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The Reducing Accidents in Locomotives (RAIL) Act was introduced by Reps. Bill Johnson and Emilia Strong Sykes earlier this month. It would increase inspection of trains, require freight rail companies to give advance notice of what materials trains are carrying and strengthen regulation to prevent wheel bearing failure.

The Ohio Debate Commission has released its schedule of events for the upcoming general election, but no Republican candidates have agreed to participate yet.

Summit County hospitals are seeing the most COVID-19 patients since January; a national Democratic organization has filed a lawsuit in the Ohio Supreme Court to challenge the newly signed Congressional district map; the Cleveland and Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority police departments are getting more than $4 million in federal grant money to hire more officers; and more stories.

When you’re a down-ballot candidate — that is, someone not named Joe Biden or Donald Trump — you might spend the summer reintroducing yourself to members of the local Democratic or Republican clubs. This year, you’ll have to make sure you’re not on mute. Cleveland’s Ward 17 Democratic Club has been meeting on Zoom, broadcasting the video on Facebook to neighbors who otherwise would be meeting in person. Last month, the club laid out plans to get out the vote remotely.

With the May primary just days away, some Ohioans might be thinking about switching political parties to cast a ballot for a friend who is running for…

Here are your morning headlines for Wednesday, October 17:Ohio absentee ballot requests soar;Testa gives $15M gift to Akron Children's;WOW Air ends…

A two term Democratic state representative from Cleveland has suddenly resigned his seat. Rep. Martin Sweeney’s announcement that he quit the House as of…

The four major candidates in the Democratic primary for governor met for their first debate of the year last night at a high school in Toledo. It was the…