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Listen • 4:59 The problem for many families in Ashtabula County isn’t that they don’t have internet, it’s that they don’t have or cannot afford speeds that can handle the load of several children learning at home at once. The COVID-19 pandemic has spotlighted an issue that Ohio’s rural communities have been struggling with for years: the lack of adequate broadband service. It’s particularly affected education in parts of the state like Ashtabula County. Some parents say their kids have fallen behind simply because they can’t get online from home. At the me...

VW independent/submitted information COLUMBUS — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted provided the following updates Thursday on Ohio’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  This graph shows COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population in Ohio over the past two weeks. ODH graphic Nursing home visitation Governor DeWine discussed the new federal regulations for nursing home visitation, as well as Ohio’s Vaccine Maintenance Program. The visitation guidelines, issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) indicate visitation should be happening in nursing homes. T...

Originally published on March 4, 2021 5:53 am The COVID-19 pandemic has spotlighted an issue that Ohio’s rural communities have been struggling with for years: the lack of adequate broadband service. It’s particularly affected education in parts of the state like Ashtabula County. Some parents say their kids have fallen behind simply because they can’t get online from home. At the mercy of bandwidth Jennifer Jerman is a single mom of four. She says Ashtabula Area City Schools provided her kids with Chromebooks when the pandemic hit last year, but they’re at the mercy of internet ban...

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost will run for reelection in 2022 and skip a campaign for the Senate seat being vacated by Republican Sen. Rob Portman, sources confirmed Sunday evening.

Column: Contest to succeed Portman could be crowded Thomas Suddes Here’s the shrewdest thing said so far about Ohio’s 2022 race to succeed Sen. Rob Portman: “If  Jim Jordan decides to run, it is highly likely he will win that [Republican] primary.” That’s what Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley, a Democrat, told The New York Times last week. Whaley, who herself may run for the Senate or for governor next year, was 100 percent correct. Before anyone says it’s too soon the think about Campaign ’22, cleveland.com reported Tuesday that some Democrats are floating the name of ex-state Health D...