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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is dropping plans to allow continued use of the last type of asbestos legally allowed in U.S. manufacturing after an outcry from asbestos opponents. The Environmental Protection Agency said in a court filing that it now will defend the Biden administration’s ban of chrysotile asbestos, which is used in [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS says pastors who endorse political candidates from the pulpit should not have to risk losing their tax-exempt status. The move effectively calls for a carve out for religious organizations from the rarely used IRS rule called the Johnson Amendment, put in place in 1954 and named after then-Sen. Lyndon Johnson. [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio Republicans’ strategy for funding a new domed stadium for the Cleveland Browns using residents’ unclaimed funds violates multiple provisions of the state and federal constitutions, according to a class action lawsuit filed in county court. Former Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann and former state Rep. Jeffrey Crossman, both Democrats, filed the [...]
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 [...]