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Weekly jobless claims decline 12.3%

The number of Ohioans filing first-time unemployment claims last week declined by 12.3%, but many workers remain on the sidelines as the state’s economy recovers slowly from the springtime coronavirus shutdown.

Childcare licenses expanded to schoolchildren learning at home

With thousands of Ohio schoolchildren learning remotely this fall, state-issued childcare licenses are being expanded to include organization, such as businesses and churches, that can care for school-age children who are learning from home if their parents have to go to work.

The GOP takes its turn at center stage

Republicans are ready to formally nominate President Donald Trump for reelection at a scaled-down convention kickoff in Charlotte, N.C., that begins a weeklong effort to convince voters in Ohio and the rest of the nation that he deserves a second term.