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COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to climb in Ohio; a lawsuit argues that Ohio's school voucher system is unconstitutional because it's creating a separate system of funding private schools with public dollars; Ohio Sen. Rob Portman has tested positive for COVID-19; 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.

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.

The University of Akron says federal restrictions enacted under the Trump Administration last year means it will have to close its Confucius Institute by next June; Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a bill into law allowing Ohio residents to set off fireworks on certain holidays; consumer advocates are asking the PUCO to reopen one of its audits of Akron-based FirstEnergy; and more stories.

The remaining members of The Devil Strip’s board shed more light on its financial troubles during a meeting for co-op members Wednesday night; a Cleveland-area roller derby team that has called itself the Guardians since 2013 is suing Cleveland's newly renamed Major League Baseball team; Akron residents can take part in two public information sessions about the city’s federal COVID relief funds; and more stories.

Northeast Ohio has so far avoided the worst as the latest surge in new coronavirus cases slowly wanes; groups suing over Ohio’s new state House and Senate district maps will be allowed to question Gov. Mike DeWine and other members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission; a new report says Cleveland’s $511 million in federal relief funding could be transformational for the city; and more stories.

New coronavirus cases hit an eight-month high in Ohio on Tuesday with nearly 6,000 positive tests; Gov. Mike DeWine has ordered the Ohio Department of Education to investigate a high school that claims to be based in Columbus but has no address listed on its website; Ohio Supreme Court Justice Pat DeWine says he's dropping out of the race for chief justice of the court; and more stories.

The suit alleges the state engages in practices that double tax primarily low income taxpayers.

Children’s Hospital on Tuesday announced that vaccination clinics for kids 12 and up are open at its Akron and Boardman campuses; Governor Mike DeWine has signed into law a $465 million bill meant to help lower-income Ohioans pay for rent and mortgages; a new study at the Cleveland Clinic shows that the new technology behind the coronavirus vaccines is working well; and more stories.

Here are your morning headlines for Tuesday, August 4:Ohio stays below 1,000 COVID-19 cases for third day in a rowLaRose backs state house efforts in…