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A court upholds the racketeering convictions of an ex-Ohio House speaker and a lobbyist in a $60M bribery scheme
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal appeals court upheld the racketeering convictions of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and an ex-lobbyist on Tuesday in a $60 million bribery scheme… Read More
A family says Ohio jail guards stood by as a restrained man who later died lost consciousness
By: John Seewer | AP
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Ohio (AP) — The family of a man who died after being restrained in an Ohio jail said Monday that the deputies who piled on him stood by… Read More
Is Norfolk Southern ‘making it right’ after the East Palestine derailment? A new lawsuit adds to doubts
By: Josh Funk | John Seewer | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Norfolk Southern began making promises to East Palestine, Ohio, soon after its train derailed and caught fire in February 2023. The railroad said it would “make it… Read More
A jury decides Norfolk Southern should pay for the $600 million settlement in the 2023 East Palestine derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — The company that owned the railcar that caused the devastating East Palestine train derailment in 2023 won’t have to help pay for the $600 million… Read More
A judge permanently struck down the parental social media consent law in Ohio
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A law requiring social media and gaming sites to get parental permission before letting any Ohioan younger than 16 onto their platforms can’t go… Read More
Some opponents are eyeing legal action after Gov. Mike DeWine signed Ohio’s higher education overhaul bill
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine wasted no time in signing the controversial Senate Bill 1 on Friday, less than 48 hours after he received it, meaning… Read More
A trial will determine who pays the $600 million settlement from the disastrous East Palestine derailment
By: Josh Funk | AP
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Norfolk Southern wants two other companies to help pay for the $600 million class-action settlement it agreed to over its disastrous 2023 East Palestine train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border… Read More
Meet the “bounty hunter” filing lawsuits in the name of government transparency
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Brian Ames has spent the last decade filing upwards of 160 lawsuits against local governments in the name of government transparency. “I go find public… Read More
An appeals court blocks Ohio’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors is unconstitutional and must be permanently blocked from being enforced, a three-judge panel of appellate judges ruled Tuesday. The… Read More
A court rules an Ohio law that requires burial or cremation of aborted fetal remains is unconstitutional
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A 2021 Ohio law requiring the burial or cremation of fetal remains from abortion has been blocked by a Hamilton County judge. The court… Read More
A judge orders the state to ask feds for $900M in COVID unemployment benefits for 300,000 Ohioans
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio must try to get back around a billion dollars in pandemic unemployment benefits from the federal government and distribute it to Ohioans who have… Read More
An ex-sheriff charged in a judge’s shooting that rocked a Kentucky community watches his hearing from jail
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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LETCHER COUNTY, Ky. (AP) — A former Kentucky sheriff accused of gunning down a judge last year, stunning their tight-knit Appalachian community, appeared remotely from jail on Friday for a court… Read More
The Feds have indicted former FirstEnergy executives already facing charges in Ohio court
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Former FirstEnergy executives Chuck Jones and Michael Dowling have been indicted on federal charges in connection with the billion-dollar nuclear power plant bailout scheme,… Read More
A new Ohio law seeks to stop damage from meritless SLAPP suits and protect speech
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio has a new law to battle strategic lawsuits against public participation, known as SLAPP suits. Supporters of the law say these suits are designed… Read More
Altice will spend millions on internet upgrades in a settlement with West Virginia
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The parent company of one of West Virginia’s largest internet providers has reached a settlement with the state to resolve thousands of consumer complaints and provide… Read More
Albertsons sues Kroger for failing to win approval of their proposed supermarket merger
By: Dee-Ann Durbin | AP
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Kroger and Albertsons’ plan for the largest U.S. supermarket merger in history crumbled last week, with Albertsons pulling out of the $24.6 billion deal and the two companies accusing each other… Read More
A proposed merger of supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons was halted by federal and state judges
By: Dee-Ann Durbin | AP
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The proposed merger between supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons floundered last week after judges overseeing two separate cases both halted the deal. U.S. District Court Judge Adrienne Nelson issued a preliminary… Read More
Companies owned by the late utilities regulator pleaded guilty in the Ohio bribery and corruption scandal
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two companies created by the former head of the state’s utilities regulating panel to take bribes from FirstEnergy in the House Bill 6 case… Read More
AG Dave Yost appeals the ruling that Ohio’s six-week abortion ban is unconstitutional
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The fight over Ohio’s six-week abortion ban, one of the strictest in the country, continues in court. Republican Attorney General Dave Yost has appealed a judge’s decision… Read More
Here’s what we can take away from conversations with wrongfully convicted Ohioans
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Central Ohio native Richard Horton was released from prison last year — more than a decade after he was wrongfully convicted for a… Read More
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
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