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Going out is fun, but who doesn't like a deal?

• Here are a few food and drink specials in Central Ohio you can take advantage of during the week.

👋 Alissa here. While I'd much rather offer you a happy Axios retreat recap or a tasty food review, today I'm here with a plea — please take COVID-19's Omicron subvariants seriously.

Driving the news: My D.C. retreat experience was over before it began, after daily on-site testing provided by Axios detected I had the virus shortly after arriving.

A proposed change to city law would require Columbus police officers to publicly display their name tags and badge numbers while on duty.

🔥 Get new ink at the Hell City Tattoo Festival at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, featuring seminars, live music, an art gallery and more.

• 12-11pm Friday ($25), Saturday ($30), 12-8pm Sunday ($25). $75 weekend pass.

Ohio's low-income families could soon feel a bit of relief amid a frightening nationwide shortage of baby formula.

Driving the news: The Ohio Department of Health requested federal waivers this week to grant formula-buying flexibility for participants of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).

These four baseball cards share something in common. Can you guess it?

• I found them among thousands of other baseball, football, basketball and Pokemon trading cards unearthed during a recent attempt at spring cleaning.

It's not just you — May has been a scorcher.

• And it's going to get even hotter.

Kids in Whitehall will soon have the chance to lace up and play free hockey.

• Street hockey, that is.