May primary

Republican lawmakers want voters to decide whether to raise the threshold for amending the Ohio constitution on an August ballot.

Akron's mayoral primary came on the heels of the precincts being redrawn in the city and new voting laws going into effect in Ohio.

Candidates Shammas Malik, Tara Mosley and Marco Sommerville are in a virtual tie within the poll's 5-point margin of error.

The second of two "Akron Decides" mayoral debates was held last night at the Akron-Summit County Public Library.

The space agency will send four astronauts towards the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.

Ohio Gubernatorial Republican and Democratic candidates sit down with the Statehouse News Bureau to talk about pressing issues in the state.

A group of Republican activists has asked the three-judge panel to put in place maps that the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled unconstitutional.

New COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Ohio are at their lowest levels since July but the Ohio Department of Health is keeping an eye on a new omicron variant; the Ohio Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments over whether Gov. Mike DeWine had the legal ability to end the state's participation in a federal pandemic unemployment aid program ahead of a government deadline stopping the payments; the Ohio primary is just six weeks away but candidates still don't know whether the contest will happen on that date; and more stories.

Some of the state's top elected officials say it is still possible to have a primary May 3, but it depends on how the supreme court rules on state legislative and congressional district maps.

This could be the last year that Summit County holds its primary election on a different day from the state’s.The mayors of five Summit County cities and…