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Ohio House bills circumvent standard evictions process for squatters
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Four GOP state lawmakers want to crack down on squatters, arguing the current eviction process doesn’t provide enough legal protections to property owners. Two… Read More
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West Virginia starts distributing funds from the settlement of opioid lawsuits
By: John Raby | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia is issuing the first checks from a fund established by the settlement of opioid lawsuits in the state, which has by far the nation’s highest… Read More
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Ohio’s Supreme Court digs into lawsuit from a diner injured by a bone in “boneless wings”
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Should the sellers of food that’s advertised to be free of bones, shells, lactose or some specific substance be responsible if it’s not? That’s the… Read More
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Ohio’s solicitor general moves on after arguing big cases involving abortion and other state policy
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state’s solicitor general is leaving that job. The announcement comes a few days after Solicitor General Benjamin Flowers argued a case that both sides… Read More
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Kia and Hyundai agree to $200M settlement over car thefts
By: Emma Bowman | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Kia and Hyundai have agreed to a class-action lawsuit settlement worth about $200 million over claims that many of the Korean automakers’ cars are far too vulnerable… Read More
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The Senate holds its Supreme Court ethics hearing this week — with no justices
By: Rachel Treisman | NPR
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Updated May 1, 2023 at 11:32 AM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on Supreme Court ethics reform on Tuesday, as questions continue to… Read More
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Johnson & Johnson proposes paying $8.9 billion to settle talcum powder lawsuits
By: Associated Press
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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Johnson & Johnson is earmarking nearly $9 billion to cover allegations that its baby power containing talc caused cancer, more than quadrupling the amount that… Read More
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You have the right to a lawyer, but public defenders note a lack of resources, respect
By: Carrie Johnson | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Sixty years ago today the Supreme Court ruled that people accused of crimes but without means to pay for a lawyer would be provided with one… Read More
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Mike DeWine plans to announce a new Ohio Supreme Court justice by the end of the year
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine plans to fill the empty seat on the Ohio Supreme Court by announcing his appointment by the end of the year…. Read More
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The Ohio House passes a bill to make hoax emergency calls a felony
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Intentional false reports about school shootings and other hoax emergency calls could be prosecuted as a felony under legislation passed by the Republican-led Ohio House. The… Read More
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The public defender’s office says a proposed swatting bill can lead to a ‘coercive atmosphere’
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state public defender’s office is opposing a bill that would increase penalties for people who call in a fake emergency to law enforcement… Read More
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Biden to pardon simple federal marijuana possession convictions
By: Ximena Bustillo | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — President Biden on Thursday announced that he is taking executive action to pardon people convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law and D.C. statute. The… Read More
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Trump asks the Supreme Court to resolve Mar-a-Lago document dispute
By: Dustin Jones | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The legal battle over documents seized from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in August continues with the former president requesting the Supreme Court intervene in the case…. Read More
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Appalachian Power files a new lawsuit against coal supplier
By: Curtis Tate | WVPB
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WVPB) — Appalachian Power has filed a second lawsuit against one of its largest coal suppliers, this time in New York City. Last Friday, the company filed a… Read More
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Authorities are probing a report of scandal at a fishing tournament
By: Associated Press
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Prosecutors in Cleveland are investigating an apparent cheating scandal during a lucrative walleye fishing tournament over the weekend on Lake Erie. A Twitter video shows Jason Fischer,… Read More
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Read: Judge unseals the list of items FBI seized from Trump in Mar-a-Lago search
By: Deepa Shivaram | NPR
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Updated September 2, 2022 at 10:26 AM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — A federal judge has unsealed a list of items the FBI seized from former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home… Read More
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Trump team may have hidden or moved classified material, DoJ says
By: Associated Press
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The Justice Department said Tuesday that classified documents were “likely concealed and removed” from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an effort to… Read More
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Over 180 classified docs removed by National Archives from Mar-a-Lago, affidavit says
By: NPR Washington Desk
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Updated August 26, 2022 at 3:31 PM ET The affidavit that the FBI used to get a warrant for searching former President Donald Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago is now public…. Read More
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A judge rejects the plea agreement in a submarine secrets sale case
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Navy nuclear engineer and his wife have withdrawn their guilty pleas in a case involving the sale of secrets about American nuclear submarines. The moves… Read More
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The FBI collected multiple sets of classified documents from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home
By: Deepa Shivaram | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — A federal judge in Florida has unsealed the documents related to an FBI search of former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home that took place earlier this week…. Read More
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Trump says he will not oppose the release of documents tied to the Mar-a-Lago search
By: Deepa Shivaram | NPR
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Updated August 12, 2022 at 12:19 AM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Former President Donald Trump posted on his social media platform late Thursday night that he will not oppose… Read More
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Meigs County commissioners sued by a former employee alleging COVID discrimination
By: Silver Barker
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A former Meigs County employee has filed a discrimination lawsuit against county commissioners claiming they fired her because they thought she had COVID. Betsy Entsminger was… Read More
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Supreme Court restricts the EPA’s authority to mandate carbon emissions reductions
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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Updated June 30, 2022 at 10:30 AM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dealt a major blow to the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to regulate… Read More
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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
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Senate Lawmakers Consider Public Defender Loan Repayments
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio Senate committee is considering a bill that would create a student loan repayment program to help recruit and retain attorneys to serve as much… Read More