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GOP redistricting commissioners file their rebuttal to challenge over Ohio congressional map
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission are laying out their arguments for why they supported or opposed the latest congressional district map. Republican redistricting… Read More
Ohio’s new congressional district map faces another court challenge
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A national Democratic group has filed objections over new the new congressional district map, as the state’s top elections official says the May 3… Read More
Purdue Pharma agrees to a new opioid settlement with US states
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma has reached a nationwide settlement over its role in the opioid crisis. The deal reached Thursday would require members of the Sackler… Read More
Corporate opioid payouts now being finalized would top $32 billion
By: Brian Mann | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Over the next two weeks, some of the biggest U.S. corporations accused of “turbocharging” the opioid epidemic could finalize payouts to victims and governments worth roughly… Read More
Federal prosecutors say Householder criminal case shouldn’t be dismissed
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Federal prosecutors say former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder’s arguments that a racketeering conspiracy charge against him should be dismissed are legally invalid. Prosecutors filed a motion… Read More
Congress approves bill to end forced arbitration in sexual assault cases
By: Deirdre Walsh | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The Senate approved legislation banning the practice of using clauses in employment contracts that force victims of sexual assault and harassment to pursue their cases in… Read More
Marietta police sergeant files lawsuit alleging sexual harassment by former chief
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A female police sergeant in Marietta has filed a federal lawsuit against the city alleging a long pattern of sexual harassment and gender discrimination by the… Read More
Ohio’s former House Speaker asks judge to drop conspiracy charge
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The former Republican legislative leader accused of helping orchestrate a $60 million bribery scheme has asked a judge to dismiss a conspiracy charge against him. Larry… Read More
Republicans ask to use new legislative maps though 2022, even if they’re not ruled constitutional
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republicans on the Ohio Redistricting Commission have made an unusual request to the Ohio Supreme Court, which will be deciding if the new state House and… Read More
Fair districts groups are taking Ohio legislative maps back to court
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The plaintiffs in the original supreme court case against the state legislative maps filed their objections to the new set of House and Senate… Read More
The panel that will redraw legislative maps meets with Ohio Supreme Court deadline looming
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It was back to work for the seven member commission that spent much of last year drawing new district maps for state lawmakers and… Read More
Ohio Supreme Court rules proposed Congressional redistricting map invalid
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled the proposed Congressional redistrict map invalid. The Congressional map did not reflect the will of voters who wanted… Read More
The Ohio Supreme Court strikes down state legislative maps
By: Andy Chow | WOSU News Team | AP
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Updated January 12, 2022 at 4:40 p.m. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that the GOP-drawn state House and Senate maps are unconstitutionally gerrymandered in a… Read More
A 2nd stay is sought against Ohio law on aborted fetal remains
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio abortion providers have again sued to block a state law requiring that fetal remains from surgical abortions be cremated or buried. Clinics, through their lawyers… Read More
One year later, Ohio arrests tied to Jan. 6 remain mostly unresolved
By: Matt Richmond | ideastream
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CLEVELAND (ideastream) — One year after the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol, 35 people allegedly involved in the riot have been arrested in Ohio so far. A total… Read More
A lawsuit from a group of school districts claims Ohio pupil voucher system is unconstitutional
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A lawsuit argues that Ohio’s school voucher system is unconstitutional because it’s creating a separate system of funding private schools with public dollars. Vouchers Hurt Ohio… Read More
Judge blocks COVID vaccine mandate for Head Start program
By: Associated Press
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MONROE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana federal judge has ruled that President Joe Biden cannot require teachers in the Head Start early education program to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The… Read More
Ohio Supreme Court sets the stage for battle over the new Congressional district map
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The sides have been preparing for the court battle ever since Republican lawmakers approved a map that gives the GOP a large advantage in… Read More
Former Parkersburg councilman enters a plea in Capitol riot case
By: Associated Press
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PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A former councilman for the city of Parkersburg, West Virginia, who is charged with breaching the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot has pleaded guilty… Read More
Voter rights groups file challenge to new Ohio Congressional map
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A coalition of voter rights groups has filed a challenge to the state’s new Congressional district map in the Ohio Supreme Court. The ACLU… Read More
Vaccine mandate for federal contractors blocked in Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s attorney general has won a preliminary court order to block President Joe Biden’s coronavirus vaccination mandate for federal government contractors and subcontractors. The preliminary injunction… Read More
Longtime Portsmouth attorney accused of human trafficking has died
By: Associated Press
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PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (AP) — A veteran attorney from Portsmouth who was charged last year with human trafficking involving six women — most, former clients — has died, according to published… Read More
A jury in Ohio says America’s big pharmacy chains are liable for the opioid epidemic
By: Brian Mann | NPR
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CLEVELAND (NPR) — A federal jury on Tuesday found three of the nation’s biggest pharmacy chains, CVS, Walgreens and Walmart, liable for helping to fuel the U.S. opioid crisis. Jurors… Read More
Groups ask regulators to reconsider decision on West Virginia power plants
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Three groups are asking the West Virginia Public Service Commission to reconsider a decision allowing Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power to keep three plants operational through… Read More
A Federal Judge Rejects A Government Bid To Delay Purdue Pharma’s Bankruptcy Settlement
By: Brian Mann | NPR
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Updated October 14, 2021 at 8:43 AM NEW YORK (NPR) — In a surprise ruling late Wednesday a federal judge in New York allowed work to continue on implementation of… Read More
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