medical marijuana

Ohio voters passed Issue 2, which legalizes adult use recreational marijuana, in November. The law goes in effect this Thursday.

While this next phase of legalization may not be realized until the next election cycle at the earliest, marijuana entrepreneurs are being advised to start getting ready now.

The Ohio House has passed a plan to add autism to the list of qualifying conditions.

Summit County public transit workers will not be going on strike Monday as planned; The Cleveland Orchestra canceled two concerts over the weekend after a performer tested positive for COVID-19; Ohio's COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all increasing; and more stories.

Minorities have only nine out of the 114 current licenses.

Adults over the age of 21 would be able to buy and use marijuana recreationally and grow up to six plants per person.

Federal funding will work to address COVID-19-related health disparities in Ohio; a lawyer says a Malaysian court has ruled in favor of 65 migrant workers who sued Akron-based Goodyear for underpaying them; the Ohio State Medical Board has approved three new conditions eligible for patients to receive medical marijuana; and more stories.

Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley says she will try to unseat Republican Gov. Mike DeWine after her effort to work with him on gun reforms in the aftermath of a mass shooting in her city stalled; politicians, religious leaders and community activists in Ohio's capital city are calling for protests to remain peaceful as a verdict nears in the trial in the death of George Floyd; Republican Ohio Congressman Steve Stivers says he'll leave Congress on May 16 to run his home state’s chamber of commerce; and more stories.

The University of Akron Board of trustees will hold a special meeting this morning when they’re expected to consider a new contract with the faculty union; today is the day Gov. Mike DeWine wanted all Ohio school districts to be offering some type of in-person learning for K-12 students; while cases of coronavirus continue on a downward trend in Ohio, concern is increasing about the UK variant spreading in all parts of the state, including northeast Ohio; and more stories.

Here are your morning headlines for Monday, June 15:Ohio tops 41,000 COVID-19 casesPut-in-Bay Police Chief on leave following black tourists' arrests…