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The number of new coronavirus cases shot up Wednesday to more than 6,800; Columbus plans to reissue a mask mandate amid a rise in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations as a result of the delta variant; the Stark County courthouse has reinstated a mask mandate; and more stories.

Republican state lawmakers will unveil their proposal for new state House and Senate district maps at Thursday's meeting.

Just under 30,000 Cuyahoga County residents will be in new council districts under the districting map approved Monday by the Cuyahoga County Districting Commission. That accounts for just over 2 percent of the county’s population.

Voters approved changes to the mapmaking process through statewide ballot issues in 2015 and 2018.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said the first meeting to redraw Ohio’s congressional and legislative districts is set for Friday.

Ohio’s top legislative leaders are being sued for not being transparent with the public in matters related to the state’s new voter-approved process for drawing new maps for Congress and the state House and Senate.

Some voting rights groups are urging Gov. Mike DeWine to veto some parts of the budget when he signs it.

Republicans in the Senate have added to their budget a provision that could directly affect the upcoming process to draw new maps for a 15-member Congressional delegation – down from 16 – and the Ohio House and Senate.

The state of Ohio and the U.S. Census Bureau have asked a judge to place on hold their court fight over when data used for redrawing congressional and legislative districts will be released.

The opening date for the mass vaccination site at the Summit County Fairgrounds has been pushed back to next month; photos of female athletes from Hudson High School have been removed from the website of a campaign to Defend Title IX; GOP lawmakers have made good on their promise to check the authority of fellow Republican Gov. Mike DeWine by issuing the first override of his term; and more stories.