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Wearing his protective mask made by his wife, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine walks into his daily coronavirus news conference on Thursday, April 16, 2020, at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. (Doral Chenoweth/The Columbus Dispatch via AP) ** FILE **

State: Ohio National Guard members to help in 2nd prison

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 13, 2020, file photo Ohio state senate candidate Melissa Ackison, left, and other protesters stand outside the Statehouse Atrium where reporters listen during the State of Ohio's Coronavirus response update at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. The unprecedented national effort to shut down much of daily life to slow the spread of COVID-19 is prompting a growing number of protests. (Joshua A. Bickel/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)

Pro-Trump protesters push back on stay-at-home orders

By SARA BURNETT and BRIAN SLODYSKO - Associated Press

Ohio governor delays 3 more executions amid drug shortage

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Protesters stand outside the Statehouse Atrium where reporters listen during the State of Ohio's Coronavirus response update on Monday, April 13, 2020 at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. About 100 protesters assembled outside the building during Gov. Mike DeWine's weekday update on the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, upset that the state remains under a Stay-At-Home order and that non-essential businesses remain closed. (Joshua A. Bickel/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

Calls mount for Ohio governor to restart jobs in some areas

By JOHN SEEWER and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

Residents of Lake Pointe Post Acute Rehabilitation and Living Center in Conneaut, Ohio, wave to cars that visited the nursing home and several Maples group homes for developmentally disabled residents on Easter Sunday April 12, 2020. (Warren Dillaway/The Star-Beacon via AP)

1st inmate dies as Ohio prisoner, staff infections top 260

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

The exterior front entrance to Manor Care, is seen Thursday, April 2, 2020, in Parma, Ohio. Multiple patients and employees tested positive for the coronavirus at Manor Care. Nursing homes across the country have been in lockdown for weeks under federal orders to protect their frail, elderly residents from coronavirus, but a wave of deadly outbreaks nearly every day since suggests that the measures including a ban on visits and daily health screenings of staffers either came too late or were not rigorous enough. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Not all nursing home deaths, locations being disclosed

By JOHN SEEWER and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

Corey Stacey casts his fishing line on the shores of Lake Erie at Wildwood Park, Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Ohio governor announces coronavirus death of prison guard

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

Dolly Sherman, right, prepares to place produce in the trunk of a car during the Conneaut Human Resources Center's monthly produce distribution on on Monday April 6, 2020, morning in Conneaut, Ohio. (Warren Dillaway/The Star-Beacon via AP)

Governor provides list of 167 inmates eligible for release

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

Troy Smith delivers a package, Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in Moreland Hills, Ohio. The pandemic has delivered unforeseen consequences, good and bad, for business across almost every sector. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Ohio extends stay-at-home order; logs record jobless claims

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

Neil Siemborski fills a bottle of hand sanitizer made at Cleveland Whiskey, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Cleveland. Workers will be filling dozens of one gallon jugs and thousands of 4-ounce bottles of hand sanitizers for the Cleveland Clinic to assist healthcare workers in the prevention of the spread of the coronavirus. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Ohio woman who lost 3 family members urges people stay home

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows Derek Lichtenwalter. Lichtenwalter, who is serving a two-year sentence on a &quot;failure to comply&quot; charge has filed a lawsuit seeking release from Belmont Correctional Facility over fears of the coronavirus. The state on Monday asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit, saying Lichtenwalter doesn't have &quot;a clear legal right to be released from prison due to the COVID-19 pandemic,&quot; a move that would require a court order, according to the state. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP)

Governor suggests stay-at-home order to extend past April 6

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, Ohio Department of Health director Dr. Amy Acton and Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted walk toward the State Room before their update on the state's response to the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic on Monday, March 30, 2020 at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. (Joshua A. Bickel/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

Ohio school closure extended; FDA OKs mask-sanitizing system

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

Ohio governor presses for mask sterilization OK from feds

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Tommy Barnes, 14, picks up a free meal at GoodFellas Barbecue Restaurant, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. The restaurant is serving about 200 free meals to children per day. The meals feed the kids in the community who have depended on food at school but because of the coronavirus haven't been able to get their lunches. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Governor urges approval of company’s mask sterilizing system

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

A woman jogs along the shores of Lake Erie Thursday, March 26, 2020, in downtown Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

DeWine: Ohio 2 weeks away from being slammed by virus surge

By JOHN SEEWER and JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, March 24, 2020 photo, shops at Anderson Towne Center are closed in Anderson Township, Ohio, on the first day of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's shelter-in-place order in response to the new coronavirus pandemic. All non-essential businesses are closed and residents have been asked to stay at home. (Kareem Elgazzar/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP)

Health director: Ohio making progress flattening the curve

By JULIE CARR SMYTH and JOHN SEEWER - Associated Press

A sign is taped to a door leading into a polling location at the Messiah Lutheran Church, Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Lyndhurst, Ohio. Ohio called off its presidential primary just hours before polls were set to open there and in three other states, an 11th-hour decision the governor said was necessary to prevent further fueling the coronavirus pandemic that has paralyzed the nation. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Ohio Democratic Party sues over delay of primary election

By JULIE CARR SMYTH and DAN SEWELL - Associated Press

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine at a coronavirus news conference Saturday, March 14, 2020 at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. (Doral Chenoweth/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

Ohio governor, an early lone wolf on virus, wins wide praise

By JOHN SEEWER and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

Sharon Trask and other voters use hand sanitizer as they stand in line to vote at Lincoln Lodge Polling station, 1st ward, Tuesday, March 17 2020 in Chicago. Voters across the state are getting the chance to decide competitive primary races for the U.S. House and the Illinois Supreme Court, with concerns about the coronavirus looming large. Election officials have been promoting voting early and casting ballots by mail in an attempt to control crowds and curb the spread. The vast majority of people recover from the new coronavirus. According to the World Health Organization, most people recover in about two to six weeks, depending on the severity of the illness. (James Foster/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Florida, Arizona, Illinois primary voters, officials endure ‘hectic and trying day’ at polls

By David Sherfinski and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine at a coronavirus news conference Saturday, March 14, 2020 at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. (Doral Chenoweth/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

Judge Richard Frye rejects Ohio primary delay

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times