Ohio moves closer to the day when all coronavirus restrictions are lifted: This Week in the CLE – cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Ohio moved a bit closer this week toward Gov. Mike DeWines benchmark for lifting coronavirus restrictions: a rate of 50 cases per 100,000 people. Its good progress, but the virus is still at high levels, and were not there yet.

Were discussing how far we have to go on This Week in the CLE.

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Here are the questions were answering today:

Why did an appellate court rule unanimously that the man who shot and killed Tamir Rice will not get his job back as a Cleveland police officer?

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine set a threshold last week for when he will lift all coronavirus restrictions, so did we get any closer to that over the past week?

Is the woman who took to Facebook to criticize a nursing home where her mother lived before she died going to prison, as a Brook Park prosecutor wished?

What do the self-titled vaccine queens, who have helped so many people get appointments for coronavirus vaccines, think of the new centralized Ohio site for scheduling vaccinations?

What are some of the reasons Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine listed Thursday for why he will veto a bill that would severely restrict his powers to issue health orders to protect the public during pandemics?

Why does data guru Rich Exner, whose work helped get gerrymandering reform on the ballot a few years ago, have hope that the next redistricting will make Ohios representation in office look more like the voter breakdown by party in the state?

What is the tale of the jilted lover from Northeast Ohio accused of delivering a bomb that exploded in front of a rival suitor?

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