State funding cuts are pushing a record number of Ohio’s public libraries to seek local tax levies as they struggle to keep branches open and avoid cutting services.

Ohio plans to slash its reimbursements to attorneys who represent victims of suspected abuse, a move that advocates think could make it tougher for some victims to obtain protection orders.

A dramatic drop in funding could leave Ohio crime victims without needed support.

The Las Vegas City Council has approved an agreement that will give the Cleveland Clinic time to plan a possible medical center or research facility in downtown Las Vegas.

A Democratic judge from northeast Ohio is scheduled to announce plans to run for the Ohio Supreme Court in 2010.

A deadline for Ohio’s seven race tracks to make an initial payment on a license to set up video slot machines came and went Tuesday, with only two of the seven tracks making the $13 million payment.

The Ohio Supreme Court has ordered the state’s top elections official to decide within seven days whether state Senator Jon Husted legally resides in his Dayton-area district. 

The Ohio Lottery Commission has made concessions to the state’s horse racing track owners to increase the likelihood they will meet a key deadline for getting video slot machines running by May 2010. 

With the nation fixated on the debate on how to overhaul the health care system, the other major policy issue of the year - an effort to address climate change - has largely been overshadowed.

The state filed a $1.2 million dollar lawsuit Friday against the operators of a chain of day care centers in what the attorney general said is the largest minimum wage case in Ohio history. 

State officials submitted evidence they say indicates Penn National Gaming is underwriting an effort to overturn racetrack slots legalized by lawmakers and Governor Ted Strickland in July. 

A former state senator has pleaded guilty to bribery and fraud charges in a Cuyahoga County government corruption investigation. 

The weak economy is especially hard on people with disabilities looking for work, which face unemployment rates many times higher than the state average. 

The pace of home weatherization has picked up in Ohio as the state releases most of its federal stimulus dollars for sealing homes from the elements over about 20 months. 

Supporters and opponents of the November 3 casino ballot issue are predicting a multimillion-dollar campaign.