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"Workers' performance and workers' dedication to the company were secondary. Now, they'll be moved more to the forefront," state Sen. Joe Cryan, a co-sponsor of the bill, said.

In a letter, they urge the Labor Department to ensure safe levels of silica dust at workplaces that cut popular "engineered stone." At least 18 workers have recently suffered severe lung damage.

Oberlin College announced Tuesday it is appealing a judgment of $31 million in damages awarded to Gibson’s Bakery earlier this year. The appeal is “grounded in the board’s fiduciary responsibility to the College’s long-term financial health,” said the chairman of the school’s board of trustees, Chris Canavan, in a press release. In the appeal, Oberlin claims students were exercising their First Amendment rights and the college worked to make sure protests were peaceful.

Ohio’s attorney general says his office is disappointed in a reported settlement with five drugmakers and distributors in advance of a huge opioid trial,…

Hundreds of people concerned about the future of Cleveland gathered downtown at Public Auditorium Tuesday for the first day of a three-day summit to discuss their hopes for the city. At table 67, Lynn Milliner, a pediatrician at MetroHealth, said the divide between the East Side and the West Side is an opportunity to play up both sides’ strengths.

Ohio’s First Lady, Fran DeWine, wants to bring a program to Cuyahoga County that could help reduce the number of premature births and increase a baby’s chance of celebrating its first birthday. Moms2B is a Columbus-based program that provides weekly education and support to high-risk pregnant women.

By Glenn Forbes The FBI and Metroparks officers provided a clearer timeline into the murder of 40-year-old Carnell Sledge and 33-year-old Katherine Brown earlier this month, but did not identify a suspect or a motive. Brown and Sledge arrived in separate cars to the Metroparks Rocky River Reservation, north of the Lorain Road Bridge, just after 5 p.m. on June 4, said Metroparks Chief Ranger Katherine Dolan.

Cuyahoga County will consider an increase to a local tax, but don’t worry, it’s not for locals. A one percent hotel bed tax increase is on the county council agenda for Tuesday. County officials estimate it will generate an additional $4.6 million per year, which will go to operations and maintenance of the Huntington Convention Center. If the proposal passes, the bed tax increase would go into effect Jan. 1, 2020.

"It was like flying in a dream," Franky Zapata said, after his trip across the Channel from northern France ended with a crash into the water.

Demonstrators are demanding fair elections for the City Duma and for opposition candidates to be allowed on the ballot.