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Judge: Energy Company Can Continue Donations To Lawmakers
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A judge rules that Ohio’s attorney general’s effort to block an energy company and its affiliated entities from donating to lawmakers is an infringement of First… Read More
![U.S. Census Bureau workers stand outside Lincoln Center in New York City in September. A federal judge has ordered the bureau to keep counting for the 2020 census through Oct. 31 for now.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gettyimages-1276516046-c911d5e4862763d018e55e531c3c42d550ab4c54-scaled-e1601663651390-900x422.jpg)
After ‘Egregious’ Violation, Judge Orders Census To Count Through Oct. 31 For Now
By: Hansi Lo Wang | NPR
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A federal judge has ordered the Census Bureau to keep counting households for now after finding the agency violated an earlier order by tweeting a “target” end date of Oct. 5.
![Voters can drop off absentee ballots at a ballot drop box in Detroit instead of using the mail.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ap_20268771851561-0cdaa23009b20a39855b1ceb28a9143b447e8401-scaled-e1601649493835-900x422.jpg)
Far-Right Activists Charged Over Robocalls That Allegedly Targeted Minority Voters
By: Sam Gringlas | NPR
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The robocalls came from a nonexistent group and falsely warned recipients that voting by mail would result in being “finessed into giving your private information to the man.”
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Appeals Court Rules Secretary Of State Does Not Have To Allow Electronic Absentee Ballot Requests
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An appeals court has ruled Secretary of State Frank LaRose does not have to allow online absentee ballot requests for Ohioans who want to… Read More
![The grand jury recording in the Breonna Taylor case will be released, after a judge ordered the attorney general's office to produce the recording by Wednesday. Here, a mother and son attend a demonstration in what activists are now calling Injustice Square Park in downtown Louisville, as protesters demand justice for Taylor's killing by police.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/breonna-taylor-grand-jury-recording-64a273fa47936c0f8396b81c6214ba2651ba1d4f-scaled-e1601397628765-900x422.jpg)
Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Recording Will Be Released, Kentucky Attorney General Says
By: Bill Chappell | NPR
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“The Grand Jury is meant to be a secretive body,” Attorney General Daniel Cameron says in a statement. “It’s apparent that the public interest in this case isn’t going to allow that to happen.”
![A poll worker helps a voter to a machine at Franklin County's early voting center in Columbus on Sunday, March 15. In-person voting for the March 17 primary was cancelled the next day and the mail-in deadline was extended to April 28.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3537-e1592363438992-900x422.jpeg)
Signature Matching Will Continue In Ohio – At Least For This November’s Election
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The process of matching a voter’s signature on a ballot or ballot application against the signature provided on a voter’s initial registration will continue… Read More
![Absentee voters can drop off their election ballots in this box on Court Street in uptown Athens.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Ballot-box-2-scaled-e1600885689146-900x422.jpg)
An Update On The Battle Over Drop Boxes In Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With under two weeks to go before early voting begins, two courts are still considering the arguments over whether Ohio’s counties will be allowed to have… Read More
![A box to drop off absentee ballots sits in the parking lot of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in Cleveland.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cuyahoga_county_boe_vote_drop_box_-_credit_kasler-e1585263370395-900x422.jpeg)
Limit Of 1 Ballot Box Per County Reaches Ohio Appeals Court
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A lawyer for the Ohio Democratic Party says Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s evolving public statements and erratic actions prior to issuing a directive limiting… Read More
![A sign promoting participation in the 2020 census is displayed as Selena Rides Horse enters information into a phone for a member of the Crow Indian Tribe in Lodge Grass, Mont., in August.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ap_20247667446176-6b71b9d31e1b1e385c15455f1fe73ed54a3efc92-scaled-e1601056005594-900x422.jpg)
Court Orders Census Counting To Continue Through Oct. 31; Appeal Expected
By: Hansi Lo Wang | NPR
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After the Trump administration made last-minute changes that shortened the 2020 census schedule, a federal judge in California has ordered it to extend counting for another month.
![FILE – This April 4, 2017, file photo shows the entrance to FirstEnergy Corp.'s Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/david_besse_nuclear_plant_-_by_ron_schwane-e1564149960519-900x422.jpg)
FirstEnergy Says Yost’s Civil Case Does Not Have ‘Legal Merit’
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — FirstEnergy is responding to a civil case filed against the company by Attorney General Dave Yost (R-Ohio) saying the utility company plans to “vigorously” defend… Read More
![Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announces the new study.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_3512-e1570130717643-900x422.jpg)
Yost Files Civil Case Against FirstEnergy, HB6 Corruption Defendants
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Attorney General Dave Yost (R-Ohio) is attempting to block nuclear power plants from receiving what could be more than a billion dollars of ratepayer money from… Read More
![A worker boards up a business in downtown Louisville on Tuesday in anticipation of the results of a grand jury inquiry into the death of Breonna Taylor.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/gettyimages-1228653421-c090d34517c3461a1b739274a80e65d4c7aff224-scaled-e1600882890865-900x422.jpg)
Kentucky Grand Jury Indicts Former Officer Who Fatally Shot Breonna Taylor On Charges Of Wanton Endangerment
By: Rachel Treisman | Brakkton Booker | NPR
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The grand jury did not announce charges against the other two officers involved. Demonstrators have long called for the officers to face criminal charges.
