A House committee advanced HB173 to limit third‑party submeterers from overcharging renters, require clearer bills and open limited help for submetered tenants.

GXO is closing its West Jefferson warehouse, affecting more than 100 workers and prompting local workforce outreach.

The 2026 Gap report finds Ohio short roughly 266,000 affordable rental units and nearly half of the state’s 1.58M renters are cost-burdened. Advocates want action.

House Bill 292 would set up an Ohio Defense Commission and Fund to help local businesses land military contracts. Supporters promise jobs, critics decry the funding plan. The move now heads to the Senate after a heated House vote.

A London man was arrested Wednesday and charged with murder after investigators reclassified his wife Rachel Long’s Oct. 23, 2025 death as a homicide following an autopsy and a months‑long probe.

A Columbus man was sentenced to 20 years after prosecutors said he ran a fentanyl, cocaine and meth trafficking ring out of west‑side homes and from behind bars.

Central Ohio again finished in Site Selection’s top‑10 metros per capita, stretching the region’s streak to 14 years. Big data‑center and manufacturing wins helped, but housing and workforce pressures persist.

OhioHealth and Dublin officials broke ground on a six-story tower to expand inpatient and critical care. The multi-hundred-million-dollar project will add beds and create jobs.

A person threatened others with a knife inside the Ohio Union on Sunday, OSUPD released photos and is asking the public to call with tips. No injuries were reported.

Sen. Bill Blessing pitched a land‑value tax as a middle path between abolishing property taxes and keeping current levies. State budget warnings and farm‑lobby resistance make the idea politically tricky.

A Columbus man was sentenced to 14–19.5 years after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the 2023 Lotus Lounge shooting that killed Shawn Grooms.

The Ohio BWC approved a 1% workers' comp rate cut for private employers effective July 1 — the ninth straight annual reduction and roughly $10M in statewide savings.

Sean Price’s family says prosecutors and police owe answers after a wrong‑way driver sparked a chain‑reaction crash on I‑71 that killed the 53‑year‑old. Video and 911 calls are under review.