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Here’s the latest on the UAW strike. Officials tell reporters a tentative four year contract gives workers a mix of pay raises, lump sum payments and an $11,000 signing bonus. In return, the contract allows GM to proceed with factory closures in Lordstown, Warren and in Maryland. Union officials are …

A subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. plans to emerge from bankruptcy protection by the end of the year, after getting final approval from a federal judge. The company warns it will take steps to close its nuclear plants in Ohio if a proposal to overturn a roughly $1 billion financial rescue …

The NFL says team owners have given the OK to invest up to $10 million in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Village in Canton. Hall of Fame officials are planning a multi-year development at the site. It includes a hotel with an indoor water park, retail stores and an …

Bargainers for General Motors and the United Auto Workers reach a tentative contract deal that could end a monthlong strike that brought the company’s U.S. factories to a standstill. The deal, hammered out after months of bargaining, won’t bring an immediate end to the strike by 49,000 hourly workers. They …

Perrysburg becomes the eighth and final customer to join the Uniform Water Purchase and Supply Agreement with the City of Toledo. Perrysburg joins Maumee, Sylvania, Whitehouse, Fulton County, Monroe County and the Northwest Water and Sewer District in signing 40-year contracts with the Toledo water commission. Officials from those entities …

The Ohio Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of a police officer’s vehicle stop…based on the car’s color not matching vehicle-registration records. The court ruled 6-1 the officer had a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity based on his experience that such a discrepancy often meant a vehicle was stolen. At issue …

Ohio lawmakers introduce a bill to forbid employment and housing discrimination against members of the LGBTQ community. The latest version of the Ohio Fairness Act was introduced by state Rep., Michael Skindell. The bill’s unveiling comes about two weeks after a request from minority Democrats to extend employment protections to …

The Williams County Board of Elections votes to decrease the number of poll workers needed at multiple precincts. Officials say the Ohio law regarding the number of poll workers needed at a precinct for non-presidential election years has changed. The number of workers will still be split evenly between Democrats …

After meeting in executive session, the Bryan Board of Public Affairs votes to make this Veterans Day, Nov. 11, a paid holiday for all Bryan Municipal Utilities collective bargaining unit employees. The move applies only to the holiday in 2019 and the issue is subject to future contract negotiation. The …

Hundreds of winged creatures will take up residence at Oxbow Lake Wildlife Area, off Ohio 15 between Defiance and Ney, in the coming weeks, in a statewide effort to bolster hunting potential. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife is releasing more than 14,000 ring-necked pheasants this fall …