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Cincinnati venture capitalist J.D. Vance is expected to announce that he’s running for the Republican nomination for Senate in Ohio; state lawmakers have just two days to come to a deal on a new two-year budget for Ohio; a new low-cost airline, Breeze Airways began service in Akron over the weekend; and more stories.

The controversial bill in the Ohio House that would ban businesses and employers from requiring vaccines is now on hold because it lacks the votes to proceed; Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted say they won’t be attending former President Donald Trump’s rally in Lorain on Saturday; two Republican lawmakers got into a tense confrontation at an upscale Columbus restaurant two weeks ago over the now-historic vote to expel Larry Householder from the Ohio House; and more stories.

The Ohio House has voted to expel former GOP Speaker Larry Householder following his indictment in an alleged $60 million federal bribery scheme; Former President Donald Trump is planning to hold a rally at the Lorain County Fairgrounds on June 26; the state has announced the fourth set of Ohio Vax-a-Million winners; and more stories.

Instead officials are encouraging residents to continue practicing the established safety measures to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.

Blue? Red? Not sure? Political strategists are considering whether to think of Ohio as a solidly red state after Donald Trump won the popular vote twice in a row.

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Lorain County's five-year average infant morality rate in 2018 was eight deaths per 1,000 live births. In 2011, it was more than twice that. “21.7 [per 1,000 live births] was our five-year rolling average, which is a pretty high rate," said the county's health commissioner Dave Covell. "Our average rate among white babies was 7.2, so you can see there's a huge discrepancy.”