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.

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.