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Appeals court sides with cities in fight over flavored tobacco laws COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio appeals court has ruled that the state legislature’s attempt to block local governments from regulating tobacco products is unconstitutional. In a unanimous decision issued July 8, the Tenth District Court of Appeals found that

Obstructed State Name on Plate Didn't Justify Stop TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas Supreme Court has overturned the drug-trafficking conviction of a man stopped on Interstate 70 due to a partially obstructed license plate. In a unanimous ruling, the court said Geary County sheriff’s deputy Bradley Rose lacked

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman has filed a lawsuit accusing a major real estate software company and several landlord groups of working together to inflate rent prices across the state. Lawsuit Targets RealPage and Landlord Organizations The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern

Trapped in the Heat LAS VEGAS — The family of a Pennsylvania man who died from heat stress during a stalled bus tour to the Grand Canyon has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Nevada, accusing several companies of negligence that they say led to his death. Jeffery Volkar, 66, died

SAN DIEGO — California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed a sweeping lawsuit against a group of for-profit companies tied to 19 skilled nursing facilities across the state, alleging they siphoned millions of dollars while failing to provide adequate care to elderly residents. The civil lawsuit, filed in San Diego Superior

RALEIGH, N.C. — Two Black property owners in Kinston have lost their final legal challenge over the city’s decision to condemn their properties, after the North Carolina Supreme Court declined to review their racial discrimination case. Joseph Askew and Curtis Washington claimed that the City of Kinston unlawfully condemned