Local – COVID 19

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.

Effort by conservatives to impeach DeWine

A conservative GOP House lawmaker says fellow Republican Gov. Mike DeWine should be impeached over his handling of the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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.

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.