Summit County Council

Protesters took to the streets in Akron again over the weekend, just ahead of a move by City Council tonight to consider declaring racism a public health…

A Civil Rights group is pleased with a new panhandling law passed this week by Summit County Council. The American Civil Liberties Union had been fighting…

Summit county leaders have laid out a road map to try to ensure better care for people in nursing homes. County Council president Jeff Wilhite proposed…

Summit County Council is slated to hear a plan Monday evening to create a stormwater management study committee. The seven-person group would include…

Summit County is debating whether to increase the minimum age to buy tobacco products to 21. The change already has been adopted in 17 municipalities around the state, including Akron, Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati.

Here are your morning headlines for Tuesday, November 20:Summit County approves pipeline fund;Kasich plans to veto controversial bills;Memorial service…

Summit County Council will hold public hearings later today on a proposal to increase vehicle registration fees by $5.The move could generate more than…

Summit County Council will consider a proposal today to form a task force examining how to improve conditions in the county jail, a month after an inmate…

Summit County is considering an investment strategy that could boost economic development programs in the area.Summit County usually has about $300…

Tamela Lee, the first African-American woman elected to Summit County Council and the one-time second-ranking Democrat in the county -- has been found…