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As more Ohio kids return to classrooms, lawmakers scramble to rewrite testing requirements: Capitol Letter staff, cleveland.com © David Petkiewicz, cleveland.com/David Petkiewicz, cleveland.com/cleveland.com/TNS Extra chairs and desks were stored in a spare classroom as children at Maple Elementary School in Painesville started a new school year in August. Rotunda Rumblings Sharpen the No. 2 pencils: An Ohio House bill that was to exempt schools from standardized testing this spring is being reworked now that the Biden administration has said it will not allow states to get...

Ohio indoor entertainment events can soon reopen with limited capacity: Capitol Letter Rotunda Rumblings Change of venue: Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday that re-opening indoor entertainment venues will be limited to 25% capacity, while outdoor events including professional sports will be limited to 30%, under new coronavirus rules that will be coming soon from his administration. Per Andrew Tobias, DeWine said venues also will be required to enforce social distancing from unrelated groups and require masks. He also said he hopes the restrictions will be gradually loosened as months go by. Dea...

FirstEnergy to open books on its political spending: Capitol Letter Updated Feb 23, 2021; Facebook Share Rotunda Rumblings Open book: FirstEnergy Corp. has agreed to publicly disclose all its spending on any candidates, political parties, and ballot measures through 2024, under a deal reached with a New York State public pension fund that’s a shareholder in the company, according to Jeremy Pelzer. The company announced last week that it’s scaling back its political activity in the wake of the House Bill 6 scandal. Mass vaxx: Gov. Mike DeWine says Ohio hospitals have plenty of capacity to...

Does the grand jury system work in officer-involved shootings? The Wake Up for Monday, Feb. 22, 2021 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com © David Petkiewicz, cleveland.com/David Petkiewicz, cleveland.com/cleveland.com/TNS Some people look out at the lake near the site of an ice rescue off the shoreline near Edgewater Park in Cleveland on Sunday afternoon, February 21, 2021. David Petkiewicz, cleveland.com Subscribe to the Wake Up, cleveland.com’s free morning newsletter, delivered to your inbox weekdays at 5:30 a.m. Weather A rain/snow mix is likely through the morning, but shou...

Legislation to end the death penalty in Ohio gains bipartisan support: Capitol Letter Rotunda Rumblings New day for an old proposal: An effort to end the death penalty in Ohio now has support from a group of both Republican and Democratic lawmakers, who believe they have the votes to make it happen, Jeremy Pelzer reports. But Republican House and Senate leaders would have to let such a bill get to the floor, and that could prove a challenge, given that Senate President Matt Huffman and House Speaker Bob Cupp are both death penalty supporters. But both said they are open to a legislative discu...