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Ohio courts could soon more readily award child support for disabled adults
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — All courts in Ohio may soon be able to extend child support orders for parents and guardians of adult children in certain instances, if… Read More
A former West Virginia jail officer pleads guilty to civil rights violation in the fatal assault on an inmate
By: John Raby | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former correctional officer in southern West Virginia pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal civil rights violation in the death of a man who died less… Read More
A Kentucky coal firm is held in contempt again over West Virginia mine pollution
By: Associated Press
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday issued a third contempt order against a Kentucky coal company for failing to submit adequate plans to clean mine pollution at… Read More
What’s next now that Ohio’s six-week abortion ban has been ruled unconstitutional?
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s six-week abortion ban is unconstitutional, after voters approved an amendment guaranteeing abortion access and reproductive rights last year. In that ruling, Hamilton County… Read More
A court rules Ohio’s six-week abortion ban is unconstitutional
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s ban on nearly all abortion cannot be enforced, at the order of a Hamilton County judge. Judge Christian Jenkins ruled Ohio’s ban on… Read More
Debt paid on the historic Greenbrier Hotel owned by family of West Virginia’s governor, a US Senate candidate
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, says it has paid off debts to avoid the foreclosure on its historic hotel,… Read More
A circuit court says Ohio can ban green card holders from giving election money
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Tuesday in a 2-1 decision that Ohio can for now enforce in full its newly enacted… Read More
An appeal delays the $600 million class action settlement payments in the fiery East Palestine derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Settlement checks related to Norfolk Southern’s disastrous 2023 derailment could be delayed up to two years now because an appeal of a federal judge’s decision last week to approve the $600… Read More
A judge has approved the $600 million settlement for residents near the fiery East Palestine derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday approved a $600 million class-action settlement Wednesday that Norfolk Southern railroad offered to everyone who lived within 20 miles of… Read More
Here’s an Ohio task force’s recommendations for supporting reentry
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Around 18,000 people were released from Ohio’s prisons in 2022. Another 75,000 Ohioans were released from jail that year. When they return to Ohio’s… Read More
FirstEnergy will pay $100M in a HB 6 settlement with the SEC; ex-CEO will face civil fraud charges
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — FirstEnergy has agreed to pay a $100 million fine to settle civil fraud charges filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission related to the House Bill… Read More
Judges toss out the lawsuit over who controls Ohio House Republicans’ campaign account
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A panel of three appeals court judges has thrown out the months-long dispute over who controls the Ohio House Republicans’ campaign account, which turns… Read More
A judge blocks Ohio from enforcing laws restricting medication abortions
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two more Ohio laws restricting abortions have been blocked by the courts as the legal impacts of a 2023 constitutional amendment guaranteeing access to the procedure continue to… Read More
No youth prison for offenders under 14 is among the recommendations for Ohio’s juvenile justice system
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Kids under 14 shouldn’t be placed in Ohio’s three juvenile lockups, according to one of 26 recommendations from a working group assembled to come… Read More
Athens will appeal the ruling against its ban on single-use plastic bags
By: Jack Greene
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens City Council directed its city law director to appeal a ruling against the city’s ban on single-use plastic bags. At the council’s meeting Tuesday, officials… Read More
A judge blocks an Ohio law banning foreign nationals from donating to ballot campaigns
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge has blocked a new law banning foreign nationals and green card holders from contributing to state ballot campaigns in Ohio on the grounds… Read More
Many Ohio abortion clinics have done away with 24-hour waiting period due to a recent court ruling
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Abortion providers are now doing same-day procedures. This comes after a ruling by a Franklin County judge Friday that blocked the state law that required… Read More
Federal judge denies a motion to extend East Palestine class action settlement deadline
By: Abigail Bottar | Ideastream Public Media | Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (Ideastream/AP) — A request from some East Palestine residents to extend the amount of time they have to opt in to the $600 million class action settlement has… Read More
Ohio’s 24-hour abortion waiting period is on hold in a lawsuit over its constitutionality
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Franklin County judge has agreed to halt Ohio’s 2021 law requiring a 24-hr abortion waiting period. The ruling came from a lawsuit that… Read More
Family of West Virginia’s governor, who’s running for Senate, has a deal to avoid Greenbrier hotel’s foreclosure
By: John Raby | Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has reached an agreement with a credit collection company to avoid the foreclosure of their historic hotel as he runs… Read More
A lawsuit over Ohio’s ‘broken’ background check system settles with a plan for improvements
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After nearly four years, a lawsuit filed by two Ohio cities over the state’s criminal background check system used by gun sellers, employers and… Read More
Backers of the redistricting amendment sue Republican-run panel over ballot language
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Supporters of the redistricting amendment that will be on the ballot this November have filed suit against the Ohio Ballot Board over summary language… Read More
Abortion rights backers ask court to stop Ohio’s required 24-hour waiting period
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Advocates for abortion rights are suing over a state law that requires patients to wait a minimum of 24 hours before they can get an… Read More
Democrats blast FirstEnergy $20m settlement to avoid criminal charges as “unacceptable”
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Some Democrats are outraged that FirstEnergy won’t face state criminal charges in the $60 million bribery scheme surrounding the billion-dollar nuclear power plant bailout… Read More
Indiana’s attorney general drops the suit over privacy of the Ohio girl who traveled for an abortion
By: The Indianapolis Star
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s attorney general has dropped a lawsuit that accused the state’s largest hospital system of violating patient privacy laws when a doctor told a newspaper that a… Read More
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