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Ohio legislators are considering legislation that would decriminalize a test that can detect fentanyl in drugs, a move advocates say could save lives.

Fifteen people died of suspected drug overdoses between Friday afternoon and Tuesday morning, according to a media release from the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's office. The previous weekend nearly a dozen others died.

The University of Akron says federal restrictions enacted under the Trump Administration last year means it will have to close its Confucius Institute by next June; Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a bill into law allowing Ohio residents to set off fireworks on certain holidays; consumer advocates are asking the PUCO to reopen one of its audits of Akron-based FirstEnergy; and more stories.

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Stark County is offering Narcan over-dose revival kits to opiate-addicted inmates who are released from the county jail. Sheriff George Maier says Stark…

True to his word in Tuesday’s State of the City Address, Mayor Dan Horrigan today launched a “Quick Response Team” program for overdose cases in Akron.…