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A recent editorial by the Youngstown Vindicator: The Ohio Supreme Court is weighing a case about violations of the state’s open meetings law, including specifically whether repeat violations should be punished by single or multiple $500 fines. From our vantage point, the answer is simple. Multiple violations should warrant multiple punishments. Consider this. When someone commits a crime five...

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LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. — New Yorker say they approve of the recent change to the bail law, but don't think it will have any effect on crime, according to a new poll. The poll was conducted by the Siena Research Institute at Siena College. The results of the poll were released Monday morning. Crime and economic issues were mentioned by voters as most important to them, and would play a role in deci...

Guest columnist Last spring, a 28-year-old man in East Liverpool became one of nearly 5,000 Ohioans who lost their lives to drug overdose in 2021. This man’s life could have been saved if his friends had called 911 in time. But they waited too long. By the time paramedics arrived, he was gone. Why did his friends wait to call for help? The short answer is fear. The house they were in was ful...

Friends and family of people who use drugs should be equpped with all the tools needed to save lives—including access to naloxone (the overdose reversal medication) and the ability to call for help without fear of prosecution. Last spring, a 28-year-old man in East Liverpool became one of nearly 5,000 Ohioans who lost their lives to drug overdose in 2021. This man’s life could have been saved...

ORLANDO, Fla. — On Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis traveled to South Florida to sign, among other things, the bill that set into motion the dismantling of Disney’s 55-year-old Reedy Creek Improvement District. During his victory lap, the Republican took a moment to remind the crowd gathered in front of him about the reason Florida’s most powerful company found itself in the crosshairs a few days be...

On Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis traveled to South Florida to sign, among other things, the bill that set into motion the dismantling of Disney’s 55-year-old Reedy Creek Improvement District. During his victory lap, the Republican took a moment to remind the crowd gathered in front of him about the reason Florida’s most powerful company found itself in the crosshairs a few days before. “You’re go...

Credit: denisismagilov/stock.adobe.com In the absence of a comprehensive federal data privacy law governing across the U.S., a growing patchwork of state laws are distinct from one another in ways legal departments should keep an eye on.

By PATRICK FORD Pulaski County Middle School (PCMS) served as the location of a training course for local law enforcement on the last day of spring break with officers from Pulaski and Dublin, Pulaski County sheriffs, state troopers, and county emergency services staff. Major Franklin “Randy” Ferrell, director of the New River Criminal Justice Training Academy, led the training. The day consi...

Mississippi will become the final state with a law requiring equal pay for equal work by women and men. The law will become effective on July 1. A 1963 federal law requires equal pay for equal work, but Mississippi has the only state without its own law since Alabama enacted one in 2019. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, a Republican, signed House Bill 770 on Wednesday. Other states have enacted ...