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Smith used court logo and address in a campaign email seeking $10-15K against a nonexistent independent opponent while jointly funding signs with prosecutor Tischler, who abated his audit finding.
Attorneys fighting on behalf of public and private school funding will present arguments before an appellate court today, Tuesday, in…
Judge Jeremiah Ray defeated Prosecutor Beth Tischler 59% to 41% in Tuesday's Republican primary for Sandusky County Common Pleas judge.
Ohio is moving to approve fracking waste wells in Washington County despite local opposition — while solar and wind projects face permit denials for the same kind of pushback.
Four Republican candidates in Ohio’s Supreme Court primary highlight legal experience and judicial philosophy as they compete to unseat the court’s lone Democrat.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear appeals from Larry Householder and Matt Borges, upholding convictions in Ohio’s HB 6 bribery scandal tied to FirstEnergy.
A Defiance man has filed formal complaints with 2 Ohio regulatory bodies alleging Sandusky County Judge Brad Smith violated state campaign finance law by accepting campaign contributions through a personal Venmo account — allegations Smith has not addressed publicly.
Public transaction records show Sandusky County Judge Brad Smith's personal Venmo account received payments labeled as campaign contributions — a practice Ohio law requires be conducted through a separate, campaign-dedicated account.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments this week on whether the Trump administration can strip Temporary Protected Status from Haitian and Syrian nationals — a ruling that could directly impact tens of thousands of Ohioans, including an estimated 12,000 to 15,000 Haitians living in Springfield.
The Ohio Supreme Court reversed a state regulators' decision, ruling that third-party submetering companies supplying electricity to apartment tenants must be treated as utilities — sending the case back to the Public Utilities Commission and intensifying a legislative battle over consumer protections.
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a woman has no legal parenting rights to children born to her former same-sex partner, rejecting a lower court's "would-have-been-married" standard as an impossible legal test.
Sandusky County Prosecutor Beth Tischler rated Judge Jon Ickes a 9 out of 10 in disciplinary proceedings that found he repeatedly called an 18-month-old rape victim's case the "baby cocksucker case," used the n-word in the courthouse within earshot of a Black defendant, and sent sexual texts to staff during the trial.
A 6-3 Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais has severely weakened Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, opening the door to racial gerrymandering across the South and potentially shifting dozens of congressional seats to Republicans.
In some states, claims can be denied based on a victim’s prior criminal record or their perceived role in the incident — practices the report says can disproportionately affect Black applicants and rely on subjective or biased judgments.
The state appealed to a higher court based on a new law passed by the legislature in March, and the court put the trial on hold indefinitely. It will now be months before the lower court can proceed.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is among 45 state attorneys general urging the federal government to strengthen oversight of pharmacy benefit managers — and to ensure a proposed federal transparency rule doesn't override state laws already on the books.
Sandusky County Prosecutor Beth Tischler formally abated a $33,300 state audit finding against Judge Brad Smith — with Ohio Attorney General approval and no repayment required — before publicly backing his re-election campaign. Both are on the May 5 primary ballot.
The Ohio Consumers’ Counsel said the ruling will force submeterers to play by the rules as they charge tens of thousands of Ohioans for electricity each month.
A New York jury ruled against Live Nation and Ticketmaster on all counts after 34 state attorneys general, including Ohio's Dave Yost, pressed forward despite the Trump Justice Department settling the case mid-trial. A remedy proceeding could result in a breakup of the company.
A Franklin County judge issued a temporary restraining order allowing two Ohio smoke shops to sell existing hemp inventory after Senate Bill 56 took effect March 20, banning low-level THC hemp products statewide.
