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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is scaling back its print edition to two days a week as part of the 235-year-old newspaper’s transition to an all-digital news operation, documents show. The plan is to eliminate its Friday print edition beginning Feb. 27, according to a letter from Post-Gazette’s human resources manager provided

DeWine distancing himself from appointee Susan Allan Block Susan Allan Block resigns from Ohio Arts Council after inflammatory social media remarks CLEVELAND, Ohio – Republican Gov. Mike DeWine announced Friday that Susan Allan Block, one of his appointees to the Ohio Arts Council, had resigned following remarks on social media supporting Republican President Donald Trump’s false narrative of widespread electoral fraud and calling Democratic Vice President-elect Kamala Harris a “whore.�...

A member of the Ohio Arts Council has resigned after an inflammatory Facebook post in which she expressed support for the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol

Ohio Arts Council board member Susan Allan Block resigned Friday after social media comments surfaced in which she referred to the vice president-elect Kamala Harris as a "whore" and called for "no peace" during the U.S. Capitol riots on Wednesday. DeWine announced Blocks resignation early Friday afternoon without further comment. On Thursday, his spokeswoman had denounced the comments. Block, of Toledo, was first appointed to the unpaid council, which allocates state and federal money to Ohi...

The Blade journalists forego reporter bylines following ethics concerns; Block family member resigns arts commission post after social media backlash The journalists union doesnt believe management is allowing them to report ethically on the Capitol breach. Theyre protesting by pulling their names from articles. Author: Emma Henderson Updated: 2:20 PM EST January 8, 2021 TOLEDO, Ohio — Just a day after it was learned that journalists at the Toledo Blade would b...

Gov. Mike DeWine distances himself from Ohio Arts Council appointee who posted pro-Trump rant that called VP-elect Kamala Harris a ‘whore’ Updated Jan 08, 2021; Posted Jan 07, 2021 Gov. Mike DeWine distanced himself from Susan Allan Block, one of his appointees to the Ohio Arts Council, following Blocks posting of incendiary pro-Trump social media messages supportive of election fraud conspiracy theories. (Ohio Arts Council) Facebook Share This story has been updated with comments from B...

Those who stormed the Capitol Wednesday came from a pro-Trump protest and were instructed by the president to direct their attention on the Capitol. Elected officials and journalists who were in a joint session of Congress at the time entered a lockdown amid the chaos, postponing the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral win, and when it was over, five people were dead. The stealthy editing “waters down the truth of what happened on Wednesday and is a disservice to our read...

Ohio Arts Council board member Susan Allan Block resigned Friday after social media comments surfaced in which she referred to the vice president-elect Kamala Harris as a "whore" and called for "no peace" during the U.S. Capitol riots on Wednesday. DeWine announced Blocks resignation early Friday afternoon without further comment. On Thursday, his spokeswoman had denounced the comments. Block, of Toledo, was first appointed to the unpaid council, which allocates state and federal money to Ohi...

An Ohio Arts Council board member resigned Friday after she appeared to voice her support earlier in the week on social media for the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Susan Allan Block, of Toledo, wrote on Facebook on Thursday, “No Peace! No Unity! No Concession! No legitimacy to a stolen election!" She also called Vice President-elect Kamala Harris a "whore." Her resignation was accepted on Friday by Gov. Mike DeWine, who had reappointed her in 2019 to the state agency that funds arts in...

Ohio Arts Council member resigns after backlash from Facebook post about Kamala Harris, election Susan Allan Block has resigned from the Ohio Arts Council after widespread criticism of a post she made on social media. (Source: WTVG) By Tricia Ennis | January 8, 2021 at 2:42 PM EST - Updated January 8 at 5:50 PM TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Toledo’s Susan Allan Block has resigned from the Ohio Arts Council, according to Gov. DeWine’s office. Her resignation followed widespread criticism...