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Lakewood City Council approved an ordinance to allow paid parental leave for city employees this week. And one Cleveland City Council member is hoping Cleveland is next. The Lakewood ordinance provides 12 weeks of paid leave for the birthing parent. Non-birthing parents are eligible for two weeks of paid bonding leave.

Nearly 350 people received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine this week at the Langston Hughes Community Health Center, part of the Cleveland Clinic network. The health center is offering weekly vaccination clinics as part of an effort to reach people of color and underserved or at-risk populations.

Installation began on the Wendy Park Bridge this week, bringing together more than two decades of planning and preparation to connect a once neglected and forgotten piece of Cleveland’s lakefront. Cleveland Metroparks is installing the first two segments of the $6 million bridge over the Norfolk-Southern railroad tracks this week. The first piece was installed Tuesday, and the second began Wednesday. The full walkway is expected to be completed by June, said Metroparks Chief Planning and Design Officer Sean McDermott.

Some Ohio colleges and universities will start vaccinating students the week of April 5, as many return from spring break. The on-campus COVID-19 vaccination clinics are part of Gov. Mike DeWine's plan to reach as many students as possible before they disburse across the state and country this summer.

The vaccine is only about 23 percent effective against the dominant flu strain, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's because the strain mutated slightly.

Inflation eased last month, according to a report Wednesday from the Labor Department, which means people feeling stretched by high prices and high borrowing costs could feel a little relief soon.

In the 17 months since the federal government ended pandemic-related emergency food benefits, demand has been rising at Ohio's foodbanks and pantries.

A new dinosaur has been discovered in Utah by North Carolina researchers and paleontologists. They believe it was a burrowing species.

Soybeans are a massive Ohio industry with a $5.3 billion annual impact. To keep thriving, farmers must figure out how to adapt to climate change.

The changes could shutter 223 postal facilities and save the service $20 billion.