Supreme Court sides with Ohio woman in making it easier to claim ‘reverse’ workplace discrimination

WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court has made it easier to bring lawsuits over so-called reverse discrimination, siding with an Ohio woman who claims she didn’t get a job and then was demoted because she is straight. LISTEN: Supreme Court seems …

Unanimous Supreme Court sides with Ohio woman who claimed workplace discrimination

A unanimous Supreme Court sided with an Ohio woman who claimed she was discriminated at work because she is straight. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals had previously sided with her employer, the Ohio Department of Youth Services. Justice Jackson wrote …

Central Ohio architecture firms merge as The Collaborative acquires Acock Associates

Ohio officials come together to help find a missing 5-year-old non verbal child

Crews in Ohio came together to help find a 5-year-old missing child. The Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office said they received a 911 call from a grandmother who reported that her 5-year-old non-verbal grandson went missing from a Port Washington residence. …

Public rage erupts over Browns stadium plan and Ohio budget maneuvers: The readers write

Reader reaction has been intensely critical in the wake of the Ohio Senate’s proposal to use $600 million in unclaimed state funds to help finance a new stadium for the Cleveland Browns in Brook Park. The proposed budget revision became a firestorm of …

Supreme Court makes it easier to claim 'reverse discrimination' in employment, in a case from Ohio

WASHINGTON – A unanimous Supreme Court made it easier Thursday to bring lawsuits over so-called reverse discrimination, siding with an Ohio woman who claims she didn’t get a job and then was demoted because she is straight. The justices’ decision affects …

Canadian wildfire smoke could impact NW Ohio

Wildfires in Canada are creating smoke that is drifting into U.S. states including Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. The website www.fire.airnow.gov/ shows locations where air quality is becoming Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups and Unhealthy ( …

Ohio lawmaker introduces bill to strengthen nursing workforce

A new bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce aims to strengthen the nation’s nursing workforce by addressing education, recruitment, and retention needs The Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025 seeks to bolster federal …

Ohio leaders move toward greater state oversight over colleges and universities in financial trouble: Capitol Letter

Rotunda Rumblings On a college dime: Gov. Mike DeWine and the legislature agree on budget provisions that would give the state chancellor of higher education more oversight of colleges and universities in fiscal distress. DeWine proposed – and the Ohio …

Supreme Court makes it easier to claim ‘reverse discrimination’ in employment, in a case from Ohio