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Ideastream Public Media
The May 5 Primary was the first election under new rules that eliminated a four-day grace period for late, mail-in ballots. Now, any ballot arriving to the Board of Elections after 7:30 p.m. on Election Day is invalid.
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Editors' Picks
Several federal and state officials discussed charges against 14 people allegedly involved in fraudulent activity at a conference in Central Ohio.
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In 2025, Summit County saw eight domestic violence-related deaths in 2025, an increase from one or two per year since 2020. -
Fourteen people are facing charges in Ohio for stealing more than $50 million from Medicaid, behavioral health services, federal funds for COVID relief and individual victims across the US. -
A trial in March ended in a mistrial for Charles “Chuck” Jones, former CEO of FirstEnergy, and Michael Dowling, the former senior vice president of external affairs, after the jury deadlocked. -
Federal, state officials announce 'war against fraud' in Ohio, saying it has cost the state billionsOfficials discussed federal and state charges against 14 people for their alleged participation in fraudulent activity in Ohio. -
Akron Children's Hospital was the first in the country to hire a narrative medicine coordinator -
A new study has found that the National Guard's presence in Washington, D.C. had no effect on violent crime in the city. The Guard has been deployed since last August as part of a federal task force to fight crime, and their numbers are set to double in the coming weeks. -
Dozens of disabled Ohioans and their advocates packed a House committee meeting to share their frustrations and fears over dramatic changes to Medicaid and home health care. -
A coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner is facing resistance in Albania. The government says the project will transform the nation, but environmental campaigners and critics oppose it. -
The vote marked a rare bipartisan rebuke of the war, but is mostly symbolic. Democrats have been unable to pass a war powers resolution in the Senate, and even if they could it would likely be vetoed.
