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Ohio police push scaled-back pension plan to boost employer contributions
Ohio's largest police union wants to give the pension board new power to raise what cities pay—sparking concerns over local ...
No more property taxes? Ohio group pitches amendment to get rid of them
Citizens for Property Tax Reform submitted a petition on May 1 for a constitutional amendment to ban property taxes in Ohio.
Trump orders review of police consent decrees, including Cleveland’s
President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to review all police consent decrees, including the one that has been in place in Cleveland for a decade. In an executive order on ...
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Anti-qualified immunity effort in Ohio can start collecting signatures
A citizen’s coalition that wants to ask Ohio voters whether to end qualified immunity for public workers, like police ...
Proposal to end qualified immunity moves forward in Ohio
Amendment advocates say legal action can lead to institutional changes, such as measures required by a court or government ...
Jackson County, Ohio, voters pass income tax levy that will fund police and infrastructure
Voters in Jackson County, Ohio have voted in favor of renewing an income tax levy that will benefit two city services.The income tax ...
U.S. Supreme Court paves way for proposed Ohio state constitutional amendment to end qualified immunity to move forward
The proposed amendment had been held up from advancing in the process to get on the ballot for more than 2 years, but will ...
Civil rights leaders say acquittals in Tyre Nichols’ death highlight the need for police reform
After three former Memphis police officers were acquitted in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, community and civil rights ...
Prosecutor clears Ohio police of wrongdoing in fatal shooting near GOP convention
A Wisconsin prosecutor has cleared police officers from Ohio of criminal liability in a fatal shooting near the Republican National Convention last summer ...