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The exterior of the cupola on top of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. COLUMBUS — State regulation of streams that flow temporarily after rainfall will be restricted under legislation signed into law by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine. Construction companies, the mining industry and other business groups say removing so-called ephemeral streams from regulation would make Ohio’s practice consistent...

The U.S. Supreme Court will not take up a Rhode Island conservative advocacy group's challenge to the state's campaign finance laws. The Gaspee Project and national conservative legal groups appealed to the high court after two lower federal courts ruled against their 2019 lawsuit arguing Rhode Island's campaign finance disclosure laws are unconstitutional. The Supreme Court denied Gaspee's ...

A federal judge will hear arguments next month on whether to block enforcement of an Alabama law outlawing the use of gender-affirming medications to treat transgender people under age 19. The May 5 hearing is scheduled just days before the law is set to take effect on May 8. U.S. District Judge Liles Burke set the evidentiary hearing, scheduled to last up to two days, on a request for a temp...

"Wyatt’s Law" passes Senate, heads to Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's desk. After seven years of sitting in the state legislature, the Michigan Senate unanimously passed a bill package to tighten the state's tracking of child abuse cases during Child Abuse Prevention Month. Due in part to one mom's mission to create an online, searchable child-abuse registry. HB 5276 would create an elec...

(Photo by Andrey Popov/Getty Images) Texans are known for loving themselves and having the most threatening anti-litter campaign of… maybe all time. But it is also burgeoning as a trendsetter when it comes to functionally outlawing abortions — their SB8 bill has already inspired copycat legislation in Florida, Idaho, and likely more to come. Odd state to model behavior from, given that they r...

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — State regulation of streams that flow temporarily after rainfall will be restricted under legislation signed into law by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine. Construction companies, the mining industry and other business groups say removing so-called ephemeral streams from regulation would make Ohio's practice consistent with federal law. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency...

Image from Shutterstock. A New Jersey civil court judge on temporary assignment to the family division professed ignorance of the law and little knowledge of the cases before him, an ethics complaint alleges. The New Jersey Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct filed an ethics complaint against Judge Michael J. Kassel of the Camden County Superior Court in New Jersey on April...

It’s no secret that crypto continues to make mainstream inroads in varied areas of U.S. commerce and legal practice. Divorces, for example, are increasingly giving rise to disputes over crypto, particularly as jilted litigants look to shield their wealth from their former spouse. And attorneys are increasingly leveraging the blockchain throughout their business — from smart contracts to payme...