COLUMBUS (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 this week. The law also banned trans women and girls from participating in female sports. The state attorney general vowed an immediate appeal. The state’s 10th District Court [...]
Purdue Pharma asked a bankruptcy judge this week to consider the latest version of its plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller OxyContin, a deal that would have members of the Sackler family who own the company pay up to $7 billion. The filing is a milestone in [...]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Delaware is trying to protect its status as the corporate capital of the world amid fallout from a judge’s rejection of billionaire Elon Musk ‘s landmark Tesla compensation package, although critics say fast-tracked legislation will tilt the playing field against investors, including pensioners and middle-class savers. A Delaware House committee is [...]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s President William Lai Ching-te said that a Taiwanese semiconductor company’s massive investment in Arizona is the “best model” for the island’s effort to build computer chips supply lines that don’t rely on Chinese producers, in remarks to the state’s visiting governor, Katie Hobbs. Taiwan’s leading chipmaker TSMC has committed $100 [...]
The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission has approved more than $52 million in new funding commitments for infrastructure projects in the Columbus area. “MORPC received approximately $160 million in funding requests for new transportation projects from across the region,” said Tom Graham, principal planner at MORPC. “The Attributable Funding Committee worked collaboratively to identify the projects [...]
A Fifth District Court of Appeals panel recently affirmed a trial court’s conviction of a Newark man on a fentanyl-related drug charge despite the offender’s argument that the lower court should not have allowed him to argue on his own behalf. The 3-0 appellate panel was not persuaded by 59-year-old Billy Lee’s assertion that his [...]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The pothole outside Timothy Taylor’s home was so deep, he could hear the clunk of cars hitting it from inside his house. The Portland, Ore., resident could sympathize with those drivers: He knew to avoid his own neighborhood pothole, but another one damaged his car’s suspension to the tune of $1,000. [...]
A new report identifies ways for some communities to improve their water wastewater systems. The report was done in part by the Pacific Institute. Highlights include nature-based solutions, tailoring approaches to each community and using technology. It also advocates assistance programs to help poorer households pay their water and sewer bills. “What we hope to [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge this week declined to force the Trump administration to immediately reimburse dozens of public broadcasting stations for upgrades to the nation’s emergency alert system. The non-profit Corporation for Public Broadcasting sued the Federal Emergency Management Agency last week, claiming the agency had unlawfully held up nearly $2 million in [...]