Rotunda Rumblings

Out of the game: Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel announced Friday that he won’t run for governor next year, dashing the hopes of moderate Republicans and Democrats who saw him as the only person standing between Vivek Ramaswamy and the Republican nomination. As Jeremy Pelzer reports , Tressel’s decision doesn’t come as much of a surprise, given how the 72-year-old ex-Ohio State University football coach hasn’t been taking any of the usual steps to prepare for a statewide campaign, even as Ramaswamy has moved decisively to sew up the nomination.

Stars aligned: Laura Hancock looked at Northeast Ohio school districts that increased overall rankings on the recently released report cards and asked what strategies they deployed to improve. She focused on East Cleveland City School

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