News and insight from Signal's statehouse team. Bird flu still an Ohio problem; state closes book on afterschool program.

Cleveland's Fair Employment Wage Board is making plans to enforce a new law banning salary questions on job applications.

The governor’s budget bill proposes certain Medicaid cuts if federal funding for the expansion program shrinks.

The Ohio Afterschool Enrichment program, which funded savings accounts that families could tap to pay for after-school programs, is ending.

Friends and bandmates of blues artist Robert Lockwood Jr., will receive awards and perform at the Lockwood Music Festival this Saturday.