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The Akron Legal News is a daily publication devoted to legal, financial, real estate and general news. Designated by the Federal, County and Municipal Courts as the Official Law Journal of Summit County, Ohio.
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Beliefs clash among students, parents and teachers as the Ten Commandments go up in Texas classrooms
DALLAS (AP) — When it became clear to Texas high school theater teacher Gigi Cervantes that she couldn't ignore a new state law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in her Fort Worth classroom, she felt she had no choice. She resigned from the job she loved.
In the small city of Whitesboro, eighth grade U.S. history ... (full story)
FirstEnergy to pay $250M for misconduct in bribery scheme
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio utility regulators ordered Akron-based FirstEnergy to pay more than $250 million in fines and refunds as a result of its misconduct in a sweeping Statehouse bribery scandal whose fallout continues five years on.
The punishment meted out by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio includes nearly $ ... (full story)