As vice president of the Ohio State Board of Education, Steve Dackin last year was in charge of the committee overseeing the search for a new state superintendent of public instruction. He saw most of the applications that came in -- then resigned from the board and applied for the job himself, one day before the application deadline closed. He served 11 days before resigning from that position, after cleveland.com's Laura Hancock painstakingly detailed the possible ethics conflict. In a settlement, Dackin promised not to apply for the state superintendent job again until Feb. 26, 2023, and to attend three hours of ethics training. The Ohio Ethics Commission agreed not to refer its investigation to any public prosecutor. Now, Gov. Mike DeWine has named Dackin the head of his new Department of Education and Workforce, which replaced the Ohio Department of Education in October, when the state largely gutted the power of the Ohio State Board of Education. He will oversee the education of Ohio’s 1.6 million public school students. - Laura |
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Browns at Baltimore Ravens: 1 p.m. Sunday, M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Md. TV: WJW Channel 8. Radio: WKRK FM/92.3, WNCX FM/98.5, WKNR AM/850. Northeast Ohio weather forecast: Get ready for colder weather |
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Former Ohio State Board of Education Vice President Steve Dackin has been appointed director of the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce, the state’s new K-12 agency. (The Ohio Channel) |
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Education chief: Laura Hancock reports Gov. Mike DeWine had high praise for Steve Dackin, who formerly served as superintendent of a suburban Columbus school district and administered a school and community partnerships program at Columbus State Community College. Childcare help: Millions in American Rescue Plan money helped childcare providers survive the pandemic and was essential to enabling women to return to the workforce, after women’s workforce participation hit its lowest point in 30 years. Sabrina Eaton reports that now that the money has run out, Ohio providers are pushing for support to be restored. Today in Ohio: Issue 1 won by a combined 520,518 votes in Cuyahoga, Franklin, Hamilton and Summit counties -- enough to compensate for the statewide margin of 511,234 votes. We’re talking about the power of Ohio’s big cities and how candidates could appeal to the state as a whole on Today in Ohio, cleveland.com’s daily half-hour news podcast. |
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Conservative votes: Support for Issue 1 and Issue 2, Ohio’s recently passed ballot measures for abortion rights and recreational marijuana, respectively, went well beyond the usual liberal strongholds during Tuesday’s general election, extending into areas of the state that are usually ruby-red Republican. Nineteen counties that voted for Republican Donald Trump for president in 2020 supported Issue 1, report Jeremy Pelzer and Zachary Smith. Servicemember medal: Toledo Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur introduced bipartisan legislation that would create a new military decoration called the Last Servicemembers Standing Medal, reports Sabrina Eaton. It would recognize exceptional acts of valor and sacrifice that otherwise would not be recognized because all their comrades were killed. Tweaking Issue 2: Gov. Mike DeWine is pushing state lawmakers to approve any changes to Ohio’s new voter-approved recreational marijuana law within the next 30 days. Andrew Tobias and Laura Hancock report DeWine said he wants the law to be hammered out quickly, before elements of the law go into effect on Dec. 7, including lifting of criminal penalties for marijuana possession, to avoid public confusion that would result from shifting laws. Redistricting: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost once again greenlit a proposed constitutional amendment to create an independent redistricting system in Ohio controlled by citizens and not politicians, Jake Zuckerman reports. From there, the amendment goes to a GOP controlled panel before organizers begin to gather the roughly 413,000 signatures required to place the measure on the November 2024 ballot. |
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State of the Schools: Cleveland Metropolitan School District could face budget cuts at the end of this school year, when the district loses the benefit of federal relief dollars that helped the district weather the hardships of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hannah Drown reports. Cleveland Schools CEO Warren Morgan broke that news Thursday during his first State of the Schools address. Lake Erie trail: There’s a new trail section on the East Side that’s part of a larger vision for connecting Cuyahoga County and beyond. The Euclid Creek Greenway will one day provide residents of Cleveland, Euclid, South Euclid and Richmond Heights with cycling and pedestrian access to parks along Lake Erie. John Pana has video. |
