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Akron Children’s Hospital given largest-ever private donation

The largest donation ever made to Akron Children's Hospital makes it the fifteenth in what is envisioned as a growing collaboration of hospitals intending to encourage them to share information, ideas, technological advancements and more, all to help improve access and outcomes for pediatric medicine.

Bill would hold opioid recovery houses responsible

Ohio Reps. Justin Pizzulli (R-Scioto County) and Dontavius Jarrells (D-Columbus) said that while most addiction recovery houses do good, essential work in communities ravaged by drugs, too many bad actors have learned how to game the system. 

Candidate for governor hopes to replace running mate despite Ohio law

Republican Heather Hill is preparing for the May 5 primary and had been running with Stuart Moats as her lieutenant governor candidate. Saturday, Hill announced she would replace Moats as her running mate after "irreconcilable differences," alleging Moats used a racial slur to describe Hill. Moats denied the allegations.

Republicans stress over economic whiplash from Iran conflict

Republican lawmakers are sounding the alarm over how voters view President Trump’s handling of the economy after Iran announced over the weekend it would keep the Strait of Hormuz closed, raising the prospect of high fuel prices through Election Day. Growing Republican concern about a likely voter backlash in November has spurred some Republican senators

Johnson faces political gauntlet as legislative fights collide

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is barreling toward a brutal end-of-the-month crunch, juggling a slate of high-stakes legislative fights with intensifying calls for one of his members to step down and growing unease within the GOP as the Iran conflict nears the 60-day mark. The Speaker and his leadership team are scrambling in search of deals