H.B. 583 would require database vendors serving Ohio schools and libraries to block material lawmakers call "obscene" or harmful to minors, with penalties after repeated violations.

Trustees voted unanimously to hire outside counsel to model consolidation options after state property-tax changes carved a multi‑million-dollar gap. The review will lay out costs and community choices.

The VA activated External Provider Scheduling to let staff book community-care appointments directly, a move the agency says will shorten waits. Local impact will depend on how many providers opt in.

ICE agents re-arrested a Sheboygan Falls mother at a Milwaukee DHS check-in days after an immigration judge cleared a green-card path; her attorney calls the detention unnecessary.

Gov. Mike DeWine backed HB 304, a proposal to guarantee two 30-minute recess periods daily for Ohio K‑8 students and to expand PE-waiver options for club sports.

A proposed field rebuild at University School has neighbors and city leaders sparring over permanent stadium lights, zoning and neighborhood impacts.

Officials say Strongsville faces multimillion-dollar deficits through 2030 and are weighing cuts and a possible November levy as reserves shrink.

A federal judge in Columbus denied Kalshi's injunction, allowing Ohio to enforce sports‑betting rules against prediction markets while the legal fight continues.

A GOP-backed bill would reimpose a 24‑hour in‑person wait for abortions, critics say. HB 347 conflicts with Ohio’s constitution and would fall hardest on marginalized Ohioans.

Council members tabled a proposed change to University Heights’ fair-housing rules after residents and advocates warned it would shut out voucher holders while lawsuits continue. Local leaders now weigh legal risk against access to housing.

Parma Heights says a fake-invoice email scam cost the city roughly $225,000. Officials have installed multifactor authentication and amended a cybersecurity contract.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost sued Cleveland‑Cliffs and Duck Creek, alleging mishandling of radioactive brine and equipment at the Cleveland Works mill.

Senate Bill 55 would drop metabolite-based OVI rules, raise whole-blood THC limits to 5 ng/mL and let defendants challenge lab testing as it heads to the Ohio House.