A University Heights resident has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether zoning rules can force homeowners to obtain permits before hosting private prayer gatherings. The case raises national questions about religious liberty and when courts must hear 'chilling' claims.

City Council will decide June 1 whether to renew Flock Safety's license‑plate reader contract as activists raise immigration and privacy concerns. The contract expires June 29.

A state waiver filed with the U.S. Department of Education would give Ohio new options to redesign, convert, contract out or close chronically low-performing schools.

Teachers, counselors and advocates told lawmakers SB 113's vague DEI ban could strip supports from Ohio K‑12 students and create legal confusion for districts.

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that school districts cannot appeal valuations for properties they don't own, narrowing a tool some districts used to raise local revenue.

After a failed 1.5% income‑tax measure, Wadsworth City Schools outlined cuts that would raise elementary class sizes, pause Chromebook replacements and eliminate dozens of positions.

After Netflix’s The Crash renewed attention on the Strongsville killings, Dominic Russo’s family is backing HB 505 — “Dom’s Law” — to bar violent offenders from profiting on social media.

FirstEnergy’s Ohio utilities filed a three‑year distribution plan that could raise the distribution portion of household electric bills by roughly $100 next year and about $180 within three years for some customers.

Ohio Equal Rights is staffing Pride events statewide as volunteers race to collect 442,958 valid signatures needed for each of two proposed constitutional amendments. Organizers have until July 1 to file.

A pair of Ohio Democrats filed HB 854 to tax top earners and create an Ohio Free College Fund to pay tuition for in‑state students at public universities.

The Stow‑Munroe Falls school board is weighing a November property‑tax levy to avert multi‑year shortfalls, but residents warn of "tax fatigue."

Vice President J.D. Vance brought more than a dozen GOP attorneys general to the White House to tout billions in fraud referrals and new DOJ funding while Democrats balked at short notice.

School and city leaders say county "piggyback" tax breaks pulled millions from Lorain classrooms; commissioners paused a decision and will revisit it on June 2.