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As literacy rates lag, a pediatric hospital is screening for reading ability
For some young children in Columbus, Ohio, reading assessments don’t start in the kindergarten classroom — they happen first in the doctor’s office.
With concerns rising about lagging childhood literacy rates across the country, Nationwide Children’s Hospital has begun screening children’s literacy ... (full story)
PUCO must recalculate $1.44 million penalty assessed to power supplier
The Supreme Court of Ohio last week upheld a ban on a supplier of electricity and natural gas from doing business in the state, following several consumer complaints. However, a proposed $1.44 million penalty against the company must be recalculated.
The Supreme Court affirmed the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO)'s res ... (full story)
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Appeals court overturns finding that BNSF Railway contributed to 2 asbestos deaths in a Montana town
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned a judge’s finding that BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people in a Montana mining town where thousands have been sickened by asbestos exposure.
Following a civil trial, a jury in 2024 awarded $4 million each to the estates of the two people w ... (full story)
Penguins in party hats? Birthday cards cheer families of babies treated for botulism
The California program that provides the world’s only medical treatment for potentially deadly infant botulism also offers traumatized families hope of a different sort – silly cards on their babies’ first birthdays.
Every year, staff at the state’s Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program decorat ... (full story)