Monday, Ohioans learned another significant figure has been indicted in the bribery scandal that exposed the dark side of Columbus politics. Former chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Sam Randazzo was indicted by a federal grand jury on bribery and embezzlement charges for ...

CHEERS to Martins Ferry City Council for working to livestream its public meetings. Doing so will make city government more transparent and accessible to more residents than ever before. JEERS to news that Norfolk Southern has plans to end its relocation aid for people of East Palestine, Ohio, ...

Law enforcement agencies across the Buckeye State continue to work diligently against sexual predators of all kinds — from human trafficking to online crimes against children. It is a fight that never ends. But last month, the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office announced the arrest of ...

U.S. District Judge Michael R. Barrett is right to avoid the mistakes made by politicians such as Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, as he denies a group of anti-abortion advocates the ability to advise on litigation over abortion clinic transfer agreements. Barrett is working on how the ...

Legal experts say faked sexual images of real people are so new that federal law dealing with the problem is lagging. The experience of a New Jersey high school should, however, motivate Congress and/or state legislatures to implement strong measures and penalties to battle this enemy of ...

In pitching state Senate Bill 138 to revise Ohio’s franchise law and give small craft brewers more flexibility to deal with wholesalers, state Sen. Andrew Brenner, R-Delaware, said the old law “was written for the market of 50 years ago. “… Distributors worth hundreds of millions of ...