redistricting

The May 3 primary will not include the state legislative races, which are caught up in the legal wrangling over redistricting in Ohio.

Secretary of State Frank LaRose says House, Senate candidates won't be on the May primary ballot after district maps were invalidated again; a debate among Ohio Republican candidates for governor has been canceled; more than 150,000 retired Ohio teachers will see a cost of living adjustment for the first time in years; and more stories.

Interim Akron Art Museum director Jon Fuime has been named to the permanent post; Cedar Fair has rejected a reported $3.4 billion offer from SeaWorld; Toledo native journalist, author and satirist P.J. O'Rourke has died; and more stories.

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.

The Ohio Supreme Court invalidated the maps last week and ordered new maps by Monday, January 24.

Tuesday saw another huge spike in COVID-19 cases in Ohio; the Cleveland Clinic is extending its postponement of non-essential surgeries; Delta, United Airlines cancel routes; and more stories.

More than 5,000 people are hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ohio for the first time since last December; Summit County Public Health, Cleveland Public Library give out thousands of COVID-19 test kits within hours; the Ohio Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday on the constitutionality of Ohio's new congressional map; and more stories.

The leader of the Ohio House's Democratic caucus says she's stepping down at the end of the year; Ohio doctors who fail to give medical care in the extremely rare circumstance when a baby is born alive following an abortion attempt would face criminal penalties under legislation that cleared the Ohio House Wednesday; the number of Ohioans hospitalized with COVID continues to rise; and more stories.

Several groups are challenging the new maps in court arguing the districts, which retain a Republican supermajority, are unconstitutional.

The commission will likely make changes to the House and Senate district maps after holding three public hearings.