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Teens test their constitutional knowledge at Ohio Statehouse
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Testing their knowledge of the U.S. and Ohio constitutions, high school students from across the state recently competed in the We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution state competition at the Ohio Statehouse.
More than 150 students from seven schools participated in the final competition – simulated congressional ... (full story)
More data about Ohio Court Cases accessible in expanded dashboards
Upgrades to Ohio court data dashboards give more insights about cases and caseload trends.
Interactive dashboards that produce visual data on cases and caseloads from courts across the state have been enhanced by the Supreme Court of Ohio.
Judges in Ohio courts of appeals, common pleas courts, municipal courts, and cou ... (full story)
Assaults on prison staff have increased in Michigan. Union asks state for change
A union representing Michigan corrections officers is sounding alarms over an increase in violent assaults against prison staff, alleging the state is too often holding dangerous prisoners in lower-security settings not designed to house them.
In 2024, there were 71 assaults on employees at the four Michigan prisons that house t ... (full story)
Man who tried to shoot Trump at a Florida golf course gets life in prison
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump on a Florida golf course in 2024 was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison after a federal prosecutor said his crime was unacceptable “in this country or anywhere.”
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon pronounced Ryan Routh&rs ... (full story)
US-based Haitians are buoyed but wary after a judge stops Trump from ending their protections
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Roudechel Charpentier moved to Springfield in 2023 to escape the violence in his native Haiti, enrolled in college and got a part-time job at a fast-food restaurant.
He's been losing sleep over the Trump administration's push to end the temporary protected status, or TPS, that allows him and roughl ... (full story)