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“The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all aspects of our lives, including the economic well-being and future of Ohio families and businesses,” House Speaker Larry Householder said.

“Northeast Ohio has been among the hardest hit in our state by the coronavirus outbreak,” U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan said.

The U.S. Department of Labor reported Thursday that 272,129 Ohio residents filed for unemployment benefits in the week ending March 28.

Ohio Health Director Dr. Amy Acton called on young people to take the disease seriously as the weather gets warmer. She expects the peak of the pandemic between April 15 and May 15.

The funds were distributed to the state’s 12 Area Agencies on Aging to support meals programming for older Ohioans at highest risk for malnutrition and hunger.

Inmates will eat in their cells and come out only for video chats, phone calls and visits to the law library.

Fifty-six death row inmates have been executed under Ohio’s current law since 1981.

State-ordered COVID-19 school closures have made the Ohio Broadband Strategy "more important than ever."

The availability of resources to care for COVID-19 patients could mean life or death for thousands of Ohioans. Yet, Ohioans don’t know how many beds and ventilators are available where they live.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded $137,446,209 to Ohio state and community governments.