The Office of Criminal Justice Services, a division of the Ohio Department of Public Safety, has begun accepting applications for the new Ohio Court Backlog Reduction Program, according to a news release. The program was devised to help courts reduce the time to disposition of pending cases, remove barriers to the timely resolution of cases [...]
BOSTON — Growing up as the son of a major league ballplayer, Terry Francona knew the rules: "Talk only when spoken to, or I'd be spanked." When Francona became a big league manager and his players would bring their kids around, he ran a more hospitable clubhouse. "There used to be a big sign that [...]
The arrival of the compact disc nearly killed off record albums, with vinyl pressing machines sold, scrapped and dismantled by major record labels. Four decades later, with resuscitated record album sales producing double-digit annual growth, manufacturers are rapidly rebuilding an industry to keep pace with sales that reached $1 billion last year. Dozens of record-pressing [...]
This Fourth of July is the first under a new state law allowing individuals to legally discharge consumer-grade fireworks on certain holidays, including Independence Day. The law takes effect today. The new law, so far, has been good for business for the state’s fireworks retailers. “I’ve had a few people mention that they never set [...]
A new survey of business owners, managers and other executives by Cincinnati-based Paycor HCM Inc. revealed that employee retention is their No. 1 human resources priority in the coming year. The survey, titled Human Resources in 2023: Insights & Predictions, reported that 20 percent of the 5,600 professionals who responded to the survey named retention [...]
They call her, desperate, scared and often broke. Some are rape and domestic violence victims. Others are new mothers, still breastfeeding infants. Another pregnancy so soon, they say, is something they just can't handle. "Heart wrenching," said Angela Huntington, an abortion navigator for Planned Parenthood in Missouri, who is helping callers reschedule canceled abortion appointments [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s economy shrank at a 1.6 percent annual pace in the first three months of the year, the government reported June 29 in a slight downgrade from its previous estimate for January-March quarter. It was the first drop in gross domestic product — the broadest measure of economic output — since [...]
The Ohio attorney general’s Robocall Enforcement Unit this week issued warning letters to Voice over Internet Protocol telephone service providers that offer support to customers that may be engaging in illegal conduct, according to a news release. The letters were intended to put 10 service providers on notice, informing them of the relevant laws prohibiting their actions [...]
HAVANA — The first storm of the 2022 hurricane season, which hit Cuba in mid-June, collapsed or damaged dozens of homes in the capital that were already in poor condition, tearing off pieces of roof, balconies and facades. That highlighted one of Cuba’s main social problems: a shortage of quality housing caused by decades of [...]