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A top Cleveland official must repay tens of thousands of dollars she collected as a member of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority board, the state auditor said Thursday. RTA trustee Valarie McCall, who also serves as Mayor Frank Jackson’s chief of governmental affairs, improperly received $57,200 from the transit authority, Ohio Auditor Keith Faber found in a newly released audit.

Cuyahoga County Council approved a two-year, $3 million contract for medical services at the juvenile detention center during a special meeting Friday, the last council meeting of the year. The contract is with Wellpath, a Tennessee-based, for-profit healthcare provider that specializes in medical care in jails and prisons.

Cleveland City Council’s new public safety committee chairman is promising a more aggressive approach than his predecessor. Councilman Blaine Griffin led his first committee meeting Wednesday, replacing Matt Zone, who left council earlier this year to run the Western Reserve Land Conservancy’s Thriving Communities program.

Some Downtown Cleveland businesses are concerned about their storefronts if possible protests ahead of Inauguration Day lead to more rioting.

Cuyahoga County is accepting Oho Gov. Mike DeWine’s offer of National Guard troops to provide security support at county jails. DeWine made the offer in response to “the significant number of COVID-19 infections amongst state, county, and local corrections officers that has reduced staffing levels required to maintain safe and adequate security at some facilities,” according to a press release.

Stocks soared to record highs after drugmaker Pfizer announced its experimental coronavirus vaccine was more than 90% effective, providing a major dose of hope for the global economy.

Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) researchers are partnering with a major pharmaceutical company, Boehringer Ingelheim, to explore new artificial intelligence technologies for cancer care. The AI tools will be geared to help physicians make better decisions for cancer treatment, said Anant Madabhushi, principal investigator of the project and director of CWRU’s Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics. While there are great new therapies to treat cancers, they do not work for everyone, Madabhushi said.

Ohio Sen. Rob Portman will oppose an effort by some of his Republican colleagues to throw out President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral votes when Congress formalizes the presidential election results this week. Portman announced his decision in a statement Monday, saying he “cannot support allowing Congress to thwart the will of the voters” by overturning Biden’s win.

Pernel Jones Jr., the Cleveland funeral director who has served on Cuyahoga County Council since its creation a decade ago, won election as the body’s president Monday. He ran unopposed for the job, winning unanimous support from council’s seven Democrats and three Republicans. Jones, who has served as council’s vice president since 2015, replaces prior council president Dan Brady, who retired last month.

Cleveland City Council members expressed frustration with the city’s waste collection program Tuesday in a committee meeting meant to provide a third-party consultant with council’s input on trash pickup and recycling.