(StatePoint) Did you know that your child’s screen time can be educational, thought-provoking and meaningful? Here’s how to ensure that happens:

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has signed onto a federal lawsuit filed in Louisiana challenging the legality of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to mandate vaccines for healthcare workers.

A new division within the Ohio Department of Public Safety’s Office of Criminal Justice Services was created for the purpose of focusing solely on the well-being of first responders throughout the Buckeye State.

A lawsuit against Hamilton County caseworkers filed by the grandmother of a child murdered by her parents contained enough information at the initial pleadings stage to move forward, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled recently.

A Huron County couple is not liable for the severe injuries suffered by a motorist whose truck slid off a rural road and struck the couple’s heavily fortified mailbox, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled recently.

3 defendants plead guilty in dark web drug sales case

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Natural Resources Director Mary Mertz announced recently that $5 million in H2Ohio grant funding will be directed to 13 wetland projects in 11 counties to help improve water quality in the Ohio River Basin.

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) is excited to announce two new Ohio Administrative Code sections that establish the rights of foster youth and resource caregivers became effective late last month. The Foster Youth Bill of Rights and the Resource Family Bill of Rights are the result of Governor Mike DeWine’s Children Services Transformation Advisory Council’s 37 recommendations, released in November 2020, to reform Ohio’s children services system. Amended House Bill 110 of the 134th General Assembly, signed into law by the Governor in June 2021, codified the creation of both bills of rights.

The sole judge of the Tiffin-Fostoria Municipal Court was suspended for one year without pay recently by the Ohio Supreme Court for holding a court spectator in contempt for refusing to take a drug test.

A Columbus man who pretended to be selling a car and pretended to be an online escort in order to rob victims at gunpoint was sentenced recently in federal court to 264 months in prison.

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) is announcing Ohio’s new unemployment insurance tax system for employers is now live as of today. The SOURCE (State of Ohio Unemployment Resource for Claimants and Employers) will replace the current unemployment insurance tax system, the Employer Resource Information Center, which is more than 10 years old. The SOURCE is also scheduled to replace the 17-year-old Ohio Job Insurance benefits system and RC Express, the legacy unemployment appeals system, late next year.

A bill aimed at expanding real estate investment opportunities while spurring new housing development throughout the state debuted last month during a Ways and Means Committee hearing in the Ohio House of Representatives.

(StatePoint) It may be the season of cheer, but for many, the holidays are rife with anxiety about expenses. A recent survey shows that staying on budget is Americans’ top concern this holiday season, followed by incurring long-term debt, shipping costs and being charged late or hidden fees.

With the holiday shopping season upon us, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is warning consumers that illegal robocallers are trying to ruin Christmas by posing as a legitimate business such as Amazon, Apple or PayPal to steal your money.

There were a near-record 10.4 million job openings in the country in October, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Also last month, a record-high 4.4 million workers quit their jobs.

U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that a Texas woman who was a program manager at an Ohio-based international adoption agency pleaded guilty recently to schemes to procure adoptions of Ugandan and Polish children by bribing Ugandan officials and defrauding U.S. authorities.

The Ohio Supreme Court recently suspended a Richmond Heights attorney for one year with six months stayed for accusing Ohio judges and Supreme Court justices of basing property tax valuation decisions on “politics, not law,” and for speculating about political motivations behind their decisions.

In a unique partnership to meet Northwest Ohio’s growing need for a highly-trained workforce, three area educational institutions have come together to establish the Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics.

The Department of Justice recently announced more than $139 million in grant funding through the department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) COPS Hiring Program (CHP). The awards provide direct funding to 183 law enforcement agencies across the nation, allowing those agencies to hire 1,066 additional full-time law enforcement professionals.

The early successes of one Ohio court initiative to stabilize families entangled in child welfare concerns has led to the largest expansion by any state attempting similar improvements to its legal system.