Our weekly regional news roundup covers Ohio Governor and presidential hopeful John Kasich's decision to drop out of the race; the California GOP delegation complaints on their Sandusky hotel assignment for the convention; speculation that Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown could be named Hillary Clinton's running mate; Air BnB rates in NE Ohio soaring ahead of the GOP convention; Samaria Rice's keynote speech at Kent State University; a medical marijuana proposal in the Ohio Statehouse; environmental groups suing the US EPA over fracking regulations; Ohio's plans to combat the Zika virus; and Cedar Point's record-setting new roller coaster Valravn.
Laura Johnston, editor, cleveland.com