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Dr. Amy Acton resigns; guided governor to praise on pandemic

by Associated Press
| June 11, 2020 4:03 PM

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The health director who helped Ohio's Republican governor earn glowing reviews for his pandemic response resigned Thursday after a few polarizing months during which she became beloved for her soothing expertise and loathed — even threatened — for exercising her emergency powers.

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