio #guns Comment from Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Nan Whaley who stood with DeWine in 2019 when he announced his gun reform plan after the mass shooting near Dayton. Image
Jan 14, 2022 7 tweets 2 min read
BREAKING - The Ohio Supreme Court has also ruled the Congressional redistricting map invalid. This is the Congressional district map the court ruled invalid.
Jan 13, 2022 32 tweets 5 min read
Ohio Dept of Health news conference. Thursday, Jan, 13, 2022. ODH Director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff is joined by the following participants. Vanderhoff says daily case counts remain historically high. He says community spread is rampant. He says the statewide average is 2,000 cases per 100,000 people, much higher than the 100 per 100,000 average.
Dec 29, 2021 49 tweets 7 min read
This is a live tweet thread from a news conference Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, Ohio Dept of Health Dir. Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff and Ohio National Guard Major General John Harris. Wednesday, December 29, 2021 DeWine says he's had a call with Ohio hospitals this morning. He says today marks the highest hospitalization count during this pandemic.
Sep 2, 2021 32 tweets 5 min read
Ohio Dept of Health is holding a press conference right now to update the state on COVID situation. Follow this thread for details. Speakers include Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, MD, MBA, Director, Ohio Department of Health
Brian Taylor, MD, Inpatient Medical Director, Central Ohio Primary Care Hospitalists
Hector Wong, ICU Physician, Head of Critical Care at Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Aug 17, 2021 31 tweets 4 min read
Ohio Dept of Health Director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff and Gov Mike DeWine - news conference on COVID - Tuesday, August 17, 2021 Gov DeWine says the goal of keeping kids in school is clearly at risk due to the COVID Delta variant. He says things have worsened. He wants to reiterate that kids should be vaccinated or masked while in the classroom.
Jul 21, 2021 21 tweets 3 min read
The Ohio Department of Health's Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff says COVID cases in Ohio have more than doubled in the past couple of weeks. He says the Delta variant is fast becoming the prominent variant in Ohio. Vanderhoff says from May to June 2021, 20% of COVID cases were in people under 21 years old. This is also the population with the lowest vaccination rate.
Mar 15, 2021 6 tweets 2 min read
Thousands of appointments will be available beginning tomorrow morning (March 15) for the Cleveland Mass Vaccination Center at the Wolstein Center between March 24 and March 30. Ohioans can register for the appointments at gettheshot.conronavirus.ohio.gov. If you want to register for a shot there but you have trouble navigating the internet or lack internet access, you can book an appointment by calling 1-833-427-5634 (1-833-4-ASK-ODH).
Oct 31, 2020 14 tweets 4 min read
The line at the Franklin County Early Vote Center (Columbus) are ridiculously long right now. It starts in the neighborhoods surrounding the strip mall where the vote center is located. (H/T to Andy Miller for the heads up) #Election2020 #ohio
Oct 30, 2020 4 tweets 1 min read
Ohio - If you ordered a mail-in ballot but want to vote in person, here's how to do that. If you want your vote to be counted in the total on Election Night, find some time to vote this weekend. statenews.org/post/you-can-c… Also - If you have requested a paper ballot and haven't yet returned it, do NOT mail it back to your local board of elections. Find some time this weekend to drop it off in your county's ballot box. You can NOT walk it into your polling place on Election Day.
Oct 29, 2020 17 tweets 3 min read
Gov. DeWine is ready to address the state about a new record high number of COVID-19 cases that have been reported in the past 24 hours. Thursday, October 29, 2020. 3590 new cases - about 700 more than previous high a few days ago. Gov. DeWine says the virus is raging throughout the whole state of Ohio. No place to high.