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Sen. Rob Portman is among a bipartisan group of senators supporting gun and school safety measures; Gov. Mike DeWine signs into law a bill reducing training requirements for arming teachers and staff in schools.

Officials hope to educate participants on recycling do's and don't's during the sign up period; A Parma teen has been arrested for sending a school shooting threat via Instagram; Gov. Mike DeWine will sign House Bill 99 lowering training requirements for arming school staff.

The Republican-backed House Bill 99, which was approved a week after a deadly school shooting in Texas, would allow school staff to carry firearms with only 24 hours of training; Cleveland Heights Mayor Kahlil Seren announced plans to expand the city's parental leave policy; and more stories.

As COVID-19 cases rise again, masks will be required for all indoor visitors and employees inside county buildings regardless of vaccination status; A bill to allow Ohio school districts to arm teachers and staff faced strong opposition at its first hearing since the deadly school shooting in Texas; MetroHealth trauma workers sent care packages to Uvalde, Texas.

New coronavirus cases on Wednesday jumped by 13% over the previous day to nearly 6,400; The Ohio House has voted in favor of a bill to let school districts set their own training requirements for employees they choose to arm; a fast-tracked map of Ohio’s new congressional districts is continuing its breakneck pace through the Republican-controlled state Legislature; and more stories.

Ohio's COVID-19 transmission rate is up to 410 cases per 100K residents; a Black police officer has filed a discrimination charge against a Lorain County department whose chief put a note saying “Ku Klux Klan” on the officer’s jacket; the full Ohio House will vote on a Republican-backed bill that would allow teachers and staff to carry guns in school with much less training; and more stories.