Members of the General Assembly from the Toledo area plan to hold a public hearing Monday evening for residents in that area of the state to comment on the working redistricting maps under consideration by the Ohio Redistricting Commission.

The Ohio Redistricting Commission held its first public hearing Friday at Deer Creek State Park Lodge and the panel will hold two, maybe three, in various places next week.

Majority Republicans on the Ohio Redistricting Commission reject maps drawn by Democrats and choose to go with their own working maps at next week's public hearings.

Seven of the Democratic members of Ohio's state board of education are suing to stop a provision in the state budget that transfers the authority to make many important decisions from the board to the governor.

The pro-Issue 1 side had sued over the language approved by Republicans on the Ohio Ballot Board, but this Supreme Court ruling was not exactly what they wanted.

Republican infighting over leadership of the Ohio Redistricting Commission has caused its meetings to be delayed for a week but a deal appears to have been reached.

The latest campaign filings show the major groups on both sides of Issue 1 received a small fraction of their funding from Ohio sources.

An Ohio Department of Natural Resources panel voted to let companies bid on rights to drill in four parcels of state-owned land, but it put off similar votes on drilling in state parks to its next meeting.

Petition language for the amendment to put redistricting in the hands of a citizens commission is rejected a second time, on the same day as a meeting of the panel that currently draws maps for Ohio lawmakers' districts is postponed.

Ohio's new report cards offer a mixed bag, showing public schools are doing a little better but there's still a long way to go to get back to levels before the pandemic.