Great Lakes restoration

The Ohio Redistricting Commission has failed to meet a court-set deadline for fixing state legislative maps; President Joe Biden says the bipartisan infrastructure law will pump $1 billion into a Great Lakes restoration program; Ohio’s COVID-19 transmission rate keeps falling; and more stories.

Near the mouth of the Black River in Lorain, Biden talked about the 1987 International Joint Commission, formed by the United States and Canada, that identified 43 places in the Great Lakes region where pollution threatened the area's health.

Cuyahoga County Council member Shontel Brown won the 11th District Congressional Democratic primary to fill the seat vacated by Marcia Fudge; most of Northeast Ohio is now orange or 'substantial' on the CDC’s map of coronavirus transmission rates; Mike Carey, a Donald Trump-backed coal lobbyist, topped Republicans in central Ohio’s 15th District Congressional election; and more stories.

Gov. Mike DeWine is calling on Ohioans to slow the spread of the coronavirus as Christmas approaches; Kent State University has been named as a target in a massive data breach linked to Russia; the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has given the Ohio National Guard a waiver to help administer the vaccine; and more stories.

Here are your morning headlines for Thursday, March 14: DeWine to propose tax credit programs;Heartbeat bill clears the Senate;Stark County judge…

A contractor has been selected to plan the next phase in the removal of the massive concrete dam that blocks the Cuyahoga River at Gorge Metro Park.It’s…

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Dan Egan has covered Great Lakes issues for 15 years. This month, he released his first book, "The Death and Life of…

The International Joint Commission released its draft progress report Wednesday morning, calling for aggressive action by the U.S. and Canada to protect…

The deal to head off a government shutdown this weekend includes hundreds of millions of dollars for the Great Lakes and drinking water systems. WKSU’s…