Inside Courts

An appeals court ruling that Athens’ ordinance is unconstitutional spotlights a growing clash between state laws and municipal home rule.

Jake Amlin says the school board broke the law by not evaluating him in 2023–24 — and now he’s demanding his principal’s contract be reinstated or paid out.

A single sentence buried deep in the massive Big Beautiful Bill could protect lawbreaking officials and gut the Constitution’s checks and balances.

Inside the stealth movement to call a national convention that could upend the Bill of Rights, expand presidential power, and turn Project 2025 into law.

Local and state statues — and Ohio cities’ home rule — collide as the Fourth District Court of Appeals hears Athens’ defense of its plastic bag ban.

In its continuing war on higher education, Ohio’s GOP-dominated legislature is forcing public universities into ideological submission.

A lawsuit asks if the orders — aimed at civil, military and corporate policies and K-12 school curricula — are constitutional.

Federal judges are already signaling that Trump’s move to end a century-old precedent is on shaky legal ground.

Athens isn’t the only entity with a claim on the nearly $350,000 recovered from a fraudulent bank account.

City officials are pursuing civil action and a criminal investigation to try to recover stolen funds — which is unlikely.