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The Ohio attorney general’s office has accepted the petition title and summary of a proposed constitutional amendment called the “Ohio Equal Rights Amendment” that seeks to add a Section 23 to Article I of the Ohio Constitution and to revise Article XV, Section 11. According to the website of the group submitting the petition, Ohio [...]
A Fifth District appellate panel reversed the trial court’s sentencing of a Delaware County man after determining the lower court failed to make all of the requisite findings to opt for a community-control sentence over jail time for the offender. The appellate panel reasoned that although the law is not clear on how specific such [...]
WASHINGTON — The sprawling tax and policy bill that passed Congress repeals a multibillion-dollar green bank for financing climate-friendly projects, and the Trump administration should be allowed to freeze its funding and cancel related contracts with nonprofits, federal officials said in a court filing. Climate United Fund and other nonprofits in March sued the Environmental [...]
A roundabout planned for Cassady Avenue in Columbus is one of 55 new traffic safety projects statewide to receive a total of $137.5 million in state funding. The local project, the result of the Cassady Avenue Safety Study, will receive $2.5 million for the installation of a roundabout and turn lanes. The project, sponsored by [...]
The Trump administration has accused states and schools of using federal education grants earmarked for immigrants’ children and low-income students to help fund “a radical leftwing agenda.” The administration last week withheld more than $6 billion intended for after-school and summer programs, English language instruction, adult literacy and more, saying it would review the grants [...]
ATLANTA (AP) — Casting mailed ballots remained popular among voters in last year’s presidential election, according to a new report from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. The report also found increases in early in-person voting and the use of ballot-drop boxes. Analysts say the findings, based on data collected at the local level and submitted [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A proposal to deter states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade was soundly defeated in the Senate, thwarting attempts to insert the measure into President Donald Trump’s budget bill. The Senate voted 99-1 to strike the AI provision from the legislation after weeks of criticism from both Republican and Democratic governors [...]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The fate of Argentina’s state-run oil company was thrown into doubt this week as an American judge ordered the cash-strapped country to give up its 51 percent controlling stake in YPF in partial compensation for seizing the shares of former investors during its 2012 nationalization of the energy group. The [...]
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said late Sunday that trade talks with the United States have resumed after Canada rescinded its plan to tax American technology firms. President Donald Trump last week said that he was suspending trade talks with Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on technology firms, [...]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s big bill to cut taxes and reduce federal spending on some social safety net programs could have large implications for states, but for many it’s too late to do much about it this year. Tuesday marked the start of a new budget year in 46 states. Though [...]