Ohio Supreme Court

The latest Ohio Supreme Court ruling sparked the call for change.

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state's utility regulator violated its duty in allowing FirstEnergy to create a subsidiary without a deeper investigation into the matter; the state released the Ohio School Report Cards Thursday and reports scores were down statewide; new coronavirus cases in Ohio remain high, but have declined compared to the peak seen a few weeks ago; and more stories.

The Republican speaker of the Ohio House Bob Cupp has once again put the brakes on a GOP bill restricting employers' ability to require that workers receive the coronavirus vaccine; the Ohio Republican Party is calling on Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Brunner, a Democrat, to recuse herself from a trio of lawsuits challenging new state legislative maps; Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's plan for spending $26 million in stimulus funding has passed through City Council's Safety Committee; 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.

A new federal study shows the COVID vaccines have been extremely successful at preventing hospitalizations and deaths among Ohio seniors; nurses at Columbus City Schools have declared a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic; the rate of new coronavirus cases in Ohio continues to show signs of slowing; and more stories.

The decision in this case came down to the meaning of just that one word.

Gov. Mike DeWine has offered a new college scholarship incentive program aimed at boosting the number of young people receiving the coronavirus vaccine; the head of Akron's I Promise School is on paid leave after being accused of slapping a student; a new lawsuit challenges Ohio’s newly drawn state legislative districts as giving an extreme and unfair advantage to the Republican Party; and more stories.

The maps have been blasted as gerrymandered toward Republicans, in violation of a 2015 constitutional amendment to change the map creation process.

The number of new coronavirus cases shot up Wednesday to more than 6,800; Columbus plans to reissue a mask mandate amid a rise in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations as a result of the delta variant; the Stark County courthouse has reinstated a mask mandate; and more stories.

It's the latest step in the fight over the federal money issued as extra help during the pandemic.