Cleveland City Hall has proposed updates to its 2019 lead safe laws to focus on high-risk properties, as only 30 percent of eligible rental units are currently in compliance. The new legislation would extend inspection renewal timelines from two years to three, and up to 10 years for landlords who replace lead painted windows and doors. It also aims to curb fraud by requiring local licenses for private lead inspectors and strengthens protections for tenants reporting lead hazards.

 

Electronic filing with the Supreme Court of Ohio and state federal courts has expanded to nine more facilities, giving incarcerated individuals across all 22 state prisons direct e-filing access through their law libraries. Prison staff email scanned filings to courts to streamline processing, with plans to eventually enable electronic delivery of court responses back to the prisons. Read more about this expansion at Court News Ohio .