![Drop box behind Delaware County Bd of Elections](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/del_co_drop_box__credit_jo_ingles_-e1597676662985-900x422.jpg)
Court Rules More Ballot Drop Boxes Could Be Installed For November Election
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Franklin County Common Pleas Court has ruled additional drop boxes can be installed prior to the November election if Secretary of State Frank LaRose wants them…. Read More
![graphic of a gavel on a blue background](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/AP_988139653357-e1567534743990-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Absentee Ballot Order Halted To Allow Expedited Appeal
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An appeals court has halted a judge’s order directing Ohio’s elections chief to allow voters to apply for absentee ballots for the November presidential election by… Read More
![Larry Householder leaving federal court after arraignment](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/screen_shot_2020-08-18_at_4.31.03_pm_0-e1597849491674-900x422.png)
Householder Pleads Not Guilty To Federal Racketeering Charge
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Former House Speaker Larry Householder (R-Glenford) has pleaded not guilty in federal court to charge of racketeering. Householder, who was among the most powerful Republican… Read More
![Miners assemble on railroad tracks to block a shipment of coal from a Blackjewel mine.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/more-miners-on-trax-e1564575630626-900x422.jpg)
Former Blackjewel Miners Could Get More Money From Proposed Settlement
By: Jeff Young | Ohio Valley ReSource
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CASPER, Wyo. (OVR) — A proposed $17.3 million settlement of a class action lawsuit would provide additional payment for hundreds of Appalachian coal miners who were suddenly left jobless by… Read More
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Notices Sent To W.Va. Families Of Babies Born Exposed To Drugs
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — More than 3,800 notices have been sent to the West Virginia families of babies born exposed to drugs as part of the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy case…. Read More
![Larry Householder leaving federal court after arraignment](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/screen_shot_2020-08-18_at_4.31.03_pm_0-e1597849491674-900x422.png)
New Hearing Scheduled For Ex-Ohio House Speaker In Bribery Scheme
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge has scheduled a new hearing for the former speaker of the Ohio House who’s charged in an alleged bribery scheme. Republican Rep. Larry… Read More
![Purdue Pharma, with headquarters in downtown Stamford, Conn., was forced into bankruptcy last year by the opioid crisis. As drug firms race to position themselves as key players in the coronavirus fight, the industry faces a renewed wave of civil lawsuits stemming from its role in the nation's deadly opioid epidemic.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/gettyimages-1134500876-a4e0aeb9ebe88499534d5bbda3155f4c7c556917-scaled-e1597080087855-900x422.jpg)
Opioid Scandal Haunts Drug Companies As They Respond To Pandemic
By: Brian Mann | NPR
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Thousands of lawsuits that ground to a halt because of COVID-19 are moving forward again as local, state and federal courts reopen around the U.S.
![Ohio State Supreme Court building](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/another_shot_of_ohio_supreme_court_gavel__credit_dan_konik_-e1566946449440-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Supreme Court To Hear Armed School Staff Training Case
By: Associated Press
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HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court will hear a school district’s appeal of a ruling that they must provide police-level training to employees carrying concealed weapons. Madison Local… Read More
![A 1991 photo of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend who now faces multiple counts of sex trafficking.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ap_20184602125188-9ed722cadc5e7c9a401dcb9d402af8533e31e04a-e1596207789386-900x422.jpg)
Judge Releases Trove Of Sealed Records Related To Case Against Ghislaine Maxwell
By: Bill Chappell | Scott Neuman | NPR
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The judge unsealed hundreds of pages of documents related to a now-settled defamation suit brought against Maxwell by one of Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers.
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W.Va. Attorneys Seek Names Of Babies Born Exposed To Drugs
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – A group of West Virginia attorneys are asking a judge to force the state to release the names of babies born exposed to drugs as part… Read More
![graphic of a gavel on a blue background](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/AP_988139653357-e1567534743990-900x422.jpg)
Suit Settled Over Union Dues And Both Sides Declare Victory
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Four state employees who opposed paying union dues have settled a lawsuit they filed against the state last year. And both sides are declaring themselves winners. National Right… Read More
![Retired Army Sgt. Felix McDermott is buried in Pennsylvania's Westmoreland County. His death is one of seven that Reta Mays has been charged with.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/gettyimages-1173890691-8dbaa7f3c13af7505d7b2047a81ebcd11a487aee-scaled-e1594757209757-900x422.jpg)
Former VA Medical Worker Pleads Guilty To Murdering 7 Patients In West Virginia
By: Merrit Kennedy | Matthew S. Schwartz | NPR
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Reta Mays was charged with killing seven patients by injecting them with insulin. She worked as a nursing assistant on the night shift at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Clarksburg.
![Scioto County Highlighted](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/county_OH.Scioto2-e1525811582867.jpg)
Grandfather, Wife Face Murder Charges In Death Of Girl, 5
By: Associated Press
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NEW BOSTON, Ohio (AP) — Court records show an Ohio man and his wife have been charged with aggravated murder in the death of the man’s 5-year-old granddaughter. The Portsmouth… Read More
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