Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo Launching Autonomous Vehicle Testing Site in Ohio
Dec 3 2020 // Waymo plans to open a new testing site in Ohio for its driverless autonomous vehicles that will focus on dense, urban areas, the company has said. The new site being built at the Transportation Research Center near...
Columbus, Ohio, Plans to Pay $1M to Family of Woman Killed by Officer
Nov 17 2020 // The city of Columbus, Ohio, plans to pay $1 million to the family of a woman killed by an undercover officer in August 2018, according to documents filed in Franklin County Probate Court. The payout would be the largest in...
Homeowners Insurer Openly Enters Ohio
Nov 13 2020 // Boston-based Openly is now selling homeowners insurance in Ohio. Ohio homeowners and independent agents can now buy Openly’s premium insurance, obtaining quotes in 15 seconds, according to the company’s media...
Bridge Linking Ohio, Kentucky Closed by Fiery Crash
Nov 12 2020 // A fiery crash on a bridge linking Ohio and Kentucky could force the span to remain closed for days as officials tried to determine the amount of damage to the bridge that serves as a crucial link for interstate commerce,...
Ohio to Return $5B From Injured Workers Fund to Employers
Oct 30 2020 // Ohio employers will receive a record $5 billion in repayments from the state insurance fund for injured workers to help with the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Mike DeWine and the fund’s...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau Issuing $1.3B in Second Dividend for 2020
Oct 21 2020 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation will be sending more than $1.3 billion to Ohio employers over the next week to ease COVID-19’s impact on the state’s business community and economy. All told,...
FCCI Insurance Declares Dividend for Ohio Builders and Contractors Groups
Oct 19 2020 // FCCI Insurance Group will be paying its first-ever dividend – for the 2018 program year – based on favorable results for its Contractors Select program to the three Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) chapters of...
Ohio State Doc Sex Abuse Case Settlements Now Top $46M
Oct 16 2020 // Ohio State University will pay $5.8 million to settle lawsuits by about two dozen more survivors over decades-old sexual abuse by a now-deceased team doctor, Richard Strauss — bringing the total settlements so far to...
Inmate Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled by Ohio County for $950K
Oct 15 2020 // An Ohio county council has voted to pay the estate of a man who killed himself at a troubled county jail $950,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit. Gregory Fox, 36, was one of nine inmates who died between June 2018 and...
Ohio Restaurant Group to Pay $75K to Settle Sex Harassment Suit
Oct 14 2020 // A Cincinnati, Ohio-area restaurant group will pay $75,000 to a former employee and implement other relief to settle a federal lawsuit alleging sexual harassment. According to the lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...
Ohio Man Owes $141.5K After Second Workers’ Comp Fraud Conviction
Oct 13 2020 // An Ohio man who pleaded guilty on Oct. 5 to workers’ compensation fraud charges has been ordered to repay $141,578 in restitution and spend six months in jail, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC)...
Ohio Governor Says Aid for State’s Renters, Businesses Coming Soon
Oct 8 2020 // People struggling to pay rent, along with small businesses and nonprofits hurt by the pandemic and the weak economy, could have details by next week on an aid package to help them, Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said on...
1 Dead After Ohio Dump Truck Crash Sends Highway Sign Falling Onto Pickup
Sep 25 2020 // A dump truck struck the base of a sign on a Cleveland, Ohio, highway during the morning commute on Sept. 24, causing the sign to fall on a passing pickup truck and kill one person in the pickup, authorities said, The Ohio...
Startups Developing Technologies to Clean Air in Workplaces of Coronavirus
Sep 21 2020 // Smithfield Foods Inc. thought it was doing great. In the first quarter of this year, the pork giant’s earnings were up 190% over the same period in 2019. Then the pandemic hit, and the close quarters of meatpacking...
Signs of Heart Damage After Covid Lead to Recommendation to Screen College Athletes
Sep 11 2020 // Doctors recommend cardiac screening tests for competitive athletes who have recovered from Covid-19 after a small study found heart damage in 1 in 7 college sports competitors, including in those whose coronavirus...
West Virginia Hospital Settles Whistleblower Suit for $50M
Sep 11 2020 // A financially strapped West Virginia hospital has agreed to pay the federal government $50 million to resolve claims that it improperly issued payments and kickbacks to physicians under the direction of management, the...
Ohio State University Sued for Age Discrimination
Sep 10 2020 // Federal officials have sued Ohio State University (OSU) for alleged age discrimination after the university fired a human resources generalist in the College of Education and Human Ecology (CEHE) because of his age. In its...
Court Revives Civil Suit Against Ohio Cops Over Fatal Shooting of Black Man
Sep 10 2020 // A federal appeals court reinstated a wrongful death lawsuit against two police officers in Ohio’s capital city over the 2016 shooting of a Black man by undercover officers. In a ruling issued Sept. 8, a three-judge...
Business Moves
Sep 7 2020 // National Aon, Wills Towers Watson Shareholders of insurance brokers Aon and Willis Towers Watson have approved all of the proposals necessary to complete their previously announced combination, the firms announced. Aon...
McPeak Joins Ohio’s Root as Sr. Deputy General Counsel
Sep 2 2020 // Columbus, Ohio-based Root Inc., the parent company of Root Insurance, has added Julie Mix McPeak, who formerly served as insurance commissioner in both Kentucky and Tennesse, as its senior deputy general counsel, effective...
