April 15, 2016
Medical marijuana will be legalized in Ohio by summer, state representatives pledged, calling their legislative effort more responsible and comprehensive than any ballot proposal. The Ohio legislation comes as the national Marijuana Policy Project pursues a medical marijuana issue for …
February 18, 2015
Certain local zoning laws can’t be used to supersede Ohio’s state-level system for regulating oil and gas drilling, a fiercely divided Ohio Supreme Court has ruled. In a 4-3 decision with three written dissents, the high court said that the …
October 16, 2014
A new study suggests fracking triggered hundreds of small, unnoticeable earthquakes in eastern Ohio late last year, months before the state first linked seismic activity to the much-debated oil-and-gas extraction technique. The report, which appears in the November issue of …
June 2, 2014
The director of Ohio’s insurance fund for injured workers said he’s disappointed with an unusually pointed appeals court decision that says the fund overcharged employers by hundreds of millions of dollars. Steve Buehrer, Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation administrator and …
May 19, 2014
The director of the state insurance fund for injured workers said Friday that he’s disappointed with an unusually pointed appeals court decision that says the fund overcharged employers by hundreds of millions of dollars. Steve Buehrer, Ohio Bureau of Workers’ …
April 28, 2014
Ohio’s watchdog released his much-anticipated investigative report on the investment scandal that engulfed the state in 2005, concluding the worker’s compensation insurance organization where it started has become significantly more professional and accountable. Inspector General Randall Meyer made no new …
January 16, 2014
Records show Ohio treasurer Josh Mandel’s failed Senate campaign sold a vehicle totaled in a March wreck shortly after questions arose over the continued use of the vehicle, averting an insurance review that might have clarified unanswered questions surrounding its …
December 3, 2013
A closely watched lawsuit in Ohio is asking a question that’s burning in cities and towns throughout shale country: Can regulations in states eager for the jobs and tax revenues that come with gas and oil drilling trump local restrictions …
May 6, 2013
Sympathetic statements by a doctor over a patient’s unexpected medical outcome can’t be admitted as evidence in medical malpractice cases filed after the date a law intended to outlaw their use went into effect in 2004, the Ohio Supreme Court …
April 25, 2013
Sympathetic statements by a doctor over a patient’s unexpected medical outcome can’t be admitted as evidence in medical malpractice cases filed after the date a law intended to outlaw their use went into effect in 2004, the Ohio Supreme Court …