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The co-op will help educate and support residents who want to install solar panels. Columbus will host free information sessions about solar energy and roof assessments at no charge to home and business owners.

Intel has indefinitely delayed a groundbreaking ceremony for its $20 billion semiconductor factory in New Albany. The company blames inaction in Congress for the delay.

Ukrainians, politicians and residents gathered at St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Parma on Sunday; Gov. DeWine has ordered the state to stop the sale of all vodka made by a Russian-owned company; The ACLU and Planned Parenthood are suing to block enforcement of an Ohio abortion restriction; and more stories.

Voting-rights and Democratic groups displeased with the latest redraw of legislative district maps have until today to file objections to the Ohio Supreme Court; Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is in quarantine after he tested positive for COVID-19; Cleveland City Council has approved new legislation to try and limit the spread of dollar stores in the city; and more stories.

The omicron surge appears to have peaked in Cuyahoga County; The Cleveland Clinic has launched the largest ever clinical study to better understand why millions of people around the globe suffer from neurological disorders; the judge in the case of a former Columbus-area doctor accused of murder says he’ll likely approve prosecutors' plan to dismiss nearly half of the counts; and more stories.

Ohio’s COVID-19 case rate is steadily rising to 718 per 100,000 residents; Columbus has agreed to pay $5.75 million to people injured during last year's racial injustice and police brutality protests; Ohio’s Attorney General has rejected the petition summary that was submitted by people who want to require state lawmakers, or possibly voters, to end vaccine mandates; and more stories.

COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to climb in the state; Ohio’s capital city has tallied a record number of homicides for the second straight year; the Dayton will demolish a 129-year-old historic building that once was the site of the Wright brothers’ first bike shop; and more stories.

Ohio's largest public employee pension fund has sued Facebook; Vice President Kamala Harris will be Columbus on Friday to tout the $1 trillion infrastructure bill; Senate Republicans are preparing for a possible vote on a new Congressional district map Tuesday; and more stories.

New coronavirus cases shot up in Ohio on Tuesday to nearly 5,000 -- 35% over the three-week average; a coalition of philanthropies have announced plans to launch a nonprofit newsroom that will provide coverage of Cleveland; the Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether Gov. Mike DeWine had the legal ability to end the state's participation in a federal pandemic unemployment aid program; and more stories.

Justin Bibb has won the Cleveland mayoral race over Council President Kevin Kelley; Shontel Brown coasted to victory to win an open 11th District U.S. House seat; voters in Summit County decided some contentious races Tuesday, as well as a few which ended in a landslide; and more stories.