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The Akron Zoo is seeking a levy increase for the first time in its 67-year history. Summit County Issue 47 would support operations and maintenance. The original 0.8-mill levy was instated in 2000, and has been renewed without any increases for the past two decades. This year’s 0.4-mill levy addition would help cover the expansion of facilities and educational programming. The 10-year levy renewal and increase would bring in an estimated $13 million a year at the zoo.

Many voters lined up at their local polling location around the state to kick-off the last day of voting in the 2020 election. Even with an emphasis on…

Partisan views are shaping opinions of the economy as the nation slowly digs its way out of the coronavirus recession.

"Any time we express ourselves, that's a form of patriotism," says writer and artist Mo Willems. He'll lead three drawing exercises, each accompanied by a National Symphony Orchestra musician.

Many are concerned there will be tension at polling places on Election Day, with the possibility of long lines, disagreements over politics or COVID-19 masks, and President Donald Trump's calls for his supporters to "watch" the polls. That’s why some faith leaders will also be out at the polls in Cuyahoga County, and across Ohio, Tuesday to help keep the peace. There will be about 22 volunteers in Cuyahoga County on Tuesday, primarily religious leaders and social workers.

The story of “Big Son,” a mythical young man who could knock down trees, wrestle bears and eat more than one thousand pancakes, might never have been told if Pete Beatty had found more documentation about the bridge war between Ohio City and Cleveland in the 1830s. Beatty had set out to write historical non-fiction about the dispute over where to put bridges over the Cuyahoga River, but he came up short in his research of history.

Like all of us in March, Northeast Ohio-based writers (and sisters) Mary and Susan Grimm tried to make sense of life as the coronavirus pandemic exploded around them. Mary Grimm, the Cleveland Arts Prize winning novelist and short story writer, said the idea for starting a blog as a way to chronicle COVID-19’s effects on their lives belonged to Susan, “Ohio Poet of the Year,” in 1999.

Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley is asking Gov. Mike DeWine and the Ohio Power Siting Board to reconsider restrictions on a proposed wind turbine project in Lake Erie. The restrictions, which include the requirement for shutting down the turbines every night for two-thirds of the year to protect migratory birds, will prevent the Icebreaker wind turbine project from proceeding, Kelley said in letters to the board and DeWine. The board’s restrictions unnecessary and are actively trying to halt development of renewable energy, Kelley said.

It is the most ever reported by a state in a single day — exceeding New York's record set in April by more than 3,000 cases. Florida's governor has not issued a statewide mask order.

Medina County health officials are investigating three COVID-19 cases reported in two school districts. Two students and one staff member tested positive for the virus since schools reopened, said the county’s health commissioner Krista Wasowski. The county is seeing its highest number of new cases since the pandemic began, with more than 100 new cases reported over the past week, she said. Nearly one-quarter of the cases are in people under the age of 19.