Ohio Supreme Court

A new set of state legislative district maps could be proposed as early as Thursday; the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County has reinstated their original declaration stating "racism is a public health crisis”; a dozen U.S. Air Force officers sue the federal government over COVID-19 vaccine exemptions; and more stories.

The panel tasked with drawing new state legislative districts met briefly Tuesday as the state lurches towards a constitutional crisis; Akron police were involved a shooting that left two people dead Tuesday; Hudson's city manager has resigned; and more stories.

The Ohio Supreme Court has given the Ohio Redistricting Commission until Wednesday to show why it shouldn’t be held in contempt for ignoring a deadline; Ohio reported fewer than 1,000 COVID-19 cases two days a row for the first time since last August; The Cleveland Clinic is relaxing its visitation policy; and more stories.

Former Ohio Supreme Court justice Paul Pfeifer says the court has the ability to hold the Ohio Redistricting Commission in contempt of court for not following its order to adopt new state legislative district maps.

The Ohio Redistricting Commission has failed to meet a court-set deadline for fixing state legislative maps; President Joe Biden says the bipartisan infrastructure law will pump $1 billion into a Great Lakes restoration program; Ohio’s COVID-19 transmission rate keeps falling; and more stories.

The Ohio Redistricting Commission is expected to meet later this afternoon to deal with the maps.

Hudson Mayor Craig Shubert resigned a week after linking ice fishing shanties to prostitution; The Ohio Redistricting Commission has no meetings scheduled as a Thursday deadline looms; a new Ohio law has led to the removal of another prisoner from death row; and more stories.

It's up to House Speaker Bob Cupp (R-Lima) to call for a new Ohio Redistricting Commission meeting, but at this point no one knows when, or even if, that meeting will happen.

Ohio has settled a lawsuit against Volkswagen over the company's 2015 emissions scandal for $3.5 million; voting-rights and Democratic groups have taken their first steps to argue once again that redrawn maps of Ohio legislative districts remain unconstitutionally gerrymandered; three Democrats in the Ohio House are asking Ohio Auditor Keith Faber to look into the finances of the academic distress commissions that ran school districts in Youngstown, Lorain and East Cleveland; and more stories.

The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected newly drawn district maps that retained Republican supermajorities in both state legislative chambers; The Cleveland Clinic is among hospital systems set to get federal help; Columbus teachers demand 2-week switch to remote learning; and more stories.