(The Center Square) – House Democrats are renewing their call for a prohibition of evictions and foreclosures amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

(The Center Square) – Ohio residents must remain at home, except to conduct essential business, until May 1 to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the state, officials announced Thursday afternoon.

(The Center Square) – More than 6.6 million Americans filed unemployment claims last week as more businesses were forced to lay off and furlough workers because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Trump approves major disaster declaration for Ohio

(The Center Square) – Ohio will start requiring businesses in the state to report how many ventilators and “other machines and devices that provide breathing assistance” they have in their possession.

(The Center Square) – The Ohio Department of Health is extending its order to keep schools closed through the end of April, Gov. Mike DeWine announced.

Ohio’s congressional delegation urges ‘major disaster declaration’ for Ohio

(The Center Square) – Gov. Mike DeWine is delaying his State of the State Address.

(The Center Square) – In early March, Gov. Mike DeWine announced the state of Ohio planned to prohibit spectators from attending the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus.

(The Center Square) – Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan, joining others across the country, signed onto a letter demanding the U.S. Census push back the deadline to Sept. 30, a month-and-a-half later than their already postponed date of Aug. 14. 

(The Center Square) – Some official estimates say Ohio could receive up to $4.5 billion of the federal stimulus package currently winding through the U.S. Capitol.