Project ACORN, a federal urban forestry, initiative is still underway throughout Akron, even amid nationwide concerns of funding rollbacks for climate projects.

The 1.4 million Ohioans in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, will see their food benefits end if the federal shutdown drags on through November.

The Trump administration now says it won't use a contingency fund to pay SNAP benefits to about 1 in 8 Americans in November, a departure from earlier guidance announced before the shutdown.

City Council is losing two of its seats due to population loss, pushing four incumbents to battle in the upcoming November election. Council leadership and voters are tasked to choose which incumbents they want to stay and which two will go.

The Ohio Redistricting Commission operated its first meeting without an approved set of rules because there wasn't bipartisan support for them.

Ireland's president for the next seven years is an independent lawmaker who has long spoken in support of Palestinians and has been vocal about her distrust of European Union policies.

NPR is accusing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in federal court of reneging on a contract to appease the White House.

Orlean, the longtime staff writer for The New Yorker and Shaker Heights native, says her memoir "Joyride" is a story about her stories.

Park levies will be on ballots in Ashland, Geauga, Lake and Medina counties in November, as are more than a dozen municipal park levies expected across the region.