2021 started with turmoil over the presidential election results. Jan. 6 and the days that followed showed us it was going to be a crazy year.
We also began the year hoping recently authorized vaccines would end COVID, but as the seasons changed, there were still too many people shunning the vaccine.
We’re thrilled that 59% of people living in Summit County are fully vaccinated – that puts us ahead of the Ohio average and some neighboring counties. We hope that more people will find the assurances they need and join the ranks of the vaccinated.
Following are more hopes and wishes we have for 2022.
Leaders at U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, say they made incremental progress after several days of talks in November, but several countries are deeply disappointed in a watered-down policy that would “phase down” rather than “phase out” coal power, a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.
Coal still has friends in Ohio, of course. Thanks to House Bill 6, Ohioans will subsidize two coal-fired power plants with their monthly electric bills through 2030.
There’s been a partial repeal of HB 6 after corruption was uncovered, but we’d like to see coal-plant bailouts removed and clean energy standards spelled out clearly by our state leaders.
U.S. Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Urbana certainly doesn’t speak for the rest of Ohio when he continues to support former President Donald Trump’s false claims about voter fraud....
Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe LLP advises Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) investors that the firm is investigating potential legal claims arising from alleged false and misleading statements about the co...