Ohio National Guard

Gov. Mike DeWine said Ohio hospitalizations for COVID-19 have hit a pandemic record high. The Governor made the announcement as he mobilized an additional 1,250 members of the Ohio National Guard into hospitals.

National Guard members should arrive at hospitals by the end of this week to help with the latest surge of COVID-19.

The general who leads the Ohio National Guard said during a news briefing on Tuesday that just over half of Army National Guard members in the state are fully vaccinated.

The governor is activating 1,050 members of the national guard to address hospital staffing issues.

Gov. Mike DeWine spent Tuesday at the southern border in Texas, meeting with Ohio National Guard members who were deployed nearly a year ago.

Ohio's governor is reaching out to the National Guard to see if they can help with a school bus driver shortage.

The bus driver shortage is so bad in some Ohio school districts that drivers are being asked to do multiple routes, and districts are drafting other school workers to drive or even considering closing down buildings.

Some Democratic state lawmakers said the Ohio National Guard has helped keep Ohioans safe during the pandemic. So, some lawmakers have drafted a bill to give members $1,000 each as a thank you for their service.

Governor Mike DeWine is sending more resources to the U.S. southern border to help Texas with security.

The Biden administration last week asked governors for their wish list to combat COVID-19.Gov. Mike DeWine replied that the number of Ohioans who have…