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Ohio Supreme Court upholds utility commission decision allowing coal plant bailout fee
The court rejected arguments from manufacturers and environmental groups that utilities overcharged customers $115 million for unprofitable coal plants.
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Flouting Trump policy, federal judges are freeing immigrants from mandatory detention
A one-day sample of habeas cases found judges granted release or bond hearings 142 times versus 36 denials, with the Supreme Court set to rule on the policy next year.
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Voting rights advocates score three legal victories but remain on alert against election threats
Supreme Court upholds mail ballot grace periods as Trump and the RNC pursue new legal challenges targeting overseas and noncitizen voters.
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Ohio nixed absentee ballot grace period before US Supreme Court ruling, but court went the other way
Ohio eliminated its grace period last year to preempt the ruling, but the Supreme Court upheld grace periods 5-4, leaving nearly 7,800 Ohio voters affected.
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US Supreme Court deals blow to Trump, ruling states can accept ballots after Election Day
The 5-4 ruling, with Barrett writing for the majority, rejects Trump administration arguments that federal law requires ballots to arrive by Election Day.
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Narrowed Education Department definition of ‘professional’ degrees stopped in federal court
Judge Howell blocked the narrower definition one week before July 1 rollout, siding with nursing, teaching, and social work groups challenging stricter loan caps.
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Ohio cities brace for impact of Supreme Court allowing Trump to take legal status away from Haitians
Springfield, home to 12,000–15,000 Haitians, faces a projected $400 million economic loss if deportations proceed, despite a federal judge's earlier block.
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Trump order limiting voting by mail halted by federal court
Judge Talwani ruled Trump lacked constitutional authority to require states to submit mail voter lists to the Postal Service or compile citizenship data.
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US Supreme Court hands win to Monsanto in case related to claims Roundup causes cancer
The court ruled that federal pesticide law bars state lawsuits over cancer warnings, overturning a Missouri jury's $1.25 million verdict for a Roundup user.
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Miscarriage management remains muddled 4 years after Dobbs
Four years after Dobbs, hospitals still deny miscarriage care amid vague medical exceptions, leaving patients like Mylissa McNeill with permanent injury and debt.
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Trump ‘trampled’ voter privacy by feeding info into Homeland Security system, judge says
Judge Sooknanan's 75-page ruling vacates DHS directives and could block a planned expansion that would tie homeland security grants to state voter-roll compliance.
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Supreme Court agrees to weigh in on case over rights of some in ‘prolonged’ ICE detention
The case, Genalo v. Black, involves a Dominican immigrant held 21 months without a bond hearing, as circuit courts remain split on the detention policy's constitutionality.
