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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week declined to hear a petition filed by young climate activists who argued that the federal government’s role in climate change violated their constitutional rights, ending a decadelong legal battle that saw many of the plaintiffs grow from children and teenagers into adults. The case [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is halfway to the next once-a-decade census, but the Supreme Court is still dealing with lawsuits that grew out of the last census. The justices on Monday were scheduled to take up a challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map, which was drawn so that, for the first time, two of [...]
A Delaware judge has appointed two Ohio pension funds as co-lead plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit seeking accountability from Boeing’s board of directors for a pattern of safety and compliance failures that have harmed the company and its investors. Vice Chancellor Morgan Zurn of the Delaware Court of Chancery appointed Ohio Public Employees Retirement System [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — A jury in Georgia has ordered Monsanto parent Bayer to pay nearly $2.1 billion in damages to a man who says the company’s Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, according to attorneys representing the plaintiff. The verdict marks the latest in a long-running series of court battles Monsanto has faced over [...]
The Ohio State University Police Division is launching a pilot program that would include the use of cruise lights while on nighttime patrol in and around the OSU campus, school officials announced. The newly installed cruise lights are located near the rear driver-side and passenger-side windows of police vehicles. Rather than flashing, they are steady, [...]
CHICAGO (AP) — As President Donald Trump’s administration seeks to roll back funding for transit, walking and biking projects, some states are trying to advance them on their own. California, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York and Pennsylvania joined forces for a national organizing effort dubbed the Clean Rides Network. The group has advocated in [...]
Ohio’s attorney general is seeking lead-plaintiff status in a securities class-action lawsuit accusing a financial tech company of misleading investors and causing $12.6 million in losses for Ohio’s largest public pension fund, plus billions more for other investors. Attorney General Dave Yost filed a motion last week asking the U.S. District Court for the Northern [...]
A central Ohio lawmaker recently introduced his plan to give local taxing authorities, such as counties, townships, municipalities and school districts, input into when to place certain tax levies on the ballot. House Bill 137 specifically would apply to library district levies and general-health district levies, Rep. Brian Lorenz, R-Powell, said during a Local Government [...]
Federal safety regulators last week recalled most Cybertrucks on the road, the eighth recall of the Tesla-made vehicles since deliveries to customers began a little more than a year ago. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s recall, which covers more than 46,000 Cybertrucks, warned that an exterior panel that runs along the left and right [...]
The Supreme Court of Ohio denied the writ sought by a would-be Columbus City Council candidate to compel the Franklin County Board of Elections to place his name on the ballot for the May 6 primary election. Densil Porteous, who was running for the council seat representing a district that encompasses the Short North, downtown [...]