Here are your morning headlines for Thursday, June 2nd:
- Lawmakers approve bill to lower training requirements for armed school staff
- Bill to ban transgender athletes from girls鈥� sports passes Ohio House
- To mark LGBTQ Pride, Cleveland Heights mayor proposes expanded leave
- Poll: Whaley far behind DeWine in governor鈥檚 race
- Scattered outages remain following Wednesday鈥檚 thunderstorms
- Guardians sweep Royals with 4-0 victory, Pilkington gets first big league win
- Weather: Scattered showers midday
Lawmakers approve bill to lower training requirements for armed school staff
(Statehouse News Bureau) -- . House Bill 99 passed both chambers of the Republican-controlled General Assembly yesterday, mostly along party lines. Democrats opposed the measure, saying it sends the wrong message a week after the deadly school shooting at a Texas elementary school. Supporters said armed teachers will help deter school shootings. DeWine has said he will sign the bill into law.
Bill to ban transgender athletes from girls鈥� sports passes Ohio House
(Statehouse News Bureau) -- . The legislation had enjoyed bipartisan support before the transgender ban amendment was added. Republicans say the ban is needed because without it, transgender women would have an unfair advantage in competitions. Democrats say the Ohio High School Athletic Association already has rules aimed at limiting such advantages. In its current form, the bill would require transgender female athletes to join male or co-ed teams.
To mark LGBTQ Pride, Cleveland Heights mayor proposes expanded leave
(海角破解版) -- Cleveland Heights' mayor used the city鈥檚 annual Pride Month celebration to outline plans to expand the city's parental leave policy to include all new parents, and not just expectant mothers. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 men, women, people who are nonbinary, trans men and trans women all need the same respect when bringing a child into a home,鈥� Mayor Kahlil Seren said. He outlined his proposal and a plan to ban so-called 鈥渃onversion therapy鈥� as part of the city's LGBTQ Pride Month celebration. The city does not have a cost estimate for the expanded parental leave policy.
Poll: Whaley far behind DeWine in governor鈥檚 race
(The Columbus Dispatch) -- . In the USA TODAY Network Ohio/Suffolk University poll, 45% of likely voters support DeWine, while about 30% support Whaley. The 75-year-old DeWine's many years of public service are helping him. The poll found nearly one in three likely voters has never heard of Whaley.
Scattered outages remain following Wednesday鈥檚 thunderstorms
(海角破解版) - . FirstEnergy reported 1,163 customers in Portage County and 890 customers in Lorain County were without power as of 8 a.m. As many as 18,000 customers were without electricity at 11 p.m. Wednesday.
Guardians sweep Royals with 4-0 victory, Pilkington gets first big league win
(AP) 鈥� . Rookie Konnor Pilkington got his first win in the majors. He struck out eight in five innings. His teammates celebrated by showering Pilkington with beer.
Weather: Scattered showers midday
(National Weather Service) 鈥� . Mostly cloudy. High 67. Tonight, mostly clear skies. Cool. Low 50. Tomorrow, sunny and mild. High 74.
