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The state will start allowing sports betting on January 1, 2023. People will be able to make bets online, in gambling establishments and in licensed liquor establishments.

The leader of the Ohio House's Democratic caucus says she's stepping down at the end of the year; Ohio doctors who fail to give medical care in the extremely rare circumstance when a baby is born alive following an abortion attempt would face criminal penalties under legislation that cleared the Ohio House Wednesday; the number of Ohioans hospitalized with COVID continues to rise; and more stories.

Northeast Ohio has so far avoided the worst as the latest surge in new coronavirus cases slowly wanes; groups suing over Ohio’s new state House and Senate district maps will be allowed to question Gov. Mike DeWine and other members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission; a new report says Cleveland’s $511 million in federal relief funding could be transformational for the city; and more stories.

Political newcomer Justin Bibb won the Cleveland mayoral primary, and Council President Kevin Kelley finished second; Gov. DeWine says he can't implement a statewide school mask mandate because of a new state law; GOP lawmakers are trying to fast-track a bill banning mandatory vaccinations, and more stories.

The NAACP of Ohio president and gambling opponents don't want lawmakers to pass legislation being considered to legalize sports betting.

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