POGO’s reporting shows the GEO Group gave $250,000 to a Jim Jordan‑linked committee shortly after a law that expanded ICE detention; the Campaign Legal Center has asked the FEC to investigate.

A Delaware County mediation over a denied bus ride puts a spotlight on a draft report showing roughly 22,000 Ohio students were labeled "impractical to transport."

A Franklin County judge found a woman not guilty by reason of insanity in the Mount Carmel East stabbing and ordered her committed to a psychiatric unit. The victim was stabilized after the September attack.

House Bill 643 would bar new EdChoice expansion vouchers for households earning more than $500,000, but critics say the cap is cosmetic compared with the program’s billion‑dollar footprint.

A Dublin developer has filed to replace the longtime Tommy’s Pizza on Lane Avenue with a six‑story student housing building that would add about 45 units and 130 beds.

Veteran restaurateur Rick Doody will convert Upper Arlington’s former Houlihan’s at Kingsdale Center into Arlington Grille; menu and opening date remain limited.

Ohio’s attorney general rejected the ballot summary for a petition to repeal the 2023 reproductive-rights amendment, pausing the campaign before any signatures are collected.

OhioHealth has walked away from talks to add Fairfield Medical Center amid regulatory hurdles. Fairfield signed a letter of intent to explore a partnership with Adena Health.

Court records say a Columbus man was charged after two early-morning fires at the same Aberdeen Avenue home; investigators say jealous text messages linked him to the blazes.

Saporo is basing its North American go‑to‑market in Columbus by partnering with Ratmir Timashev’s OH.io. Local teams will run U.S. sales and marketing while R&D stays in Europe.

A collapsed combined sewer flooded St. Mary Catholic School’s basement, forcing an early closure, canceling summer programs and prompting a costly cleanup.

Breakaway returns to Historic Crew Stadium May 29–30 with Kygo, GRiZ, REZZ and Disco Lines headlining a two-night festival. Lineup, ticketing and logistics for the weekend.

Nationwide will reinsure roughly $16 billion of MassMutual life policies, a major life‑block deal that expands Columbus’s reinsurer footprint and shifts long‑term liabilities.