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Push for raw milk intensifies across the US, despite illness outbreaks and scientists' warnings
Backers of raw milk are pushing to make the potentially dangerous product more widely available and easier to obtain, even as a new disease outbreak — one of at least five in the past year — sickens U.S. children.
More than three dozen bills supporting raw milk have been introduced in statehouses across the nation, T ... (full story)
Here's how to grow your own food with less water, even in a drought
DENVER (AP) — A few raindrops fell as Heather Grady gingerly transplanted beet seedlings into the earth, but the sky refused to release enough moisture to ease her worries about a dry winter that's left reservoirs low.
With most of Colorado in drought, Grady and her husband Terrance began discussing how they could conserve ... (full story)
Supreme Court hollows out a landmark law that had protected minority voting rights for 6 decades
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Lyndon B. Johnson knew the legislation he was about to sign was momentous, one that took courage for certain members of Congress to pass since the vote could cost them their seats.
To honor that, he took the unusual step of leaving the Oval Office and going to Capitol Hill for the signing ceremo ... (full story)
February Ohio Bar Exam Results Announced
The Supreme Court of Ohio released the results from the February 2026 Ohio Bar Examination on April 24. A total of 338 aspiring attorneys took the exam, and 143 – or 42% – passed. Of the 116 examinees who took the exam for the first time, 71 (61%) received a passing score. The successful examinees represent 38 Ohio count ... (full story)
Court may not retroactively rewrite Statute to apply to same-sex couple’s parental tights dispute
An Ohio appeals court exceeded its authority when it ordered a trial court to determine if a same-sex couple “would have been married” if same-sex marriage had been legal in Ohio during the couple’s relationship, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled April 28.
The decision arose out of a custody dispute between two w ... (full story)