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Ohio’s unemployment office deluged with bogus claims: Capitol Letter Updated Feb 12, 2021; Posted Feb 12, 2021 Facebook Share Rotunda Rumblings Scammers’ delight: “Unemployment scammers appear to have targeted Ohio to an unprecedented degree last week, as tens of thousands of new claims were flagged as potentially fraudulent,” writes Jeremy Pelzer. State officials said as a result of having to review all the new claims for fraud, Ohio’s already lengthy wait times for benefits will b...

Top prosecutor in federal House Bill 6 probe to resign: Capitol Letter Rotunda Rumblings Stepping down: David DeVillers announced on Tuesday he will resign as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Ohio on Feb. 28, after the Biden administration asked him to do so. Per Andrew Tobias, DeVillers had thought he would be able to stay around for the months it would take to confirm a successor. But he said the federal probe into House Bill 6, the investigation of the fatal shooting of Casey Goods...

Ohio finalizing list of potential mass vaccination sites: The Wake Up for Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021 Updated Feb 10, 2021; Posted Feb 10, 2021 Drivers wait in line to get the COVID-19 vaccine in the parking lot of the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., Jan. 11. President Joe Biden took a virtual tour of the 24-hour vaccination site on Monday, as Ohio was mentioned as a place for large-scale clinics.AP Facebook Share Weather The day will star very cold, with temperatures in the mid-teens aro...

Anthony Sowell, man who murdered 11 women at Cleveland home, dies in prison: The Wake Up for Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com © David Petkiewicz, cleveland.com/David Petkiewicz, cleveland.com/cleveland.com/TNS Northeast Ohio ski resorts are on track to do well despite the coronavirus. Many, including Boston Mills and Brandywine, have made changes including requiring masks, social distancing and extra cleaning in the lodges. David Petkiewicz, cleveland.com S...

Ohio scammed into paying out hundreds of millions in fraudulent pandemic unemployment: Capitol Letter Updated Feb 04, 2021; Posted Feb 04, 2021 The state estimates at least $330 million was paid out to fraudsters from April to December. (Ohio Department of Job and Family Services) Facebook Share Rotunda Rumblings Scam-a-lot: State officials have so far been able to confirm $330 million was paid out to 56,000 fraudulent pandemic unemployment benefits claims filed between April and December, Je...

Ohio GOP Chairman Jane Timken talks about the party post Trump: Capitol Letter Updated Feb 01, 2021; Posted Feb 01, 2021 Ohio Republican Party Chairman, seen here in a 2017 file photo. think former President Donald Trump will continue to play a role in party politics. (Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press.) Facebook Share Rotunda Rumblings In the hot seat: Ohio Republican Party Chairman Jane Timken doesn’t think former President Donald Trump will start a third party, but she does think he’l...

U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan holds sway in open Senate contest -- even if he doesn’t run: The Wake Up for Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com Subscribe to the Wake Up, cleveland.com’s free morning newsletter, delivered to your inbox weekdays at 5:30 a.m. Weather Temperatures take a dip today, with highs expected to stay around 20 degrees with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be around 16 mph, so it will feel even colder. Overnight temps will be in the upper teens wi...

Sherrod Brown isn’t keen on Jim Jordan joining U.S. Senate: Overnight News Links Updated Jan 27, 2021; Posted Jan 27, 2021 Ohio U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown said Wednesday that U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan would be “last on my list” of people he’d like to see replace Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman in the Senate. (Andrew Harnik, Associated Press file photo)AP Facebook Share Featured stories Sen. Sherrod Brown dislikes the notion of serving with Jim Jordan in the U.S. Senate and says people lik...

Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish secretly maneuvered to add East Cleveland sites into contention for new jail site: The Wake Up for Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021 © Gus Chan/The Plain Dealer/cleveland.com/TNS Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish. Subscribe to the Wake Up, cleveland.com’s free morning newsletter, delivered to your inbox weekdays at 5:30 a.m. Weather It will be chilly today, with highs staying in the upper 20s. Cloudy skies are expected and there are slight chances of sn...

Who will replace U.S. Sen. Rob Portman? The Wake Up for Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021 © Sabrina Eaton, cleveland.com file photo/cleveland.com/TNS The bottom of curlers shoes are made of Teflon. Subscribe to the Wake Up, cleveland.com’s free morning newsletter, delivered to your inbox weekdays at 5:30 a.m. Weather © Sabrina Eaton, cleveland.com file photo/cleveland.com/TNS Placards representing clubs from all over who competed against Mayfield Curling Club line the walls. This morning’s commu...