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DeWine: Health orders will end June 2 Gov. Mike DeWine Gov. Mike DeWine announced that he plans to end all of the state's health orders on Wednesday, June 2, as cases and hospitalization decline and vaccination numbers go up. "It's time to end the health orders. It's been a year," DeWine said during a 5:30 p.m. address on Wednesday, May 12. "You have followed the protocols. You have done what we have asked. You have bravely fought this virus." Private businesses and schools that opt to continue masking requirements will be able to enforce those measures even after the health orders have been...

Alex Wong/Getty Images U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers will leave Congress to become president and CEO of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. The Ohio Chamber of Commerce will have a new CEO — and Ohio's delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives eventually will have a new member. The chamber on Monday, April 19, announced it has hired U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers, a Republican who represents a district around Columbus, as its next president and CEO, effective May 17. Stivers, 56, will succeed Andrew E. Doehrel, who is retiring and has held the chamber's top job since 1993. In accepting the chamber job, ...

U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers leaving Congress to lead Ohio Chamber of Commerce, won't run for U.S. Senate Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer © AP file Republican Steve Stivers COLUMBUS – U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers won't run for U.S. Senate, instead taking a position to lead the Ohio Chamber of Commerce.  Stivers, 55, of Upper Arlington, announced Monday that he would step down from politics, where he represents the 15th District, on May 16 to become the next president and CEO of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. Stivers was considered a more moderate alternative to the Republican...

Staff and submitted information COLUMBUS — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted provided the following updates on Ohio’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Economic recovery Governor DeWine on Thursday outlined the progression of Ohio’s economic recovery. Ohio’s gross domestic product (GDP) outpaced the nation in the final quarter of calendar year 2020. The U.S. GDP is estimated to have grown 4.3 percent in the quarter, and Ohio’s GDP is estimated to have increased 5 percent during the same timeframe. Ohio’s unemployment rate in February 2021 was 5 percent and t...