DeWine announces audience limits for plays, concerts
When performing arts venues reopen in Ohio there will be caps on audience members similar to those placed on sporting events.
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A new game: Sports and COVID-19
The governor has declared “game on” for sports in Ohio amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but the games of 2020 will not look like those of years past.
Kanye West fails to make Ohio ballot
Rapper Kanye West has failed in his bid to appear on the Ohio ballot as an unaffiliated presidential candidate this November.
Unemployment rate falls below 9%
Ohio’s unemployment rate continued its decline in July as the state’s economy slowly recovered from months of business closings and layoffs.
DeWine renews call for gun legislation after 56 people shot in 1 week
Following a week in which at least 56 Ohioans were shot, including 17 people who were killed, Gov. Mike DeWine used his televised coronavirus briefing to again call on lawmakers to take up a package of legislation aimed at address curbing gun violence.
First-time jobless claims inch back upward
The number of Ohioans filing initial unemployment claims increased by 3% last week, ending a four-week run of declines, indicating that employers are still cutting large numbers of jobs as the coronavirus bedevils the U.S. economy.
Reds broadcaster suspended over gay slur
Reds broadcaster Thom Brennaman has been suspended from working Cincinnati’s games after using an anti-gay slur on air.
DeWine OK’s fall sports
Governor Mike DeWine has given the green light for sports in fall but says the decisionson how to proceed is being left to individual school districts.
AG, Dems warn Trump against changes to USPS
Ohio’s Republican attorney general has joined the chorus of people, including Congressional Democrats, who are calling on President Donald Trump to cease his attempts to starve the U.S. Postal Service of money ahead of the November election.
Elections chief has plan to pay for return ballot postage
Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose said Tuesday he’ll use a new tack with resistant state lawmakers to put paid postage on every Ohio ballot: funding it from his business services budget.