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AIDS group shows how everyday people stepped up at height of the epidemic
(THE CONVERSATION) The story of the AIDS movement isone ofregular people: students, bartenders, stay-at-home mothers, teachers, retired lawyers, immigrants, Catholic nuns, newly out gay men who had just arrived in New York, and many others. Some had lost friends or lovers. Some felt a moral calling. Some were just trying to balance ... (full story)
Akron Muni judge takes on a second specialized docket
He’s been leading the Akron Municipal Recovery Court since 2016 now Judge Jon Oldham has taken the reins as presiding judge of the OVI (Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated) Court.
Initially launched in 2007 by former Akron Municipal Court Judge Alison McCarty (now a Summit County Common Pleas Court judge), the specialize ... (full story)
State
Concerns arise regarding funding for public TV, radio
A recent audit of the state Broadcast Educational Media Commission, or BEMC, found that fewer than half of Ohio’s public television stations and the channels they operate use the agency system devised to provide funding assistance for public-media programming.
Members of the state auditor’s Ohio Performance Team dete ... (full story)
Threats to lawmakers are on the rise, security officials tell senators after Minnesota shootings
WASHINGTON (AP) — Threats to members of Congress are on the rise, security officials told senators recently at an emergency briefing in the wake of the killing of a Minnesota state lawmaker in her home over the weekend.
U.S. Capitol Police leaders and Senate security officials said that threats against elected officials, i ... (full story)
Technology
Texas lotttery legal dispute
When it comes to playing the lottery, the odds are definitely against you. But imagine winning more than $80 million and having to go to court to collect the money.
That’s exactly what happened to a woman who won the Lotto Texas jackpot on Feb. 17, 2025.
According to a May 29 story on FindLaw written by Kit Yona and re ... (full story)