More than 18,000 people were released in 2022 from Ohio prisons and an estimated 75,000 exited jails. Their experience when returning to their communities after incarceration often drives whether they prosper or fail moving forward.
A state law elevating the penalty for animal cruelty to a felony protects all dogs and cats, including strays, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled Wednesday.
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose issued the following statement Tuesday regarding the Ohio Supreme Court’s decision upholding safeguards against ballot harvesting in Ohio’s general election.
Ohioans around the state begin lining up at their county election boards to cast their ballots in 2024 general election Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Ohio Democratic Party and two voters are facing off against the Secretary of State over a directive requiring people dropping off someone else’s ballot to sign an attestation that they are complying with state law.
The justices elected to the Ohio Supreme Court in 2024 will be the ones deciding on any challenges to new maps if Ohio voters pass the proposed Issue 1 anti-gerrymandering amendment this November.
Ohio is one of seven states that elects state supreme court justices based on partisan elections — which can impact voters and campaign finance dollars. This is a new change, with Ohio Republican lawmakers adding party labels to the races starting in 2022.
The Supreme Court of Ohio Thursday rejected a landowner’s challenge to the construction of a 3.7-mile natural gas distribution pipeline in Lucas County.
Two Cincinnati city employees were wrongly denied their right to have a hearing before the Cincinnati Civil Service Commission regarding being placed on leave during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled recently.
The Supreme Court of Ohio Tuesday immediately removed Stow Municipal Court Judge Kim Hoover from office and suspended him from the practice of law for 18 months, with six months stayed, for the tactics he used to collect fines and fees.
The Ohio chapter of a national social worker’s group jumped in on a case that asks the Ohio Supreme Court to look at the state’s parentage laws from the perspective of same-sex couples.
Courts can rely on two educational videos from the Supreme Court of Ohio to inform people selected for jury duty about how courts work and the essential role of jurors to the justice system.
The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled recently that a parent in a legal custody proceeding in juvenile court does not have the same legal safeguards as a parent facing the loss of parental rights in a permanent custody proceeding.
The Ohio Supreme Court will inevitably rule on abortion access decisions following the passage of last year’s reproductive rights amendment — meaning whichever justices are elected this year will help determine what abortion care looks like in Ohio.
