Columbus, Ohio, attorney and former state Sen. Ben Espy will be remembered at a service for his decades of service to the state and city.

Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says he'll work to defeat a fall ballot issue to remake the state’s troubled political mapmaking system.

A proposal to change Ohio’s troubled political mapmaking system has qualified for the November ballot.

Defense attorney Harry Reinhart stands for a portrait at his office building in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. The Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court sided with a complaint by Reinhart that Muskingum County Judge Mark Fleegle wasn't providing sufficient protocols to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in his courtroom. The chief justice pulled the judge off two trials Reinhart is participating in. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)COLUMBUS, Ohio – An Ohio judge who failed to adopt written rules for mask wearing and other coronavirus prevention measures has been removed from two cases by the chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. But in other places, “trial judges have been able to proceed safely with jury trials,” said Pfeifer, a former state Supreme Court justice.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – An Ohio judge has temporarily blocked the Republican secretary of state’s order limiting counties in the critical presidential battleground to one ballot drop box, and the state and Republicans have appealed. The state immediately appealed, and the Ohio Republican Party followed suit late Thursday, placing the fate of the order on hold. The faceoff makes unclear how many drop boxes will be available to Ohio voters just 2 1/2 weeks before voting begins Oct. 6. Access to ballot drop boxes has become an urgent matter nationally amid the coronavirus pandemic, questions about mail-in voting security and cutbacks at the post office. The Ohio Republican Party lashed out at Frye as a “partisan judge" and accused him of colluding with fellow Democrats before issuing his decision.