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COVID numbers: The number of new COVID-19 cases in Ohio climbed again this week, making it the fourth week in a row that case numbers have climbed. Case numbers increased from 6,818 last week to 7,511 this week, reports Julie Washington. KeyBank: A fair-lending advocacy group that cut ties with KeyBank late last year says the bank’s lending in marginalized communities continued a trend of getting worse in 2022. Sean McDonnell reports that according to the data, Black borrowers made up just 2.6% of KeyBank’s home purchase mortgage lending in 2022, down from 3% in 2021. In 2018, 6.5% of KeyBank’s home purchase loans went to Black borrowers. Grocery delivery: Amazon announced Thursday that it will deliver groceries to customers of Whole Foods Market and Amazon Fresh — even if they don’t have an Amazon Prime membership, reports Sean McDonnell. The ecommerce giant said that non-Prime members could start ordering delivery and pickup from Amazon Fresh, although, Amazon Fresh isn’t available in Cleveland (despite announcements sent to local media organizations saying it was). Turkey time: Where’s the cheapest place to get a turkey? Sean McDonnell reports grocers tend to run big sales on all sorts of traditional Thanksgiving items at this time of year, but the big frozen turkeys are where stores peck it out to see who’s cheapest. Cedar Point: Fans of Northern Ohio’s Cedar Point – the nation’s second oldest amusement park and one of the most beloved -- are nervous that the merger with Six Flags could lead to some unexpected and unwanted changes, Susan Glaser reports. Concerns range from the possibility of a drop in capital spending to the loss of individual park identity to the possible closure of smaller properties. But there are possibilities for positive changes, too. |
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Boston Heights chief: Prosecutors in Florida have dropped a battery charge against Boston Heights Police Chief Chad McArdle, who was accused of assaulting a homeless man outside a bar in July. In a document filed last week in Circuit Court in Key West, a prosecutor said the victim had died, and “there is no way to prove the case.” The victim’s death was unrelated to what took place in the summer, according to the filing. Sentencing: A Parma man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for beating his 5-year-old son to death with a baseball bat during what he said was a psychotic episode. Matthew Ponomarenko pleaded guilty to aggravated murder, kidnapping and endangering children in the March 25, 2021, slaying of Jax Ponomarenko, Cory Shaffer reports. Euclid standoff: Police set up a perimeter at a home on East 250th Street in Euclid on Thursday afternoon after witnesses heard several gunshots. At about 4:30 p.m., a tactical team entered the home. By 5 p.m., the road had opened and residents returned after being forced from their homes. It is unclear whether anyone was injured or an arrest had been made, Molly Walsh reports. |
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Turkey Bowl: This year, the organizer of the Meadows Turkey Bowl said the game will be streamlined to four teams playing consolation and championship games on one field, reports Marc Bona. In recent years, as many as six teams have competed on two fields. Forty players will pony up a minimum of $3,000 each to play. P!nk: Singer-songwriter P!nk has become one of the best-selling artists of all time and has amassed a loyal and pleasantly all-ages fan base, many of whom showed up to see her “Trustfall Tour” stop at a nearly full Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on Wednesday night. Malcolm X Abram reports the proud Doylestown, Pa., native brought her mix of Cirque du Soleil aerial acrobatic skills, big, pop-rocking anthems and ballads to the party. House 330: “LeBron James’ Home Court,” a multimedia storytelling experience that delves into the basketball star’s life with new and never-before-seen items from his career arc to date, will open Nov. 25 at the Foundation’s House Three Thirty in Akron, reports Peter Chakerian. Classic CLE eats: Stouffer’s was a frozen-food “Hail Mary!” pass when you needed something more than a snack. Peter Chakerian waxes nostalgic in his Classic Cleveland Eats series. Southern cooking: Euclid native Kenny Gilbert started cooking before he was 10 years old. Paris Wolfe reports Gilbert is promoting the wonders of fried chicken, biscuits and more in his new cookbook, “Southern Cooking, Global Flavors” ($35), highlighting 100 of his recipes you can make at home. Things to do: This weekend, the stars of the holiday cult classic “A Christmas Story” return to Northeast Ohio for what is being billed as the biggest cast reunion ever. The event tops Joey Morona’s list of 15 things to do in Cleveland this weekend. |
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Akron police use new technology to locate man shot during home invasion Read more Veteran Councilman Lentine defeated in re-election bid; Nelson retained, and two newcomers win seats in Richmond Heights Read more Orange school board starts to look at Phase 2 of classroom refresh at high school Read more |
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