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New coronavirus cases on Wednesday jumped by 13% over the previous day to nearly 6,400; The Ohio House has voted in favor of a bill to let school districts set their own training requirements for employees they choose to arm; a fast-tracked map of Ohio’s new congressional districts is continuing its breakneck pace through the Republican-controlled state Legislature; and more stories.

Ohio's COVID-19 transmission rate is up to 410 cases per 100K residents; a Black police officer has filed a discrimination charge against a Lorain County department whose chief put a note saying “Ku Klux Klan” on the officer’s jacket; the full Ohio House will vote on a Republican-backed bill that would allow teachers and staff to carry guns in school with much less training; and more stories.