A Franklin County appellate panel recently upheld a lower court ruling in favor of the city of Gahanna in a claim filed by a local towing company seeking a contract with the municipality. The three-judge panel of the Tenth District Court of Appeals determined the Franklin County Common Pleas Court was not mistaken in granting [...]
The Justice Department has unsealed a civil complaint alleging CVS Pharmacy Inc. and various subsidiaries filled “unlawful” prescriptions in violation of the federal Controlled Substances Act. The complaint also says CVS sought reimbursement from federal health-care programs for such prescriptions in violation of the False Claims Act. CVS is the largest pharmacy chain in the [...]
DETROIT (AP) — Auto safety regulators have backed away from seeking a giant recall of nearly 50 million air bag inflators and will investigate further after the auto industry raised questions about whether all of the inflators are defective. The move by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is different from a decision reiterated by [...]
A Columbus brewery was among the restaurant and hospitality industry professionals recognized last month during the Ohio Restaurant & Hospitality Alliance’s 33rd annual Industry Awards Celebration. Adam Benner and Walt Keys of Land-Grant Brewing Company in Columbus were presented the association’s Industry Innovator award. The event also featured the induction of three new members to [...]
The number of homes for sale in central Ohio has increased in the past year and it’s also taking longer to sell those homes, according to new figures from Columbus Realtors. The number of homes for sale last month was up 21.2 percent from November 2023. The months supply of inventory, which is how long [...]
The Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation has awarded its inaugural Growing Tomorrow Grants to help “inspire, encourage and nurture young agricultural professionals and entrepreneurs to find creative and transformative ways to address challenges facing the agricultural sector today.” Two grants were awarded to young professionals and entrepreneurs “who are looking to generate wider and deeper public [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed a defense bill that authorizes significant pay raises for junior enlisted service members, aims to counter China’s growing power and boosts overall military spending to $895 billion while also stripping coverage of transgender medical treatments for children of military members. The bill passed 85-14, sending it to President [...]
WILTON, Iowa (AP) — Every year the nation’s egg industry kills about 350 million male chicks because, while the fuzzy little animals are incredibly cute, they will never lay eggs, so they have little monetary value. That longtime practice is changing, thanks to new technology that enables hatcheries to quickly peer into millions of fertilized [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Commerce Department’s efforts to curb China’s and Russia’s access to American-made advanced computer chips have been “inadequate” and will need more funding to stymie their ability to manufacture advanced weapons, according to a report published last week by the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. The Biden administration imposed export controls to [...]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rental homes will remain an attractive option next year to would-be homebuyers sidelined by high mortgage rates and rising home prices, analysts say. American Homes 4 Rent and Invitation Homes are two big real estate investment trusts poised to benefit from the trend, say analysts at Mizuho Securities USA and Raymond [...]