The Direct Express card program is switching banks and issuing new Fifth Third–branded debit cards; payments and schedules won’t change but recipients should confirm mailing addresses.

A Sixth Circuit panel ordered Ohio’s parental-consent rule for minors’ social-media use restored, reopening a nationwide legal fight over children, privacy and free speech. The case returns to the trial court for next steps.

Senate Bill 273, the Keep Them Safe Act, lets Ohioans voluntarily store firearms with dealers or police during crises. Supporters say it offers a narrow safety option while keeping existing gun laws intact.

Hamilton County has moved the second-half property-tax due date to July 24 after state changes required mid-cycle recalculations. Revised bills will be mailed July 2 and mailed payments must be postmarked by July 24.

A D.C. nonprofit mailed voter-registration forms to Ohio households, prompting confusion and calls to county election boards.

State lawmakers introduced H.B. 938 to bar elected officials' names and likenesses from taxpayer-funded signs; violations would be misdemeanors and agencies must remove noncompliant displays.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear joined Dr. Amy Acton at an IBEW Local 212 event in the Cincinnati suburbs, pressing labor support as the governor’s race tightens.

FBI agents searched the Cleveland offices of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative; organizers say agents also visited homes and sought electronic devices and records.

City Manager Sheryl Long and Interim Chief Adam Hennie challenged a forthcoming Campaign Zero review that reportedly finds racial bias in CPD stops; the report is due this week.

House Bill 530 would create a Long-term Care Workforce Study Commission to map Ohio’s caregiver shortage and recommend fixes, citing big unpaid-care figures and thousands of openings.

The Ohio General Assembly passed HB 455 to add two seats to the State Board of Education and to revise school accountability and charter closure rules.

Unions hailed a $40M boost for first‑responder mental‑health care; state records show the money is in law but agencies must still set rules to pay claims.

The Ohio House approved "Katelyn's Law" Wednesday, removing time limits for moving or concealing human remains and creating a new felony aimed at closing a legal gap. The bill now heads to the Ohio Senate.