Bills

Water bills for Akron water residential customers will increase by around $10 per month after the city announced a rate increase and new meter charge Thursday.

The Cleveland nonprofit CHN Housing Partners says more people have applied for financial assistance with utility bills in recent years.Laurie Leverette, director of utilities and emergency services, said rising utility costs are driving more people to the nonprofit for the first time to seek help. There always has been a significant need, though, because of the city’s high poverty rate.

Lawmakers are looking over several different bills that would revise the way the state handles school districts in academic distress. There seems to be a…

Many Ohio schools are getting for summer break. But as Ohio Public Radio’s Jo Ingles reports, when parents do that back to school shopping, they’ll get a…