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Calling it an "urgent necessity" to return students to the classroom, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says more than 1,300 schools will have their teachers and and staffs vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of the week.

More than 91,000 school teachers and staff around the state are now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. But some educators say they ran into a slow and and unresponsive system while trying to sign up for the shot.

Gov. Mike DeWine unveiled a two-year state spending budget with a $1 billion initiative to help bring the state back from the economic downfall of the pandemic; Ohio's largest electric utility has agreed in a settlement to forgo collection of a guaranteed profit subsidy provision in a now-tainted energy bill; Ohio’s daily tally of new coronavirus cases continues to trend downward; and more stories.

Some school districts in Ohio will begin vaccinating teachers and staff Monday; Ohio’s daily COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to remain below three-week averages; Sen. Rob Portman is among 10 Senate Republicans calling on President Biden to work on a bipartisan coronavirus relief bill; and more stories.

A U.S. Army soldier from Stow has been arrested in Georgia on terrorism charges; the state is vaccinating people over 80 as part of the next phase of the immunization rollout; Gov. Mike DeWine says nearly all schools have told the state they plan to return to in-person learning in some form March 1; and more stories.

Here are your morning headlines for Tuesday, September 22:Ohio’s COVID-19 positive test rate dropsNational Voter Registration Day events held in Northeast…

Alisha Morris, a Kansas theater teacher, created a database of COVID-19 cases in schools. Now maintained by the National Education Association, it shares data that some schools prefer to keep quiet.

Updated: 4:45 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020 Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and leaders from the state’s top children’s hospitals on Tuesday offered advice on how children can return to school in a safe manner and offered statistics on the impact of COVID-19 on kids.

With protests shining a light on deeply rooted racial inequities, school leaders are being asked to be on the lookout for racial trauma when students...

Here are your morning headlines for Wednesday, June 3:Ohio National Guard deployed to D.C.;Cleveland police kneel, pray with protesters;University…